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Mitchell County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,903. Its county seat is Bakersville.. The county is home to Spruce Pine, nicknamed the "Mineral City of the World", and Bakersville, "Gateway to Roan Mountain", which includes the world's largest natural rhododendron garden and the longest stretch of grassy bald in the ...
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mitchell County, North Carolina.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Designated. 1974. Mount Mitchell State Park is a 4,789-acre (1,938 ha) [1] North Carolina state park in Yancey County, North Carolina in the United States. Established in 1915 by the state legislature, it became the first state park of North Carolina. By doing so, it also established the North Carolina State Parks System within the same bill ...
The Pisgah National Forest was established in 1916, one of the first national forests in the eastern United States. The new preserve included approximately 86,700 acres that had been part of the Biltmore Estate, but were sold to the federal government in 1914 by Edith Vanderbilt. Some of the forest tracts were among the first purchases by the ...
Mount Mitchell, (Cherokee, ‘Attakulla'), is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River. It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County , North Carolina in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians about 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Asheville .
Boonford is a ghost town in Yancey County, North Carolina, and Mitchell County, North Carolina, located near present-day North Carolina Highway 80. History. Boonford was named for Daniel Boone, as it was said he forded the North Toe River at the site.
Dellinger Mill. / 36.01694°N 82.09806°W / 36.01694; -82.09806. Dellinger Mill is a historic grist mill located near Hawk, Mitchell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1901–1903, and is a small unpainted rectangular frame building. It measures 18 feet by 14 feet, 6 inches, and is sheathed in chestnut boards and weatherboard.
GNIS feature ID. 1021241 [3] Little Switzerland is an unincorporated community in McDowell and Mitchell counties of North Carolina, United States. It is located along North Carolina Highway 226A (NC 226A) off the Blue Ridge Parkway, directly north of Marion and south of Spruce Pine. The elevation is 3,468 feet (1,057 m) above sea level.