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Avery County, whose county seat is Newland, was created in 1911 from portions of of Mitchell County, Caldwell 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.

 
 
 
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