Foscoe is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in
, United States. The community is located on
NC 105, southwest of
Boone.
The community is between
Seven Devils and Shulls Mill.
Multiple shops dot the main highway, serving a tourist clientele. Its development, since the 1980s, is thanks to year-round tourism to nearby attractions, notably
Grandfather Mountain
Grandfather Mountain is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina List of North Carolina state parks, state park
near Linville, North Carolina. At 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blu ...
.
Historically, the
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad
The East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad , affectionately called the "Tweetsie" as a verbal acronym of its initials (ET&WNC) but also in reference to the sound of its steam whistles, was a primarily narrow gauge railroad established ...
(Nicknamed "Tweetsie") passed through the area until flooding destroyed the tracks in 1940. In 1956,
NC 105 was built over the original rail bed.
Demographics
See also
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Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and National Scenic Byway, All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is the longest linear park in the U.S., runs for through 29 counties in Virginia and ...
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Flattop Mountain
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Hanging Rock
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Peak Mountain
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Sugar Mountain
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Watauga River
The Watauga River () is a large stream of western North Carolina and East Tennessee. It is long with its headwaters in Linville Gap to the South Fork Holston River at Boone Lake.
Course
The Watauga River rises from a spring located south to ...
References
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Unincorporated communities in North Carolina
Unincorporated communities in Watauga County, North Carolina
Census-designated places in Watauga County, North Carolina
Census-designated places in North Carolina