Editing Unicoi, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==

Unicoi is located at {{coord|36|13|12|N|82|20|17|W|type:city}} (36.220028, -82.338138).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>  The town is situated in the North Indian Creek Valley (known locally as "The Valley Beautiful"), at a point where North Indian Creek emerges from the mountains to the southeast and bends to the southwest toward Erwin and its eventual confluence with the [[Nolichucky River]].  The northern portions of Unicoi are located in the headwaters of Buffalo Creek, which flows northeastward (in the opposite direction from North Indian Creek) and eventually empties into the [[Watauga River]].

[[File:unicoi.jpg|left|210px|thumb|Unicoi viewed from Buffalo Mountain]]

Unicoi is surrounded by the [[Cherokee National Forest]].  Buffalo Mountain rises prominently to the west of Unicoi, and a series of rugged hills and ridges that comprise the outer [[Unaka Mountains]] rise to the east.  [[Erwin, Tennessee|Erwin]], the county seat, is located further down the valley to the southwest.  [[Johnson City, Tennessee|Johnson City]] is located opposite Buffalo Mountain to the north.

[[Interstate 26]], which traverses the valley, passes through western Unicoi. [[Tennessee State Route 107]] connects Unicoi with Erwin to the southwest and the rural [[Limestone Cove, Tennessee|Limestone Cove]] area to the east. [[Tennessee State Route 173]] connects the town with [[U.S. Route 19E]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|16.3|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.