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Tennessee State Route 144
State Route 144 (SR 144) is a state highway in Union County, Tennessee Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, its population was 19,109. Its county seat is Maynardville. Union County is included in the Knoxville metropolitan statistical area. History Union Coun .... It connects Hickory Star and Maynardville with Plainview. Route description SR 144 begins as Hickory Star Road in Hickory Star at an intersection with SR 170. The highway goes southeast and crosses over a ridge to enter Maynardville and have a short concurrency with SR 33/ SR 61, just west of downtown. SR 144 then leaves Maynardville and continues southeast as Ailor Gap Road and crosses over another Ridge to come to an intersection with SR 370. SR 144 continues southeast to enter Plainview and come to an end at an intersection with SR 131 just west of town, where the road continues southeast as Corryton Road to Corryton. Junction list See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maynardville, Tennessee
Maynardville (originally named Liberty) is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Tennessee, United States. The city was named to honor Horace Maynard, who successfully defended the creation of Union County from a challenge from Knox County. Its population was 2,413 at the 2010 census, up from 1,782 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Knoxville metropolitan statistical area. History Maynardville began in the early 19th century as a small community known as Liberty. When Union County was created in the 1850s, Liberty, being nearest the center of the county, was chosen as the county seat. The land for the courthouse square was donated by Marcus Monroe (1793–1870), a local minister. Shortly after the Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation authorizing the creation of Union County, Knox County secured an injunction blocking the creation of the new county, which would take some of its area from Knox County. To defend the new county, its supporters retained t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plainview, Tennessee
Plainview is a city in Union County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,125 at the 2010 census, up from 1,866 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. Plainview is located in the southern part of the county, south of Maynardville, the county seat. History Plainview would emerge into a thriving community following volunteer efforts towards the community's school, which was built in the 1920s. The school would close in the mid-20th century, prompting residents to convert the building into a community center following the donation of the structure by the Union County Board of Education to the Plainview Community Club. In 1981, the nearby city of Luttrell would establish proposed plans to annex the Plainview community, prompting community members to form a activist group and file a lawsuit against Luttrell in the Union County Chancery Court. The court would side in favor of Plainview, halting Luttrell from annexing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union County, Tennessee
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, its population was 19,109. Its county seat is Maynardville. Union County is included in the Knoxville metropolitan statistical area. History Union County was formed in 1850 from portions of Grainger, Claiborne, Campbell, Anderson, and Knox Counties. At least two theories are given on the source of its name. The name may commemorate the "union" of sections of five counties, or it may reflect East Tennessee's support for the preservation of the Union in the years before and during the Civil War. The enabling legislation was initially passed January 3, 1850, but due to legal challenges and complications, the county was not formally created until January 23, 1856. The county seat was originally named "Liberty", but renamed "Maynardville" in honor of attorney and congressman Horace Maynard, who had defended the county in a court case that sought to block its formation. In the 1930s, the dam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Highway (US)
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or province falls below numbered national highways (Canada being a notable exception to this rule) in the hierarchy (route numbers are used to aid navigation, and may or may not indicate ownership or maintenance). Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other. In some countries such as New Zealand, the word "state" is used in its sense of a sovereign state or country. By this meaning a state highway is a road maintained and numbered by the national government rather than local authorities. Countries Australia Australia's State Route system covers u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hickory Star, Tennessee
Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus ''Carya'', which includes around 18 species. Five or six species are native to China, Indochina, and India (Assam), as many as twelve are native to the United States, four are found in Mexico, and two to four are native to Canada. A number of hickory species are used for products like edible nuts or wood. Hickories are temperate forest trees with pinnately compound leaves and large nuts. Hickory flowers are small, yellow-green catkins produced in spring. They are wind-pollinated and self-incompatible. The fruit is a globose or oval nut, long and diameter, enclosed in a four-valved husk, which splits open at maturity. The nut shell is thick and bony in most species, and thin in a few, notably the pecan (''C. illinoinensis''); it is divided into two halves, which split apart when the seed germinates. Etymology The name "hickory" derives from a Native American word in an Algonquian language (perhaps Powhatan). It is a sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 170
State Route 170 (SR 170) is a state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It travels through portions of Anderson, Knox and Union counties. It connects Oak Ridge to the Maynardville area. Route description Anderson County SR 170 begins in Anderson County in Oak Ridge as Edgemore Road at a trumpet interchange with SR 62 (Illinois Avenue), right across the Clinch River from the town of Solway. It then heads northeast as an improved 2-lane highway, paralleling the Clinch and passing by several golf courses and apartments before coming to an intersection with Melton Lake Drive, just after passing Haw Ridge Park. It then immediately crosses over a long, tall, and narrow bridge over the Clinch River/Melton Hill Lake, entering Claxton and passing by the Bull Run Steam Plant. It then passes through the countryside of the Claxton Community before coming to an intersection with US 25W/ SR 9 (Clinton Highway) at the center of the community, right beside th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 33
State Route 33 (SR 33) is a primary and secondary route in East Tennessee. It runs 176 miles, from the Georgia state line in Polk County, northeast to the Virginia state line north of Kyles Ford in Hancock County. South of Maryville, SR 33 is a "hidden" route which shares a concurrency with US 411. The section of SR 33 between Knoxville and Tazewell, along with US 25E between Tazewell and Middlesboro, Kentucky, was an inspiration for the song The Ballad of Thunder Road. In the song, a moonshiner runs illegal whiskey from Kentucky to Knoxville on this route. Sections of the former Highway 33 in Union County have signs marking "The Original Thunder Road". Route description Polk County SR 33 begins in Polk County in Tennga at the Georgia state line concurrent with US 411 as its unsigned companion route. It begins as a primary highway. US 411/SR 33 go north and pass by the community of Conasauga and cross over the Conasauga River to enter Old Fort where they intersect SR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 61
State Route 61 (SR 61) is a west-to-east highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee that is . State Route 61 begins in Roane County, and it ends in Grainger County. Route description Roane County SR 61 begins in Roane County as a primary highway in the city of Rockwood at an intersection with US 27/ US 70/ SR 29/ SR 1. It begins concurrent with US 27 as its companion route though it is signed, except on I-40. They then proceed north as a four-lane divided highway and have a junction with the short SR 382, providing access to Roane State Community College, and cross into Harriman. US 27/SR 61 continue north to have an interchange with I-40 (Exit 347), with only US 27 signed, and enter the "South Harriman" neighborhood. US 27/SR 61 continue through Harriman's main business district and again intersect and have an unsigned concurrency with SR 29, US 27's main companion route. They then cross the Emory River and enter downtown H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 370
State Route 370 (SR 370) is a north–south state highway in Union County, Tennessee. It connects the community of Potato Valley with the cities of Plainview and Maynardville. Route description SR 370 begins just northwest of Plainview at an intersection with SR 144. It goes northeast as an unnamed roadway between two ridges before joining Bull Run Road after crossing a ridge. The highway, now known as Bull Run Road, goes down a valley as it passes through the community of Potato Valley. SR 370 then leaves the community and continues northeast through farmland to come to an end at an intersection with SR 61 just southeast of Maynardville. The entire route of SR 370 is a rural two-lane highway. Major intersections References {{reflist 370 __NOTOC__ Year 370 ( CCCLXX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Valens (or, less frequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 131
State Route 131 (SR 131) is a south-to-north highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee that is long. It is designated as a secondary route. Local names for the roads followed by portions of the route are Lovell Road, Ball Camp-Byington Road, Beaver Ridge Road, Emory Road, Powell Drive, Tazewell Pike, Clinch Valley Road, and Mountain Valley Highway 131. Route description Knox County SR 131 begins in Knox County on the Farragut/Knoxville city line, at an intersection with US 11/US 70/ SR 1 (Kingston Pike). It then goes north to enter Knoxville as a 4-lane (Lovell Road) and comes to an intersection with Parkside Drive, which provides access to the Turkey Creek shopping area. It then curves to the northwest and goes through a small business district before having an interchange with I-40/I-75 (Exit 374). SR 131 continues north through an industrial area before leaving Knoxville and continuing north, passing by various subdivisions. It then comes to an interchange with SR 162 (Pel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corryton, Tennessee
Corryton, also known as Corryton Village, is an unincorporated bedroom community in northeastern Knox County, Tennessee, United States, about 15 miles northeast of Knoxville. The United States Geographic Names System classifies Corryton as a populated place. It is included in Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Corryton is situated near two mountains, House Mountain (the highest point in Knox County) and Clinch Mountain. It includes a grade school, a public library, community center, and several churches including Little Flat Creek Baptist Church (founded in 1797, making it the first Baptist church organized in Knox County), Corryton Church (formerly Corryton Baptist) and Rutherford Memorial United Methodist. History John Sawyers, a Revolutionary War veteran, settled in the vicinity of what is now Corryton in 1785. He subsequently built a small fort along the Emory Road. The community remained primarily agricultural until the construction of the Knoxville, Cumbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Ridge State Park
Big Ridge State Park is a state park in Union County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The park consists of on the southern shore of the Norris Reservoir, an impoundment of the Clinch River created by the completion of Norris Dam in 1936. Much of the park's recreational focus is on Big Ridge Lake, a sub-impoundment of Norris near the center of the park. Big Ridge State Park was first developed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the National Park Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s as part of the greater Norris Project. The park was one of three of the project's demonstration recreational areas that eventually became state parks (Norris Dam State Park and Cove Lake State Park are the other two). The park's recreational facilities opened in May 1934. The park is now operated and maintained by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Geographical setting Big Ridge State Park is located in the Appalachian Ridge- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
