Washington District, North Carolina
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Washington District, North Carolina was a late 18th-century frontier administrative region that encompassed what later became parts of eastern Tennessee, serving as an early governmental unit for settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative division
ⓘ
frontier administrative region ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains under North Carolina authority ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Watauga settlements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | westward expansion of Anglo-American settlers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolvedInto | Washington County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedFor | organizing and governing western settlements ⓘ |
| followedBy | Washington County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Jonesborough (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | early governmental unit for settlers west of the Appalachians ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfGovernment | local frontier administration under North Carolina ⓘ |
| historyOfTopic | early governance of what became Tennessee ⓘ |
| legalStatus | subordinate district under North Carolina authority ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
west of the Appalachian Mountains
ⓘ
what is now eastern Tennessee ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George Washington ⓘ |
| partOf |
American colonial frontier
ⓘ
Province of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ State of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantFor |
being one of the first Anglo-American political units west of the Appalachians under a British colony
ⓘ
providing civil government for frontier settlers in the Watauga region ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.