Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville | |
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Ceety o Knoxville | |
![]() The Ceety o Knoxville, Tennessee, includin the Sunsphere tae the left. | |
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![]() Location in Knox Coonty an the state o Tennessee. | |
Coordinates: 35°58′22″N 83°56′32″W / 35.97278°N 83.94222°WCoordinates: 35°58′22″N 83°56′32″W / 35.97278°N 83.94222°W | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
State | Tennessee |
Coonty | Knox |
Settled | 1786 |
Foondit | 1791 |
Incorporatit | 1815 |
Foondit bi | James White |
Named for | Henry Knox |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-Cooncil |
• Mayor | Madeline Rogero (D) |
• Ceety Cooncil | Council Members
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Area | |
• Ceety | 269.8 km2 (104.2 sq mi) |
• Laund | 255.2 km2 (98.5 sq mi) |
• Water | 14.6 km2 (5.6 sq mi) 5.4% |
Elevation | 270 m (886 ft) |
Population | |
• Ceety | 178,874 |
• Estimate (2013)[10] | 183,270 |
• Rank | US: 128t |
• Density | 701.0/km2 (1,816/sq mi) |
• Urban | 558,696 (US: 74t) |
• Metro | 852,715 (US: 64t) |
• Combined Stateestical Pop | 1096961 (US: 50t) |
Demonym(s) | Knoxvillian Knoxvillite |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Zip code | 37901-37902, 37909, 37912, 37914-37924, 37927-37934, 37938-37940, 37950, 37995-37998 |
Area code(s) | 865 |
FIPS code[11] | 47-40000 |
GNIS featur ID[12] | 1648562 |
Website | www |
Knoxville (Inglis pronunciation: /nɑksˈvɪl/) is a ceety in the U.S. state o Tennessee, an the coonty seat o Knox Coonty.[13]
Births[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 1930 - John Cullum, actor an film director
- 1963 - Quentin Tarantino, actor an film director
- 1971 - Johnny Knoxville, comedian, stand-up airtist an actor
- 1975 - Christina Hendricks, actress
- 1980 - Randy Orton, actor
- 1982 - Brad Renfro, actor (d. 2008)
- 1984 - Davis Tarwater, soummer
- 1994 - Noelle Easton, pornographic actress
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Knoxville haes seiven sister ceeties as designatit bi Sister Cities International:[14]
Chełm, Poland
Chengdu, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Larissa, Greece
Muroran, Japan
Neuquen, Argentinae
Yesan Coonty, Sooth Korea
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Ask Doc Knox, "What's With All This Marble City Business?" Metro Pulse, 10 May 2010. Accessed at the Internet Archive, 1 October 2015.
- ↑ Lucile Deaderick, Heart of the Valley: A History of Knoxville, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1976).
- ↑ Mark Banker, Appalachians All: East Tennessee and the Elusive History of an American Region (Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 2010), p. 83.
- ↑ Jack Neely, From the Shadow Side: And Other Stories of Knoxville, Tennessee (Tellico Books, 2003).
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 10 Apryle 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ Jack Neely, "A Knoxville Vacation," Knoxville Mercury, 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Knoxville city, Tennessee". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2013.
- ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: City of Knoxville". USGS. 10 Mairch 2008. Retrieved 15 Januar 2009.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 7 Juin 2011.
- ↑ "Sister City Directory". Sister Cities International. Archived frae the original on 9 Julie 2007. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2011. Unknown parameter
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