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Knoxville (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 57 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.9500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 083 55 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -83.9167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Tennessee River; named for Henry Knox, secretary of war in President Washington's cabinet; until 1863 occupied by Confederates during Civil War; center of large metropolitan area with diversified economy. |
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| Knoxville (preferred,C,V)
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| White's Fort (H,V)
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| Whites Ford (C,V)
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| Whites Mill (C,V)
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| ZdWhites Ford (C,V)
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Knox (county) (P) |
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Knoxville (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in 1785 when treaty with Cherokee Indians opened region to settlers; site was first established as a frontier outpost |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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for textiles, furniture, plastics, clothing, auto seat belts, temperature controls & chemicals |
| industrial center (C) |
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for mining, quarrying, distribution & lumber |
| agricultural center (C) |
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for flour & feed, tobacco & livestock |
| tourist center (C) |
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includes Great Smokey Mountains National Park & Cumberland Mountains |
| educational center (C) |
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houses University of Tennesee, Knoxville College & Tennessee School for Deaf |
| cultural center (C) |
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noted for historic buildings from Civil War, McClung Historical Collection in Lawson McGhee Library & Sunsphere |
| capital (H) |
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of Territory South of River Ohio; of Tennessee state |
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