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Maryville is a city located in Blount County, Tennessee, 20 miles south of Knoxville. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 23,120. It is the county seat of Blount CountyGR6. The city is home to Maryville College, the corporate headquarters of the Ruby Tuesday casual dining restaurant chain, and Tennessee State Champion high school teams in football (1970, 1976, and 1978 in Class AA, and 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 in Class 4A) and baseball (1989 in Class AAA). Blount County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ...
Eastern view of Knoxville Nickname: The Marble City, K-Town, Big Orange Country, Knox Vegas Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: http://www. ...
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A county seat is an administrative center for a county. ...
Blount County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ...
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Maryville College is a private four-year liberal arts college in Maryville, Tennessee, near Knoxville. ...
Ruby Tuesday is an American casual dining restaurant chain known for its salad bar (commonly using the slogan Awesome Food, Serious Salad Bar). It was founded in 1972 by five University of Tennessee students and is now headquartered in Maryville, Tennessee. ...
History
In 1785, Revolutionary War veteran John Craig founded a wooden pallisade known as Fort Craig at what is now Maryville in order to defend settlers against attacks from Native American tribes. Craig donated 50 acres (200,000 m²) next to his fort for the founding of a new town. Maryville was incorporated as a city on July 11, 1795 and named in honor of Mary Grainger Blount, wife of territorial governor William Blount, for whom Blount County is named. 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ...
1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
For the English scholar see William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy. ...
The family of Sam Houston moved to Maryville in 1808, when Houston was 15. He taught school in a one-room schoolhouse in Maryville before he began his military and political career. Sam Houston Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) 19th century statesman, politician and soldier. ...
During the American Civil War, Maryville was occupied by Union troops in May 1864. In August 1864, a Confederate cavalry raid, under the command of General Joseph Wheeler, attacked the courthouse where the Union troops had barricaded themselves. The Rebels set fire to several buildings in the attempt to dislodge the Northern soldiers, including a store where the city's records were being kept. Polly Tool, an African-American slave rescued most of the records and is now honored by a statue in the Blount County courthouse. The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America between the United States of America, called the Union and the Confederate States of America, a new nation formed by 11 seceding states. ...
1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Cavalry is also a common misspelling of the Biblical hill Calvary. ...
Joseph Wheeler Joseph Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was an American military commander and politician who fought during the Civil War and Spanish-American War and served as a U.S. Representative from Alabama. ...
An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...
The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ...
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander was born in Maryville in 1940 and announced his eventually unsuccessful bids for the Republican nomination for President in 1996 and 2000 from Maryville. Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the junior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
Geography Maryville is located at 35°44'59" North, 83°58'33" West (35.749857, -83.975805)GR1. Image File history File links TNMap-doton-Maryville. ...
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 41.2 km² (15.9 mi²). 41.2 km² (15.9 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
A square mile is an Imperial unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (5280 feet, 1760 yards, 1 609. ...
Maryville lies in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. The city is bordered on the north by Maryville's twin city, Alcoa, Tennessee. The Great Smoky Mountains are a major mountain range in the southern Appalachian Mountains chain. ...
Alcoa is a city located in Blount County, Tennessee. ...
Major streets U.S. Highway 129 is a spur of U.S. Highway 29. ...
U.S. Highway 411 is a spur of U.S. Highway 11. ...
Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the junior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. ...
U.S. Highway 321 is a spur of U.S. Highway 21. ...
U.S. Highway 321 is a spur of U.S. Highway 21. ...
Louisville is a city located in Blount County, Tennessee. ...
U.S. Highway 129 is a spur of U.S. Highway 29. ...
Sevierville is a city located in Sevier County, Tennessee, and is its county seat6. ...
U.S. Highway 411 is a spur of U.S. Highway 11. ...
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 23,120 people, 9,050 households, and 6,045 families residing in the city. The population density is 560.7/km² (1,452.4/mi²). There are 9,795 housing units at an average density of 237.6/km² (615.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 93.59% White, 2.95% African American, 0.22% Native American, 1.55% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. 1.38% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There are 9,050 households out of which 32.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% are married couples living together, 11.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% are non-families. 29.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.38 and the average family size is 2.95. To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ...
In the city the population is spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 85.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 81.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $40,143, and the median income for a family is $49,182. Males have a median income of $35,434 versus $23,444 for females. The per capita income for the city is $21,556. 10.1% of the population and 7.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 12.3% of those under the age of 18 and 9.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
Schools
City John Sevier in bronze by Belle Kinney Scholz and Leopold F. Scholz; located in National Statuary Hall. ...
Maryville High School is four-year public high school founded in 1918 in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. ...
Maryville Middle School aerial photograph. ...
Sam Houston Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) 19th century statesman, politician and soldier. ...
Private/parochial - Maryville Christian School
Colleges
Famous Maryvillians Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the junior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. ...
Mike Cross is a highly versatile and entertaining musician. ...
Sam Houston Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) 19th century statesman, politician and soldier. ...
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