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  2. Knoxville, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .knoxvilletn .gov. Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States. [15] As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, [16] making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's third-most-populous city after Nashville and Memphis. [17] It is ...

  3. Knoxville metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    423, 865. The Knoxville metropolitan area, commonly known as Greater Knoxville, [2] is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) centered on Knoxville, Tennessee, the third largest city in Tennessee and the largest city in East Tennessee. It is the third largest metropolitan area in Tennessee. In 2020, the Knoxville metro area (the MSA as defined ...

  4. History of Knoxville, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    The History of Knoxville, Tennessee, began with the establishment of James White's Fort on the Trans-Appalachian frontier in 1786. [1] The fort was chosen as the capital of the Southwest Territory in 1790, and the city, named for Secretary of War Henry Knox, was platted the following year. [1] Knoxville became the first capital of the State of ...

  5. Knox County, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Website. knoxcounty .org. Knox County is located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 478,971, [3] making it the third-most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Knoxville, [4] which is the third-most populous city in Tennessee. Knox County is included in the Knoxville metropolitan area.

  6. Old City, Knoxville - Wikipedia

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    November 18, 1985. The Old City is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located at the northeast corner of the city's downtown area. Originally part of a raucous and vice-ridden section of town known as "The Bowery," the Old City has since been revitalized through extensive redevelopment efforts carried out during the 1980s ...

  7. Halls Crossroads, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Halls Crossroads (known locally as Halls) is a census-designated place in northern Knox County, Tennessee. [4] As a northern suburb of nearby Knoxville, [5] Halls is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town takes its name from the Thomas Hall family that settled in the area in the late 18th century.

  8. Old North Knoxville - Wikipedia

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    92000506 [1] Added to NRHP. May 14, 1992. Old North Knoxville is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located just north of the city's downtown area. Initially established as the town of North Knoxville in 1889, the area was a prominent suburb for Knoxville's upper middle and professional classes until the 1950s.

  9. McGhee Tyson Airport - Wikipedia

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    McGhee Tyson Airport ( IATA: TYS [3], ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a public/military airport 12 miles (19 km) south of Knoxville, [4] in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, who was killed in World War I. [5] Owned by the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, it is served by several major airlines ...