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Area code. 865. GNIS feature ID. 1279997 [1] Cedar Bluff is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. [2] It located along Cedar Bluff Road north of I-40 in West Knoxville. The neighborhood lies at the heart of one of Knoxville's major commercial corridors, and is the site of a regional headquarters for Discovery, Inc. [3]
Knoxville became the first capital of the State of Tennessee in 1796, and grew steadily during the early 19th century as a way station for westward-bound migrants and as a commercial center for nearby mountain communities. [ 1 ] The arrival of the railroad in the 1850s led to a boom in the city's population and commercial activity.
Indian Bluff Site: 40SW20 Mississippian 1939 Bellwood Furnace Site: 40SW21 Stone Site: 40SW23 1959 Hogan Site: 40SW23 1962 Wallace Site: 40SW32 1962 Buchanan Site: 40SW33 1962 Rails Site: 40SW33 1959 Shamble Mound Site: 40SW41 Woodland, Mississippian 1959 Brake Site: 40SW43 1962 Allen Site: 40SW47 1959, 1962 Coleson Site: 40SW52 1962 Gafford ...
Eva site. The Eva site (40BN12) is a prehistoric Native American site in Benton County, Tennessee, in the Southeastern United States. Located along an ancient channel of the Tennessee River, the Eva site saw extensive periods of occupation during the Middle and Late Archaic period (c. 6000-1000 BC). The site's well-defined midden layers helped ...
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Tennessee that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 2,000 in total. Of these, 29 are National Historic Landmarks. Each of Tennessee's 95 counties has at least one listing. The Tennessee Historical Commission, which manages the state's participation in the ...
Sharp's Ridge is a steep ridge in Knoxville, Tennessee, north of the city's downtown. A 111-acre (45 ha) area of the 7-mile (11 km) ridge is maintained as Sharp's Ridge Memorial Park, a city park dedicated to the honor of the area's war veterans. The ridge also is the site of a transmitting antenna farm that serves most of Knoxville's broadcasters.
47-40000. GNIS feature ID. 1648562 [12] 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 ...
The East Tennessee bridge burnings were a series of guerrilla operations carried out during the American Civil War by Southern Unionists in Confederate -held East Tennessee in 1861. The operations, planned by Carter County minister William B. Carter and authorized by President Abraham Lincoln, [1] called for the destruction of nine strategic ...