Union County is a U.S. county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its population was 17,808 as of the United States Census, 2000. Its county seat is Maynardville. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Union County was formed in 1850 from portions of Grainger, Claiborne, Campbell, Anderson and Knox counties. There are at least two theories on the source of its name. The name may commemorate the "union" of se...
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Union County is a U.S. county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its population was 17,808 as of the United States Census, 2000. Its county seat is Maynardville. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Union County was formed in 1850 from portions of Grainger, Claiborne, Campbell, Anderson and Knox counties. There are at least two theories 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 the Civil War.
In the 1930s, the damming of the Clinch River by Norris Dam to form Norris Lake inundated a large part of the county, including the community of Loyston, and displaced many residents. With assistance from the National Park Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) developed Big Ridge State Park as a demonstration park on the shore of the lake in Union County. The...
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