The Winner Community is in Northeast Carter County, on TN Highway 91.

Midway School, 1920's -- Joe Taylor, Teacher

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// source: Elizabethton.com

Unaka Elementary and Unaka High Schools are located near Winner.  The following history is from the Unaka Elementary School’s Web site:

Prior to 1915, there was not a proper highway from Elizabethton to the head of Stoney Creek. Most children attended their community school which was usually a one or two room building that served the students within walking distance. There were many of these community schools scattered across the county. On the upper end of Stoney Creek there was Lane Hill School, Buladeen School, Carter School, Brooks School, Willow Springs School, and Winner School. All of these community schools eventually closed and students went to Midway or Unaka. Later, in 1988 Midway School closed and their student population was absorbed by Unaka.

The original Unaka School was completed in 1922. It served as a high school and an elementary.

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