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The major cities of East Tennessee are Knoxville, which is near the geographic center of the region; Chattanooga, which is in southeastern Tennessee at the Georgia border; and the "Tri-Cities" of Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport, located in the extreme northeastern part of the state.
Metropolitan Statistical Areas are, according to the University of Tennessee Knoxville as areas "centered around counties containing a census-defined urban area with a population of 50,000 or more." [ 1 ]
Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about 25 miles (40 km) west of downtown Knoxville. Oak Ridge's population was 31,402 at the 2020 census. [9] It is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. Oak Ridge's nicknames include the Atomic City, [10] the Secret City, [11] and the City ...
The Tri-Cities is the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. All three cities are located in Northeast Tennessee, while Bristol has a twin city of the same name in Virginia.
LaFollette is a city in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.Its population was 7,456 at the 2010 census, [5] with an estimated population in 2018 of 6,737. [6] It is the principal city of the LaFollette, Tennessee micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Campbell County, and is a component of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area.
East Tennessee cities ranked highly due to affordability and nearby attractions. While notable cities like Nashville and Memphis fell further down the list. See the complete ranking.
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 ]
Blaine, formerly known as Blaine's Crossroads, [7] is a city in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States, [4] and a suburb of neighboring Knoxville. [8] It is part of both the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Morristown Metropolitan Statistical Area .