Knoxville, Tennessee
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| Knoxville, Tennessee | ||
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| Ceety | ||
| Ceety o Knoxville | ||
 The Ceety o Knoxville, Tennessee | ||
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| Nickname(s): The Marble Ceety,[1] Hert o the Valley,[2] Queen Ceety o the Moontains,[3] K-Town,[4] Scruffy Ceety,[5] Gateway tae the Great Smoky Moontains.[6] | ||
 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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| Aurie[7] | ||
| • Ceety | 269.8 km2 (104.2 sq mi) | |
| • Laund | 255.2 km2 (98.5 sq mi) | |
| • Watter | 14.6 km2 (5.6 sq mi) 5.4% | |
| Elevation[8] | 270 m (886 ft) | |
| Population (2010)[9] | ||
| • 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 | 1,096,961 (US: 50t) | |
| Demonym(s) |
Knoxvillian Knoxvillite | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
| • Simmer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| Zip code | 37901-37902, 37909, 37912, 37914-37924, 37927-37934, 37938-37940, 37950, 37995-37998 | |
| Aurie code(s) | 865 | |
| FIPS code[11] | 47-40000 | |
| GNIS featur ID[12] | 1648562 | |
| Wabsteid |
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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).
- ↑ http://utdailybeacon.com/news/2013/nov/5/knoxvillians-capitalize-citys-scruffy-reputation/
- ↑ 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 March 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: City of Knoxville". USGS. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
- ↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "Sister City Directory". Sister Cities International. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2007-07-08. Retrieved April 1, 2011. Freemit airtin in
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