About Watauga County, NC
Watauga County, NC borders Ashe near Boone metropolitan centre thus granting a 2020 estimated census population standing of 54,259 making it the 75th most populous county located hereabouts. Its county seat is Boone though other towns include Blowing Rock & Deep Gap- Boone itself equates out to Watauga's biggestcity aside from recognized country seat. This area had been formed from Wilkes and Ashe Counties back in 1849 when local residents petitioned for new administrative boundaries - posthumously named after Watauga People Native American tribe initially inhabiting region before European settlement occurred during period James Knox Polk .