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Knoxville, Tennessee | |
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| Ceety o Knoxville | |
 The Ceety o Knoxville, Tennessee | |
| Eik-name(s): | |
 Location in Knox Coonty an the state o Tennessee. | |
  Knoxville, Tennessee Location in the United States | |
| 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 is a ceety in the U.S. state o Tennessee, an the coonty seat o Knox Coonty.[13]
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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