{{Short description|Community in North Carolina}} {{for|another place known as Stecoah|Too-Cowee}}
'''Stecoah''' is a community in northern Graham County, North Carolina.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dFx1AAAAMAAJ&q=stecoah|title=Cherokee Heritage Trails Guidebook|first1=Barbara R.|last1=Duncan|first2=Brett H.|last2=Riggs|date=August 14, 2003|publisher=Museum of the Cherokee Indian by the University of North Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-8078-5457-0 |via=Google Books}}</ref> It has also been documented as Stekoah.
The Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center is in the former Stecoah Union School.<ref name=us/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jejwDwAAQBAJ&dq=stecoah&pg=PA102|title=Nantahala River, The: A History & Guide|first=Lance|last=Holland|date=August 14, 2020|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-4153-6 |via=Google Books}}</ref> The stone building's auditorium has been restored and it is adorned with the school colors, blue and gold. A historic panoramic photographic of people outside it is also on display.<ref name=us>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AvdJDwAAQBAJ&dq=stecoah&pg=PT236|title=Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina: A Guide to Music Sites, Artists, and Traditions of the Mountains and Foothills|first1=Fred C.|last1=Fussell|first2=Steve|last2=Kruger|date=February 1, 2018|publisher=UNC Press Books|isbn=978-1-4696-4147-8 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
The former Cherokee village of Stecoah (Too-Cowee) was home to Cherokee until it was destroyed and later sold.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVF1AAAAMAAJ&q=stecoah|title=Footsteps of the Cherokees: A Guide to the Eastern Homelands of the Cherokee Nation|first=Vicki|last=Rozema|date=August 14, 1995|publisher=John F. Blair|isbn=978-0-89587-133-6 |via=Google Books}}</ref> It is a historic site in Martin County.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://amrevnc.com/stecoah/ | title=Stecoah | American Revolution Tour of N.C. | date=30 September 2020 }}</ref>
There is a Stecoah Gap<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HK_SyXMFeXUC&dq=stecoah&pg=PA49|title=Hiking North Carolina: A Guide to Nearly 500 of North Carolina's Greatest Hiking Trails|first=Randy|last=Johnson|date=February 1, 2007|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7627-5609-4 |via=Google Books}}</ref> and a Stecoah Creek.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KFvqCQAAQBAJ&dq=stecoah&pg=PA503|title=The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History|first1=William S.|last1=Powell|first2=Michael|last2=Hill|date=June 15, 2010|publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-8078-9829-1 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
North Carolina State Senator Joel Lafayette Crisp lived in Stecoah.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links == *[https://www.grahamcounty.net/GCHistory/07-stecoah/stecoah.htm Stecoah entry on grahamcounty.net] *[https://stecoahvalleycenter.com/history-mission/ Steciah Valley Center website] (includes a history section)
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Category:North Carolina placenames of Native American origin
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