Roaring Creek is an unincorporated community in Avery County

Avery County, North Carolina

- Climate :As a result of its relatively high elevation, Avery County has a Humid continental climate enjoying considerably cooler summers than most of the rest of the Eastern US. Likewise, winters are longer, colder and snowier than most other locations in the region. This can be evidenced by the...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, United States

United States

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. The community was named after Roaring Creek, which flows in the area. The community is located along US 19-E

U.S. Route 19

U.S. Route 19 is a north–south U.S. Highway. Despite encroaching Interstate Highways, the route has remained a long-haul route, connecting the Gulf of Mexico with Lake Erie....

, between the communities of Frank

Frank, North Carolina

Frank is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located along US 19-E, between the communities of Minneapolis and Roaring Creek.-See also:* Big Yellow Mountain* Grassy Ridge Bald...

 and Plumtree

Plumtree, North Carolina

Plumtree is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located along US 19-E, between the communities of Roaring Creek and Ingalls.-See also:* Grassy Ridge Bald* Little Yellow Mountain* North Toe River...

.

History

On September 27, 1780, the Overmountain Men

Overmountain Men

The Overmountain Men were American frontiersmen from west of the Appalachian Mountains who took part in the American Revolutionary War. While they were present at multiple engagements in the war's southern campaign, they are best known for their role in the American victory at the Battle of Kings...

, led by William Campbell

William Campbell (general)

William Campbell was a Virginia farmer, pioneer, and soldier. One of the thirteen signers of the earliest statement of armed resistance to the British Crown in the American Colonies, the Fincastle Resolutions, Campbell represented Hanover County in the Virginia House of Delegates...

, camped at Roaring Creek, after passing Yellow Mountain Gap; ten days later, October 7, 1780, they would arrive at Kings Mountain

Kings Mountain National Military Park

Kings Mountain National Military Park is a National Military Park near Blacksburg, South Carolina, along the North Carolina/South Carolina border...

 for the Battle of Kings Mountain

Battle of Kings Mountain

The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive battle between the Patriot and Loyalist militias in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War...

 against the British.

See also

• Big Yellow Mountain
  Big Yellow Mountain
  Big Yellow Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country and wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. It's elevation reaches 5,440 feet . The mountain generates feeder streams for the North Toe River....
  
  
• Grassy Ridge Bald
  Grassy Ridge Bald
  Grassy Ridge Bald is a mountain in North Carolina and is part of the Roan Highlands, within the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 6,165 feet and it is on the border between Avery and Mitchell counties. The mountain generates feeder streams for the North Toe River....
  
  
• Little Yellow Mountain
  Little Yellow Mountain (North Carolina)
  Little Yellow Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country and wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. It's elevation reaches 5,504 feet , it is on the border between Avery and Mitchell counties...
  
  
• North Toe River
  North Toe River
  The North Toe River is a large stream in the North Carolina High Country. The headwaters begin between Bald Mountain and Sugar Mountain, what is known as Sugar Gap, in Avery County. The river proceeds to go southwest till it ends with a confluence with the Cane River, forming the Nolichucky River...
  
  
• Overmountain Men
  Overmountain Men
  The Overmountain Men were American frontiersmen from west of the Appalachian Mountains who took part in the American Revolutionary War. While they were present at multiple engagements in the war's southern campaign, they are best known for their role in the American victory at the Battle of Kings...
  
  
• Unaka Range
  Unaka Range
  The Unaka Range is a mountain range on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, in the southeastern United States. It is a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains and is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains physiographic province. The Unakas stretch approximately from the Nolichucky River to the...
  
  

Further reading

• Cooper, Horton. History of Avery County, Biltmore Press, 1964
• Cooper, Horton. North Carolina Mountain Folklore and Miscellany Murfreesboro, N.C., Johnson Pub. Co., c1972