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Boone is the Heart of the High Country and the premier "quality
of life" community of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Consistently
ranked as one of the "Best Small Towns in America,"
Boone is a bustling university town and the center of tourism
and commerce for Watauga County and the region. Known for its
excellence in health care, education, shopping and the arts,
Boone offers a palette of opportunity surrounded by four seasons
of changing scenery.
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Watauga
County in northwestern North Carolina has a land area
of 312 square miles and adjoins Tennessee. Elevations
here range from 2,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level. Boone,
the county seat, has an area of about 4 square miles and
an average altitude of 3,333 feet.
Median family income in 2003 was $51,600 and per capita
income in 2002 was $24,378.
Boone is a comfortable drive from I-77, I-81 and I-40
and is served by four major highways that intersect in
Boone, US 421, US 321, US 221 and NC 105.
See the Map of North West
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