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Athens is the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee, United States [8] and the principal city of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 53,569. The city is located almost equidistantly between the major cities of Knoxville and Chattanooga . [ 9 ]
McMinn County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in East Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,794. The county has a total area of 432 square miles (1,120 km 2). Most of the county is within the Ridge and Valley area of the Appalachian Mountains. Its county seat is Athens.
TDEC enforces state environmental laws and regulations. The TBI is the primary state-level criminal investigative department. State park rangers are responsible for all activities and law enforcement inside the Tennessee State Parks system. Tennessee, like many other southern states, has a strong reputation for harsh criminal punishment.
The combined statistical area consists of three metropolitan statistical areas – Chattanooga, Cleveland, and Dalton – as well as the Athens, Scottsboro, and Summerville micropolitan statistical areas. At the 2023 estimate, the CSA had a population of 1,003,363.
Adamsville – The Biggest Little Town in Tennessee [3] Athens – The Friendly City [4] Bristol – The Birthplace of Country Music (shares this nickname with Bristol, Virginia) [5] Chattanooga. Dynamo of Dixie [6] The Scenic City [7] City of Lights [7] Gateway to the South [7] Clarksville. Gateway to the New South [8] The Queen City or Queen ...
A 1999 Tennessee state study of Tennessee schools found that McMinn County Schools teacher salaries were 110% of the state median (and Athens City teacher salaries were 122% of the state median), on a Tennessee Teacher Cost Index basis, ranking it in the top 17% in the state. [15] Parkinson became the head of the school system in 2018. [6]
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated seven combined statistical areas, ten metropolitan statistical areas, and 17 micropolitan statistical areas in Tennessee. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN CSA , comprising the area around the state capital of Nashville .
US 25E at the Kentucky state line at Cumberland Gap Tunnel: 1923: current SR 33: 174.42: 280.70 US 411/SR 61 at the Georgia state line in Polk County: SR 696 at the Virginia state line in Hancock County: 1923: current SR 34: 154.09: 247.98 US 11E/US 25W/US 70/SR 9 in Knox County: US 421 at the North Carolina state line near Trade: 1923