Anderson County is a U.S. county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its population was 71,330 at the United States Census, 2000. The 2005 Census Estimate placed the population at 72,430 . Its county seat is Clinton.
It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 345 square miles (893 km²), of which, 338 square miles (874 km²) of it is lan...
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Anderson County is a U.S. county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its population was 71,330 at the United States Census, 2000. The 2005 Census Estimate placed the population at 72,430 . Its county seat is Clinton.
It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 345 square miles (893 km²), of which, 338 square miles (874 km²) of it is land and 7 square miles (19 km²) of it (2.12%) is water.
Before the formation of Anderson County, Tennessee, that territory was initially land of what is today called the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, which had been settled by several pioneer families including the Wallace, Gibbs, Freels, Frost and Tunnell families. Although the Treaty of Holston, signed in 1791, was intended as a negotiation with the Cherokee to prohibit settlement of the area including what is today Anderson County, the treaty became ineffective as more settlers moved...
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