East Tennessee is a name given to approximately the eastern third of the state of Tennessee, one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The Grand Divisions are geographic cultural and legally recognized regions each constituting roughly one-third of the State of Tennessee. East Tennessee is the portion of the state located within the Eastern Time Zone and four counties in the Central Time Zone, namely Bledsoe, Cumberland, Marion, and Sequatchie Counties (however, the current legal definition of the Grand Divisions places Sequatchie County in Middle Tennessee). The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Bledsoe County is a County located in the US state of Tennessee. Cumberland County is a County located in the US state of Tennessee. Marion County is a County located in the US state of Tennessee. Sequatchie County is a County located in the US state of Tennessee. Middle Tennessee is a distinct portion of the state of Tennessee, delineated according to state law as the 41 counties East Tennessee is noted for its mountains, particularly the Great Smoky Mountains portion of the Appalachian Mountains, but in fact has many and varied landforms. The Great Smoky Mountains are a major Mountain range in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains, the second ridge line forming a north-south running mountain The Appalachian Mountains ( often called the Appalachians, are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. East Tennessee is also known for being the birthplace of country music. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains.
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Cities
The major cities of East Tennessee are Knoxville and Chattanooga. Other important cities include the "Tri-Cities" of Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport located in the extreme northeastern most part of the state, an area previously and traditionally referred to by residents as Upper East Tennessee, although today the term Northeast Tennessee is preferred by people who do not live there. In Tennessee and Virginia the name " Tri-Cities " refers to the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. Johnson City is a city in Carter, Sullivan, and Washington Counties in the U Kingsport is a city in Hawkins and Sullivan counties in the U
Higher education
East Tennessee is noted for the presence of many institutions of higher learning. The region's major public universities are the Knoxville and Chattanooga campuses of the University of Tennessee and East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. The University of Tennessee (also known as UT) sometimes called the University of Tennessee Knoxville ( UT Knoxville, or UTK) is the flagship The University of Tennessee system ( UT system) is one of two Public university systems in the state of Tennessee. East Tennessee State University ( ETSU) is an accredited American University, founded October 2, 1911 and located in Johnson Private four-year institutions include Bryan College, Carson-Newman College, King College, Lee University, Lincoln Memorial University, Maryville College, Milligan College, Johnson Bible College, Tennessee Wesleyan College, and Tusculum College. Introduction Bryan College is a nationally competitive non-denominational liberal arts college located in Dayton TN Carson-Newman College is a historically Baptist Liberal arts College located in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Founded in 1867 King College is an independently governed institution with covenant affiliations to the Presbyterian Church (U Lee University is a private coeducational University located in Cleveland, Tennessee. Lincoln Memorial University is a private four-year co-educational Liberal arts College located in Harrogate Tennessee. This article is about Maryville College in Maryville Tennessee Milligan College is a Christian Liberal arts College founded in 1866 and located immediately outside of Elizabethton in Carter County Tennessee Johnson Bible College is a private co-educational college located six miles southeast of Knoxville Tennessee. Tennessee Wesleyan College is a small Liberal arts college founded in 1857, located in the East Tennessee city of Athens. Tusculum College is a Coeducational private College affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA with its main Campus in Several public community colleges and vocational/technical schools also are located in the region.
Industry
Knoxville and Chattanooga also contain major operations of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA is a federally owned Corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide The U. S. nuclear weapons program known as the Manhattan Project was largely developed during World War II at Oak Ridge. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. The World War II Manhattan Project developed the first Nuclear weapon (atomic bomb World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Oak Ridge is an incorporated City in Anderson and Roane Counties in East Tennessee, USA, about 25 miles northwest of Kingsport is the home of Tennessee's largest single industrial employer, Eastman Chemical Company (approximately 7,500 employees in 2006, 14,000 in the 1960's). Eastman Chemical Company is a United States based Chemical company, engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemicals plastics and fibers Eastman was formerly the chemical division of Kodak. Eastman Kodak Company ( is an American multinational Public company which produces imaging and photographic materials and equipment East Tennessee is also home to the Aluminum Company of America, now Alcoa. Alcoa Inc ( is the world's third largest producer of Aluminum, behind Rio Tinto Alcan and Rusal. Initially attracted to the area by its potential for low-cost hydroelectric development, Alcoa still maintains a major operation in its namesake town of Alcoa, just south of Knoxville. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water Alcoa is a city in Blount County, Tennessee, United States, south of Knoxville.
Politics
East Tennessee is the only part of the state, and one of the few in the South, which has consistently voted Republican since Reconstruction. The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive The region was the only area of the state that did not practice slavery on a wide scale. It was the only region to oppose secession before the Civil War, with the exception of Sullivan County, and as a result became an early base for the Republican Party. Secession (derived from the Latin term secessio is the act of withdrawing from an organization union or especially a political entity Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South This allegiance has continued to this day.
The state's 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts, based in the Tri-Cities and Knoxville respectively, are considered to be so heavily Republican that Republican nomination is tantamount to a general election victory. When Tennessee seceded from the Union in 1861, the 1st and 2nd Districts' congressmen were the only ones not to resign from the U.S. House of Representatives. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Similarly the only U.S. Senator from a seceding state who did not resign was Democrat, and later, National Union Party member Andrew Johnson, who was from Greeneville. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The National Union Party was a political party in the United States from 1864 to 1868. Andrew Johnson (December 29 1808 – July 31 1875 was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865-69 succeeding to the Presidency upon the assassination
The 2nd District has been held by Republicans or their antecedents continuously since 1859; the 1st has been held by Republicans or their antecedents for all but four years since 1859. Democrats do slightly better in the 3rd District, based in Chattanooga, but that district has not supported a Democrat for President since 1956. Part of the region is in the more evenly split 4th District, which was created after the 1980 Census.
The influence of East Tennessee on statewide Republican politics was felt particularly strongly in the 1986 and 2002 races for governor of Tennessee. In 1986, former Republican Governor Winfield Dunn (1971-75) ran for the office again. Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn (born July 1, 1927) was Governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 1975 However, 1st District Congressman Jimmy Quillen had never forgiven Dunn for his opposition to a medical school at East Tennessee State University. James Henry Quillen, usually known as Jimmy Quillen ( January 11, 1916 &ndash November 2, 2003) was a Republican East Tennessee State University ( ETSU) is an accredited American University, founded October 2, 1911 and located in Johnson Quillen did not endorse Dunn and encouraged other East Tennessee Republicans not to endorse Dunn either. Although Dunn won the Republican nomination, lack of support in East Tennessee cost him any realistic chance of defeating Democrat Ned McWherter in November. Ned Ray McWherter (born October 15, 1930) is an American politician who served as the 46th Governor of Tennessee from 1987 to 1995
In 2002, former Nashville Mayor Phil Bredesen garnered more support in East Tennessee than was usually expected for a Democrat. Mayors of the City of Nashville The following is a list of the Mayors of Nashville before it had a consolidated Metropolitan government: Philip Norman "Phil" Bredesen (born November 21, 1943) is the 48th Governor of Tennessee, having served since 2003 He defeated Republican Van Hilleary (who is from Rhea County, near Chattanooga) largely by holding down his margins of defeat in East Tennessee; he actually carried Knoxville by 400 votes. William Vanderpool Hilleary usually known as Van Hilleary (born June 20, 1959) is a Republican politician from Tennessee. Rhea County (pronounced " ray " is a County located in the U
Despite the regional Republican majority, there are significant Democratic enclaves in Hamilton, Knox and Washington counties—home to Chattanooga, Knoxville and Johnson City respectively, and also home to the three largest colleges in the region. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Hamilton County is a County located in the US state of Tennessee. Knox County is a county in the US state of Tennessee. Its 2007 population was estimated at 423874 by the United States Census Bureau Washington County is a County located in the US state of Tennessee. Democrats also garner support in coal mining areas and in the Oak Ridge area. Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. Oak Ridge is an incorporated City in Anderson and Roane Counties in East Tennessee, USA, about 25 miles northwest of
Geography
Unlike the geographic designations of regions of most U. S. states, the term East Tennessee has legal as well as socioeconomic meaning. East Tennessee, along with Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee, comprises one of the state's three Grand Divisions. The Grand Divisions are geographic cultural and legally recognized regions each constituting roughly one-third of the State of Tennessee. According to the Tennessee State Constitution, no more than two of the state Tennessee Supreme Court's five justices can come from any one Grand Division. The Constitution of the State of Tennessee defines the form structure activities character and fundamental rules (and means for changing them of the U The Tennessee Supreme Court is the highest Appellate court of the State of Tennessee. A similar rule applies to certain other commissions and boards as well, to prevent them from showing a geographic bias.
East Tennessee is the most populous and most densely populated of the three Grand Divisions. At the 2000 census it had 2,119,505 inhabitants living in its 34 counties, which have a combined land area of 35,115. 76 km² (13,558. 27 sq mi). Its population was 37. 25% of the state's total, and its land area is 32. 90% of the state's land area. Its population density was 60. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 358/km² (156. 33/sq mi).
See also
External links
- East Tennessee Historical Society
- DiscoverET.org, a general-purpose community website
- East Tennessee at the Open Directory Project
Dictionary
East Tennessee
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- East Tennessee is a geographical and political region in the Eastern third section of Tennessee (United States). It includes the cities of Knoxville and Chatanooga, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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