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Valle Crucis in an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. The name of the town is Latin for “Vale of the Cross,” a reference to a valley in the area where three streams converge to form a shape similar to an archbishop’s cross. The community is located along NC 194, between the towns of Banner Elk and Boone.

Valle Crucis CDP overview:
Name:	Valle Crucis CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	North Carolina
County:	Watauga County
Founded:	1842
Elevation:	2,677 ft (816 m)
Total Area:	4.46 sq mi (11.55 km²)
Land Area:	4.44 sq mi (11.49 km²)
Water Area:	0.02 sq mi (0.06 km²)
Total Population:	436
Population Density:	98.29/sq mi (37.95/km²)
ZIP code:	28691
Area code:	828
FIPS code:	3769600
GNISfeature ID:	1023062
Website:	www.vallecrucis.com

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History

Before the 1840s, there has been scattered settlements in the area but not permanently until the Valle Crucis Episcopal Mission was established. Founded by Levi Silliman Ives, an Episcopal missionary, “Easter Chapel” served as the first Episcopal church in the area. Its successor, the Holy Cross Episcopal Church, was built in 1926 and modeled on a now-defunct medieval monastery in Wales and is noteworthy for its architecture.

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Geography

Valle Crucis is located at the banks of Dutch Creek and Watauga River, at an elevation of 2,677 feet (816 m) above sea level. To its north and east is Tester Mountain and to its south and west is Valle Mountain. The community is also within the Pisgah National Forest boundary, which limits some development in the area.

Weather ranges from warm summer days and cool summer evenings to cold or even bitterly cold winter nights. Rainfall is moderate, averaging 43 inches (1,100 mm) per year. Severe storms are rare. Snowfall occurs in the winter with some accumulation to be expected several times between December and April. Snowfall averages 42 inches (1,100 mm) per year. The area is also known for being one of the lowest and most quickly flooded in the region. The heart of Valle Crucis, including the bulk of the stores, the elementary school, and community park is a particularly low lying and flat in comparison to the mountainous terrain of the surrounding areas. Flooding is not an extremely rare event and can inhibit many functions of the town, such as the well known occasional flooding of the bridge on DeWitt Barnett Road, inhibiting access from that side of the town.