ELIZABETHTON, a rapidly growing city of north-eastern Tennessee, U.S.A., at the junction of the Doe and Watauga rivers, 1 , 5 7 5 f t. above sea-level; the county seat of Carter county. It is served by the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina and the Southern railways. The population was 2,749 in 1920 (98% native white) and was 8,093 in 193o by the Federal census. It is in one of the most beautiful spots of the southern Appalach ian mountains, in a region rich in minerals, timber, fertile soil and water power. Hydro-electric power is available from a plant on the Watauga river. The city has various manufacturing indus tries, including two large plants making artificial silk, which when completed will employ 30,00o workers. It is one of the oldest set tlements of the region, and is rich in historic associations. Under a giant sycamore still standing on the Doe was held (by Gen. Andrew Jackson) the first court in what is now Tennessee. At Sycamore Shoals, Revolutionary soldiers met for drill, and from here marched to the battle of King's Mountain. There is an iron furnace that was used in Revolutionary days, and on the banks of the Watauga is the last home of President Johnson. Elizabethton was chartered as a city in 1905. It has a commission-manager form of government.