"From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Wildcat Lake"? Avery County has some great place names. Some places are named for families, like the Banners or Linvilles, while others are named for events, like Battleground, or local flora and fauna, like Cranberry. Throw in a county seat named for a North Carolina lieutenant governor, a community named for a Kansas senator, and an area named for an Aztec emperor, and you have quite an interesting place.