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Avery

Avery County was formed in 1911 from parts of Caldwell County, Mitchell County, and Watauga County. It was named for Waightstill Avery, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War and the first Attorney General of North Carolina (1777-1779). Source Wikipedia

Avery County was the last of North Carolina’s 100 counties to be formed. The county seat is Newland, named for then Lt. Gov. of the State of North Carolina.

Avery County NCGenweb site

Toe Valley Genealogical Society
491 Beaver Creek Road
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
(covers Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties)

Avery County Historical Society
P.O. Box 266
Newland, NC 28657

Avery County Courthouse
PO Box 640
County Courthouse
Newland, NC 28657

Avery County Historical Museum

Census

1920 Federal Census Images - directory opens to listing of images by page number

Cemeteries

USGS listing of Cemeteries in Avery County

Cemetery Transcriptions

Query Forums

Avery County, NC Query Forum

Avery County, NC at Genforum

Cities and towns of Avery County:

Altamont
Balm
Banner Elk
Beech Bottom
Beech Mountain
Carpenter Bottom
Chestnut Dale
Cranberry
Cranberry Gap
Crossnore
Darkridge
Elk Park
Elk Valley
Flat Springs
Foscoe
Frank
Grandfather
Heaton
Hughes
Ingalls
Kellersville
Linville
Matney
Minneapolis
Montezuma
Newland (County Seat)
Norwood Hollow
Pineola
Plumtree
Pyatte
Roaring Creek
Rominger
Senia
Seven Devils
Spear
Stamey Branch
Three Mile
Valley
Whaley
White Rock

News related to Avery County, NC

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Jackets' coach eager to prove skeptics wrong - Augusta Chronicle

Jackets' coach eager to prove skeptics wrong
Augusta Chronicle, GA - Aug 26, 2008
After he graduated with a degree in physical education in 1979, he went back to his high school in Avery County, NC, looking for a job.




Did cloned puppies blow alleged kidnapper's cover? - National Post


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Did cloned puppies blow alleged kidnapper's cover?
National Post, Canada - Aug 7, 2008
In 1979, Joyce McKinney was discovered living back in Avery County, NC, where she was born. The British government announced it would not seek her
Cloner Dogged by Sex Scandal TIME
Missing years in Bernann McKinney's strange journey from Mormon Times Online
Pit bull's cloner outed as Mormon's kidnapper The Australian
Daily Mail - Ninemsn
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Woman who had dogs cloned wanted in Tennessee - The Associated Press


The Associated Press
Woman who had dogs cloned wanted in Tennessee
The Associated Press - Aug 14, 2008
McKinney, then living across the state line in Avery County, NC, needed money to help her three-legged horse, Crockett said. "She loved it dearly," Crockett




'Johnson football' ready to take over - Atlanta Journal Constitution

'Johnson football' ready to take over
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - Aug 2, 2008
Born and raised in Newland, NC When he decided his life was in football, he went back to his roots to start, Avery County High School in Newland,




The High Country Audubon Society named a new president at their … - Watauga Democrat

The High Country Audubon Society named a new president at their
Watauga Democrat, NC - Aug 7, 2008
Jesse Pope, of Avery County, will take over as Miles Tager steps down. The HCAS serves Avery, Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga and Wilkes counties.




Cloned puppies may have exposed 31-year mystery - The Associated Press


The Associated Press
Cloned puppies may have exposed 31-year mystery
The Associated Press - Aug 9, 2008
At the Avery County courthouse in McKinney's hometown of Newland in the western North Carolina mountains, a clerk said she instantly recognized the woman


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