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Knoxville is a city located in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 173,890. It is the county seat of Knox County 6, and is the third-largest city in the state of Tennessee. Its nickname is the Marble City, from when it was a major centre of marble distribution in the early 1900s. It was named in honour of the first Secretary of War, Henry Knox.
Knoxville is also the home of the University of Tennessee's primary campus (UTK). The university's sports teams, called the "Volunteers" or "Vols", are extremely popular in the surrounding area. In fact, the area codeThe area code is a part of a telephone number normally occurring at the beginning of the number, that usually indicates a geographical area. It directs telephone calls to particular regions on a public switched telephone network (PSTN), where they are fur comprising Knoxville and nearby Oak RidgeOak Ridge is a city located in Anderson and Roane Counties in eastern Tennessee, about 25 miles west of Knoxville. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 27,387. Oak Ridge houses the headquarters of IPIX. Its nicknames are the Atomic Ci is 865 (VOL).
Knoxville is also the home of the Women's Basketball Hall of FameThe Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honors men and women who have contributed to the sport of women's basketball. The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Members of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame The year each person was inducted fol, thanks partly to the popularity of Pat SummittPat Summitt (born Patricia Head on June 14, 1952 in Clarksville, Tennessee) is a women's college basketball coach. She is the coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols''. Of her 30 years as a coach, 29 have been spent as coach of the Lady Vols''. and the University of Tennessee women's basketball team.
As of 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, the current mayorA mayor ( Latin major "better") is the chief executive official of a city, town, or village. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs as to the powers and responsibilities of a mayor, as well as the means of becoming mayor. The French is William Haslam .
Knoxville was founded in 1791Events January 25 The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada March 3 The United States Congress passes a resolution calling for the establishment of the United States Mint by Territorial Governor William BlountFor the English scholar see William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy. William Blount ( March 26 (sometimes given as April 6), 1749 March 21, 1800) was a U. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention for North Carolina, the first and only governor of the and named after George Washington's Secretary of War Henry Knox. Knoxville was the capital of the Southwest Territory from 1791 until 1797. In 1796, a constitutional convention was held in Knoxville to establish Tennessee as a state. When Tennessee entered the United States in 1797, Knoxville was the first capital of the state until 1815 when the capital was moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
During the American Civil War, the Battle of Campbell Station was fought here on November 16, 1863. In that battle Confederate troops led by General James Longstreet unsuccessfully attacked Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside. The next day the two week long Siege of Knoxville began when Longstreet placed Knoxville under siege. The siege failed and Longstreet returned with his men to General Robert E. Lee.
In 1901, train robber Kid Curry (real name, Harvey Logan ), a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch was captured after shooting two deputies on Knoxville's Central Avenue. He escaped from the Knoxville Jail and rode away on the sherriff's stolen horse.
In 1933 during the Great Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority was founded by the U.S. Government to help create jobs and attract manufacturing dependant on cheap electricity.
Knoxville hosted the 1982 World's Fair, from which the Sunsphere remains.
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