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Swain County is a county located on the far western border of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,117. Its county seat is Bryson City.
Jackson County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,109. Since 1913, its county seat has been Sylva, which replaced Webster. Cullowhee is the site of Western Carolina University (WCU). In the early 21st century, the university has more than 12,000 students, nearly twice the number of permanent residents of Cullowhee. The university has a strong influence in the region and county. More than 10 percent of the county residents identify as Native American, mostly Cherokee. The federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is based at Qualla Boundary, land that consists of territory in both Jackson and neighboring Swain County. This is the only federally recognized tribe in North Carolina, and one among three federally recognized Cherokee tribes nationally. The other two are based in what is now the state of Oklahoma, a former Indian Territory.
Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the most populous city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most-populous city. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 94,589, up from 83,393 in the 2010 census. It is the principal city in the three-county Asheville metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 417,202 in 2023.
Andrews is a town in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,667 at the 2020 census.
Cherokee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Swain and Jackson counties in Western North Carolina, United States, within the Qualla Boundary land trust. Cherokee is located in the Oconaluftee River Valley around the intersection of U.S. Routes 19 and 441. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 2,195. It is the capital of the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, one of three recognized Cherokee tribes and the only one in North Carolina.
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Joyce Dugan is an American educator, school administrator, and politician; she served as the 24th Principal Chief of the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (1995-1999), based in Western North Carolina. She was the first woman to be elected to this office, and as of 2024 the only one.
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Murphy High School (MHS) is a public high school in Murphy, North Carolina. It serves grades 9–12 and is one of only three high schools in the Cherokee County Schools system. The MHS campus is sandwiched between U.S. Route 19 and the Valley River. The high school shares its campus with Murphy Middle School and the Cherokee County Schools Bus Garage. As of 2007 the school had a full-time teaching staff of 42 teachers giving an average of 12 students per teacher. It has a GreatSchools rating of 5/10 and an average community rating of 4/5 stars. In the 2024-25 school year, 437 students were enrolled. The school has a capacity of 746 students.
Clay County Schools (CCS) manages the public school system in Clay County, North Carolina. It is the only school district in Clay County and covers all of the county with about 1,320 students attending a total of 4 separate schools located on a central campus in Hayesville. After county government, Clay County Schools is the county's largest employer with a staff of 205 people.
The Wilkes County Schools system is a PK–12 graded school district in North Carolina covering nearly all of Wilkes County. The third-largest employer in the county, the district manages 22 schools that serve 10,374 students as of 2010–11.
Currituck County Schools is a PK–12 graded school district serving Currituck County, North Carolina. Its ten schools serve 3,979 students as of the 2010–11 school year.
Graham County Schools is a PK–12 graded school district serving Graham County, North Carolina, United States. Its three schools serve 1,141 students as of 2023.
Haywood County Schools is a PK–12 graded school district serving Haywood County, North Carolina. Its 16 schools serve 7,813 students as of the 2010–11 school year.
Ernestine Sharon Walkingstick was an Eastern Band Cherokee nurse and community leader, who established the first clinic for the Native American population in the town of Robbinsville, North Carolina, and was instrumental in founding the region's first domestic violence shelter.
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- ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Swain County, NC" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved July 18, 2021. - Text list: "Eastern Cherokee Reservation" refers to the area which has Cherokee Central Schools.
- 1 2 Billings, Lynne (September 5, 2004). "Where life slows down". Asheville Citizen-Times . Asheville, North Carolina. pp. F1, F3. - Clipping of first page and of the second page from Newspapers.com
- ↑ Foster, Randy (August 27, 2024). "By the numbers". Cherokee Scout . Murphy, NC: Community Newspapers Inc. pp. 1A, 9A. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ "State superintendent hears local concerns during visits to mountain schools". April 16, 2021.
- ↑ Webb, Jessica (April 21, 2021). "NC Superintendent visits Bright Adventures, Swain High". The Smoky Mountain Times . Retrieved July 18, 2021.
