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History · Valley Forge

Valley Forge’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Valley Forge is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Tennessee, located along US Route 19E/321 and SR-67, south of Elizabethton and north of Hampton. It is home to one of the largest churches in Carter County: Valley Forge Christian Church. New businesses are popping up, including a new A & L Vape and Tobacco off 19E.

Half of its homes were built before 1970.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Valley Forge yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Valley Forge, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Valley Forge is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Valley Forge has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Simerly-Butler House in Hampton, 1.9 miles away.

Valley Forge and the nearest listed places

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Simerly-Butler HouseElizabethton Historic DistrictU.S. Post OfficeJohn and Landon Carter House (Additional Documentation)Sycamore ShoalsSabine Hill

Closest to Valley Forge

Simerly-Butler HouseHampton · Built 18671.9miElizabethton Historic DistrictElizabethton · District3.1miU.S. Post OfficeElizabethton · Built 19323.3miJohn and Landon Carter House (Additional Documentation)Elizabethton · Built 17803.5miSycamore ShoalsElizabethton · Site4.3mi

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. Simerly-Butler House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Valley Forge?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Valley Forge’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

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Elizabethton📜 Watauga📜 Unicoi📜 Johnson City
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