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Newland is a town in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 698 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Avery County.

Newland town overview:
Name:	Newland town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	North Carolina
County:	Avery County
Founded:	1911
Incorporated:	1913
Elevation:	3,606 ft (1,099 m)
Total Area:	0.75 sq mi (1.94 km²)
Land Area:	0.75 sq mi (1.94 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	715
Population Density:	955.88/sq mi (369.20/km²)
ZIP code:	28657
Area code:	828
FIPS code:	3746740
GNISfeature ID:	1013943
Website:	www.townofnewland.org

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History

Before its founding, the area was known as “Old Fields of Toe”. It was an early muster ground in the campaign against Indians and before the Battle of Kings Mountain. On November 9, 1783 the land was granted to Colonel Waightstill Avery.

The name comes from the legend of Estatoe, pronounced ‘S – ta – toe’, about an Indian chief’s daughter who fell in love with a warrior of a rival tribe. Because their love could never be accepted by either’s families, they jumped from a precipice into the depths of a nearby river. In an alternative version, their love caused a bloody war between the tribes and Estatoe crafted a peace pipe with two stems in which both chiefs could smoke at once. The two rival chiefs assembled their respective followers on the bank of the river, and smoked till peace was concluded and Estatoe married her lover.

In 1899, the Linville River Railway (LRR) began rail service in the area, with a flag stop at “Old Fields”. In 1911, upon the establishment of Avery County, Old Fields of Toe was designated as the site for the county seat and was renamed Newland, after the North Carolina Lieutenant Governor William C. Newland. In 1912, the Newland Post Office was established; while in 1913, the Avery County Courthouse and Avery County Jail opened (both in the National Register of Historic Places). In that same year, Newland was incorporated as a town. In 1914, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC), successor of the LRR, opened the Newland Depot, which was equipped with telephone and telegraph services; burned down in 1921, but was soon rebuilt and continued operations till 1940.