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==History== In 1882, the [[East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad]] ("Tweetsie") linked [[Cranberry, North Carolina|Cranberry]] and [[Johnson City, Tennessee]] with a stop at Elk Park; three years later, Elk Park was incorporated. In 1911, Avery County was established; originally Elk Park was to serve as the county seat, but was changed after North Carolina Lieutenant Governor [[William C. Newland]] made a deal that the new county seat would be named after him for his aid in passage of the bill. However, Elk Park served as a temporary county seat while the new incorporated town of [[Newland, North Carolina|Newland]] was being constructed. In 1950, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina decommissioned the railroad at Elk Park, ending rail service in Avery County, though it has survived as a town, unlike neighboring Cranberry. [[Elk Park School]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2005.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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