Blount County, Tennessee

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Blount County Courthouse
Blount County Courthouse
administration
US state : Tennessee
Administrative headquarters : Maryville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
341 Court Street
Maryville, TN 37804-5906
Foundation : July 11, 1795
Made up from: Knox County
Area code : 001 865
Demographics
Residents : 123,010  (2010)
Population density : 85 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1468 km²
Water surface : 21 km²
map
Map of Blount County within Tennessee
Website : www.blounttn.org

The Blount County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 123,010 residents and a population density of 85 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population increased to 125,099. The county seat is Maryville .

Blount County is located in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area , the metropolitan area around the city of Knoxville .

geography

The county is located in eastern Tennessee in the Appalachian Mountains , whose main ridge forms the border with North Carolina . It has an area of ​​1468 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water.

In the northwest, the county is bounded by the Tennessee River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Ohio . In the southwest, the county is bounded by the Little Tennessee River , which flows into the Tennessee River in neighboring Loudon County to the west.

The following neighboring counties border Blount County:

Knox County
Loudon County Neighboring communities Sevier County
Monroe County Graham County
( North Carolina ) 		Swain County,
North Carolina

The county is located in the Appalachian Great Smoky Mountains , the distinctive peaks of which are within the county of Chilhowee Mountain and Thunderhead Mountain . Part of it is protected as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Fort Loudon Lake and Chilhowee Lake are lakes in the area.

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 19.206 -
1910 20,809 8.3%
1920 28,800 38.4%
1930 33,989 18%
1940 41,116 21%
1950 54,691 33%
1960 57,525 5.2%
1970 63,744 10.8%
1980 77,770 22%
1990 85,969 10.5%
2000 105,823 23.1%
2010 123.010 16.2%
2013 estimate 125.099 1.7%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Blount County was formed on July 11, 1795 from parts of Knox County. It was named after William Blount , a US Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Constituent Assembly (Constitutional Convention) of North Carolina and a signatory to the United States Constitution .

The Sam Houston Schoolhouse is one of 75 entries for the county in the NRHP.

75 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 9, 2018).

population

According to the 2010 census , Blount County had 123,010 people in 48,728 households. The population density was 85 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 48,728 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.2 percent white, 2.9 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.

21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 45,991  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,788. 13.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Blount County

Blount County municipalities

Citys , Towns and Census-designated places (CDP) :

place Residents
2010 		Type
Maryville 27,258 City
Seymour 1 10,919 CDP
Alcoa 8449 City
Eagleton Village 5052 CDP
Louisville 2439 Town
Wildwood 1098 CDP
Friendsville 890 City
Rockford 798 City
Townsend 448 City
Walland 259 CDP

1 - predominantly in Sevier County

Other unincorporated communities not recorded separately from the census :

structure

Blount County is divided into 10 numbered districts:

District Population (2010) FIPS
1 10,476 47-90010
2 10,652 47-90200
3 11,848 47-90390
4th 18,310 47-90580
5 10,767 47-90770
District Population (2010) FIPS
  6th 14,548 47-90960
  7th 13,268 47-91150
  8th 11,790 47-91340
  9 10,875 47-91530
10 10,476 47-91720

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blount County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Blount County, TN Retrieved December 17, 2014
  3. ↑ a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved December 17, 2014
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 26 .
  6. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 22, 2015
  8. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Tennessee  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 17, 2014@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

Commons : Blount County, Tennessee  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 35 ° 41 ′  N , 83 ° 56 ′  W