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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 City Directory, 1960 (Knoxville: City Directory Company, 1960) W. R. McNabb (1972), "History of the Knoxville City Hall", Tennessee Historical Quarterly , 31 (3): 256– 260, ISSN 0040-3261 , JSTOR 42623317
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States, on the Tennessee River. [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]
The 1880s were the greatest growth period in the city's history, although there was substantial growth after World War II. 1886 Aerial Rendering of Knoxville Structures now listed on the National Register of Historic Places largely reflect this expansion.
Market Square got its start in 1854 when developers William Swan and Joseph Mabry donated the land to the city of Knoxville for a public market, according to the Knoxville History Project. Swan ...
African-American history in Knoxville, Tennessee (1 C, 12 P) E. Mayoral elections in Knoxville, Tennessee (12 P) N.
The McClung Warehouses site along West Jackson Avenue, where buildings were destroyed by fires in 2007 and 2014, is one of Knoxville's next big priorities for redevelopment. The city, which owns ...
Knox County is a county 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.