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Mount Carmel is in Hawkins County, which was once called Spencer county, and was a part of the State of Franklin. The State of Franklin comprised eight counties in western North Carolina in the late 1700s. Governed by John Sevier, it operated as an independent state for four years before it ultimately rejoined North Carolina.

Mount Carmel once garnered national attention in the mid-2000s because of a CBS News story stating the town's geography is situated on only one side of the main highway through the area. Since then, the city has secured property on the other side of the road and has built a cemetery.

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Maybelle CarterMaybelle CarterNickelsville · 19 miOCOllan CassellNickelsville · 19 miMac McClungMac McClungGate City · 7 miDarrell CastleDarrell CastleKingsport · 8 miLELindsay EllisJohnson City · 22 miLALisa AltherKingsport · 8 mi
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2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Mount Carmel is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mount Carmel has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Boatyard Historic District in Kingsport, 3.6 miles away.

Mount Carmel and the nearest listed places

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Boatyard Historic DistrictSpring PlaceNetherland Inn and ComplexOld Kingsport Presbyterian Church (Additional Documentation)Mount IdaWills-Dickey Stone House

Closest to Mount Carmel

Boatyard Historic DistrictKingsport · District3.6miSpring PlaceKingsport · Building4miNetherland Inn and ComplexKingsport · Building4.1miOld Kingsport Presbyterian Church (Additional Documentation)Kingsport · Built 18204.2miMount IdaKingsport · Built 18845.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Boatyard Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mount Carmel?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mount Carmel’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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📜 Church Hill📜 Weber City📜 Gate City📜 Kingsport

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