Watauga can refer to: Places Watauga, Kentucky Watauga County, North Carolina Watauga, South Dakota Watauga, Tennessee Watauga, Texas Bodies of Water Watauga Lake in Tennessee The Watauga River in North Carolina and Tennessee Ships USS Watauga (1864), a steam frigate planned for the United States Navy during the American Civil War that was never built Other The Watauga Association, a pre-revolutionary autonomous American government The Watauga Democrat, a newspaper published in Boone, North Carolina Watauga College, a residential college at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina The Watauga Dam, on the Watauga and Elk Rivers in Carter County, Tennessee