Unicoi Mountains is a physical feature (range) in Graham County. The primary coordinates for Unicoi Mountains places it within the NC 28771 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Unicoi Mountains |
Category: | North Carolina physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Range |
Description: | Forming in part the common boundary line of North Carolina and Tennessee between the Little Tennessee River near 352745N0835700W and 351330N0841730W, thence southwest to the Hiwassee River. |
History: | "One of the names in common use suggested by Horace Kephart, and approved by the Nomenclature Committees of the Great Smoky Mountains Park Commissions, of Tennessee and North Carolina. This name, which, like Unaka, is a corruption of ""Unega,"" meaning ""white,"" is used in the act of 1789, passed by the Assembly of North Carolina ceding what is now the State of Tennessee to the Federal Government: ""...Where it is called Unicoy or Unaka Mountains between the Indian towns of Cowee and Old Chota.""" |
County: | Graham County |
Latitude: | 35.3125834 |
Longitude: | -84.0257434 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Unicoi Mountains: Unicoi Mountains.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Unicoi Mountains does not include property ownership information.
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