Carter County, Tennessee property search
Search an address or an owner in Carter County, Tennessee with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 31,980 lots are mapped here, covering 129,778 acres. 2,550 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Carter County received $85,000 in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 30 recipients. 99 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Austria.
- 31,980
- Lots mapped
- 129,778
- Acres
- 2,550
- Institutional
Largest landowners in Carter County
Largest landowners by acreage in Carter County, Tennessee| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| TENNESSE STATE OF | 1 | 686 |
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| ELK RIVER LAND, LLC | 13 | 494 |
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| CITY OF ELIZABETHTON | 84 | 430 |
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| MAY FAMILY PARTNERSHIP | 2 | 332 |
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| SUGAR HOLLOW, LLC | 1 | 321 |
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| STATE OF TENN | 4 | 306 |
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| ELIZABETHTON CITY OF | 50 | 285 |
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| STATE OF TENNESSEE | 18 | 242 |
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| WILDERNESS AND COUNTRY PROPERTIES LLC | 7 | 226 |
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| ST JOHN FARM, LLC | 1 | 198 |
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Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in Tennessee
Federal farm payments in Carter County
- $85K
- Paid in 2025
- 30
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Carter County, Tennessee, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $31K |
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| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $28K |
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| Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish ELAP | $9K |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $8K |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $6K |
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| Livestock Indeminity Payments Program | $3K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Carter County
- 99
- Acres disclosed
- 2
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Carter County, Tennessee, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Austria | 99 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Carter County, Tennessee| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| GENERAL SHALE BRICK, INC. (AUSTRIA) | 99 |
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USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county
Conservation and the power grid
- 20
- Substations
- 161 kV
- Highest voltage
Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.
Find out who owns a property in Carter County by address, free, or work out a lot's acreage.
Carter County last published these records on August 7, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.