Elk Township is one of nineteen townships in Ashe County, North Carolina

Ashe County, North Carolina

- History :Historical evidence shows that Ashe county was inhabited by Native Americans, which included the Cherokee, Creek, and Shawnee tribes. Pieces of broken pottery, arrowheads, and other Native American artifacts have been found, indicating their presence...

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United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The township has a population of 616 according to the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

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Geographically, Elk Township occupies 16.21 square miles (42 km²) in southwestern Ashe County. There are no incorporated municipalities located in Elk Township, however there are several unincorporated communities here, including Todd

Todd, North Carolina

Todd is an unincorporated community straddling the county lines of Watauga and Ashe counties in northwestern North Carolina on the South Fork of the New River. It lies at an elevation of 2,992 feet ....

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