History of Newland

Newland was incorporated in 1913, as the county seat of the newly formed Avery County. Its original name was "Old Fields of Toe" because it is located in a broad flat valley and is at the headwaters of the Toe River.

Newland was a mustering place for Civil War troops. Toe is short for "Estatoe," an Indian chief's daughter who drowned herself in the river in despair because she could not marry a brave from another tribe.