Knoxville, Tennessee
county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Knoxville is the third-largest city in the state of Tennessee, in the United States of America. The largest city in the state is Nashville, followed by Memphis. Knoxville is the county seat of Knox County. In 2020, it had a population of 190,740.[14]
Knoxville | |
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Coordinates: 35.9617°N 83.9232°W / 35.9617; -83.9232 | |
Country | United States |
State | Tennessee |
County | Knox |
Settled | 1786 |
Founded | 1791 |
Incorporated | 1815 |
Founded by | James White |
Named for | Henry Knox |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–council |
• Mayor | Indya Kincannon (D)[lower-alpha 1] |
• City Council | Council Members
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Area | |
• City | 104.25 sq mi (270.01 km2) |
• Land | 98.73 sq mi (255.72 km2) |
• Water | 5.52 sq mi (14.30 km2) 5.4% |
Elevation | 886 ft (270 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 190,740 |
• Rank | US: 135th |
• Density | 1,931.90/sq mi (745.91/km2) |
• Urban | 597,257 (US: 72nd) |
• Urban density | 1,382.8/sq mi (533.9/km2) |
• Metro | 868,546 (US: 64th) |
• CSA | 1,096,961 (US: 50th) |
Demonym | Knoxvillian |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Zip code | 37901-37902, 37909, 37912, 37914-37920-37924, 37927-37934, 37938-37940, 37950, 37995-37998 |
Area code | 865 |
FIPS code[13] | 47-40000 |
GNIS feature ID | 1648562[12] |
Website | www |
The city has been often called "The Streaking Capital of the World" and "The Underwear Capital of the World".[15]
Knoxville was founded in 1786 and is the second oldest of Tennessee's four major cities, after Nashville which was founded in 1779. After Tennessee's admission into the Union in 1796, Knoxville was the state's first capital. In 1819, the capital was moved to Murfreesboro, prior to Nashville becoming the current capital. The city was named in honor of the first Secretary of War, Henry Knox.
Knoxville's economy is largely fueled by the regional location of the main campus of the University of Tennessee, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other Department of Energy facilities in nearby Oak Ridge, the National Transportation Research Center, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.