Named in the honor of Watauga River, the county has a population of over 51K with a splendid combination of White, Native American, Black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with 16.5K households and 9.4K families. Boone is the county seat and the largest city. Watauga County was founded in the year 1849 and occupies an approximate area of 313 sq mi.

One can at present find the Watauga County records reserve, an easy online tool to receive all important chronological and current facts and figures on property allocation acts, birth, military service history, death, immigration and naturalization accounts, American Civil War history, civil court case public facts, marriage and divorce verdicts, census files, last will and estate declaration, martial feats, ancestral SSN easily and more comfortably.