Jellico (Tennessee)

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Jellico
Main Street in the center of Jellico, which is listed as Jellico Commercial Historic District in the NRHP since 1999 [1]
Main Street, which as in the center of Jellico Jellico Commercial Historic District since 1999 NRHP listed
Location in Tennessee
Jellico (Tennessee)
Jellico
Jellico
Basic data
Foundation : 1878 (created)
1883 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Tennessee
County : Campbell County
Coordinates : 36 ° 35 ′  N , 84 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 36 ° 35 ′  N , 84 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 2,355 (as of 2010)
698,030 (as of 2010)
Population density : 204.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.5 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 298 m
Postal code : 37762
Area code : +1 423
FIPS : 47-38020
GNIS ID : 1289336
Jellico-marker-state-line-tnky1.jpg
Tennessee-Kentucky state border marker in Jellico

Jellico is a small town (with the status " City ") in Campbell County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 Jellico had 2,355 inhabitants, the number of which had decreased to 2304 by 2013.

Jellico is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area , the metropolitan area around the city of Knoxville .

geography

The town of Jellico is located in the middle of the Cumberland Mountains in the Elk Greek Valley, right on the border with Kentucky . The name Jellico comes from Angelica (German forest angelica ), a plant that grows in abundance in the surrounding mountains. This is also the name of the small mountain stream that flows into the Cumberland River near Williamsburg, Kentucky.

The geographical coordinates of Jellico are 36 ° 35'16 "north latitude and 84 ° 07'37" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​11.5 km².

Neighboring towns to Jellico are Williamsburg , Kentucky (12 miles north), Clairfield (17 miles east), and Pioneer (18 miles southwest).

Knoxville city ​​center is 93 km south-southeast. The nearest other major cities are Charlotte in North Carolina (458 km east-southeast), Georgia's capital Atlanta (399 km south), Chattanooga (235 km southwest), Tennessee's capital Nashville (313 km west), Louisville in Kentucky (293 km northwest) and Lexington in Kentucky (188 km north).

traffic

The Interstate Highway 75 runs in a north-south direction by the urban area of Jellico. The US Highway  25 W , and the Tennessee  State Highway  9 and 297 meet in the center of Jellico. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line for freight traffic of the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) merges through the urban area of ​​Jellico in north-south direction .

The Campbell County Airport is 45 km south of Jellico, a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airport is McGhee Tyson Airport, 114 km southeast in Alcoa , south of Knoxville.

history

Coal mining in Jellico

First Jellico was founded in 1878 as Smithburg. After 1880, high quality hard coal was discovered in the mountains around Jellico. With the connection to the railway network in 1883, numerous mines emerged in the area and the city was renamed. From the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, the Jellico mines were among the most productive in the United States.

In 1906, a train carrying a wagon loaded with dynamite exploded and destroyed parts of the city. The city quickly recovered from this disaster and most of the city's old buildings in the Jellico Commercial Historic District date from this period.

population

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 758 -
1900 1283 69.3%
1910 1862 45.1%
1920 1878 0.9%
1930 1530 -18.5%
1940 1581 3.3%
1950 1556 -1.6%
1960 2210 42%
1970 2235 1.1%
1980 2798 25.2%
1990 2447 -12.5%
2000 2448 0%
2010 2355 -3.8%
2013 estimate 2304 -2.2%
1890-2000 2010-2013

According to the 2010 census , Jellico had 2355 people in 1027 households. The population density was 204.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.2 people lived in each of the 1,027 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.2 percent white, 1.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

20.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 23,653  USD . The per capita income was $ 14,627. 31.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 99001344.Retrieved February 21, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 21, 2015
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 21, 2015
  4. ↑ AirNav.com - Campbell County Airport Accessed on February 21, 2015
  5. ↑ US Decennial Census. Retrieved February 21, 2015

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