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Knox County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 478,971, [3] making it the third-most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Knoxville, [4] which is the third-most populous city in Tennessee. Knox County is included in the Knoxville metropolitan area.
Loudon County was added in 2000. Grainger County was re-added in 2013. In new federal definitions of metropolitan areas announced in February 2013, the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area was redefined. [4] Campbell, Grainger, Morgan and Roane Counties were added to the MSA, making it a nine-county metropolitan region. [7]
Gibbs would later be used as the name of the area following Harbison Crossroads. The different names of the area has led to confusion, as state and county maps designate the area as Harbison Crossroads, and public schools located within the community are named for Gibbs, including Gibbs Elementary, Middle and High schools. [1]
As Knox County considers a new 20-year plan for handling population growth, rural residents have expressed concerns the proposal would turn thousands of acres of fertile farmland into commercial ...
The growth policy plan is expected by Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and other county officials to save the county $4.8 million a year, whereas the status quo would lose $2 million.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
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]
The Systemwide Parks and Recreation Master Plan has been updated for the first time in over a decade. Here's what you need to know