Maryville, Tennessee

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Maryville
Downtown Maryville
Downtown Maryville
Location in Tennessee
Maryville, Tennessee
Maryville
Maryville
Basic data
Foundation : 1785 (settled)
1795 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Tennessee
County : Blount County
Coordinates : 35 ° 45 ′  N , 83 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 35 ° 45 ′  N , 83 ° 58 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
27,465 (status: 2010)
698,030 (status: 2010)
Population density : 631.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 43.5 km 2  (approx. 17 mi 2 )
Height : 285 m
Postal code : 37803
Area code : +1 865
FIPS : 47-46380
GNIS ID : 1292868
Website : www.maryvillegov.com
Mayor : Tom Taylor

Marysville is a town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Blount County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , Maryville had 27,465 residents, which increased to 27,992 by 2013.

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

geography

Maryville is located in eastern Tennessee not far from the confluence of the Little Tennessee River with the Tennessee River , which over the Ohio belongs to the Mississippi basin.

The geographical coordinates of Maryville are 35 ° 45'23 "north latitude and 83 ° 58'14" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​43.5 km².

Neighboring towns to Maryville are Alcoa and Eagleton Village (on the northern city limits), Wildwood (12 km northeast), Walland (10 miles east-southeast), Greenback (15 miles southwest), Friendsville (10 miles west) and Louisville (10th district) , 8 km northwest).

The nearest major cities are Knoxville (17 miles north), Lexington , Kentucky (303 miles in the same direction), Charlotte , North Carolina (368 km east-southeast), Greenville , South Carolina (275 km southeast), Atlanta , Georgia ( 284 km south), Chattanooga (177 km southwest), Tennessee's capital Nashville (298 km west), Bowling Green in Kentucky (340 km northwest) and Kentucky's largest city Louisville (412 km northwest).

traffic

In the urban area of ​​Maryville, the US Highways 129 and 321 and the Tennessee State Routes 33 , 35 , 115 , 335 and 336 meet. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line for freight traffic from CSX Transportation (CSXT) runs through the west of the city .

The nearest airport is McGhee Tyson Airport, 7 km north of Knoxville.

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 2381 -
1920 3739 57%
1930 4958 32.6%
1940 5609 13.1%
1950 7742 38%
1960 10,348 33.7%
1970 13,808 33.4%
1980 17,480 26.6%
1990 19.208 9.9%
2000 23,120 20.4%
2010 27,465 18.8%
2013 estimate 27,992 1.9%
1910-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Maryville had 27,465 people in 10,712 households. The population density was 631.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.41 people lived in each of the 10,712 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.0 percent white, 3.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.5 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.2 percent of the population.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. 53.4 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 50,991  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,174. 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

  • Randall Cobb (* 1990) - American football player - born and raised in Maryville
  • Jack Greene (1930–2013) - country musician and singer - born and raised in Maryville
  • Sam Houston (1793–1863) - President of the Republic of Texas , Governor of Tennessee and US Senator - lived in Maryville for several years
  • Lee Humphrey (* 1984) - basketball player - born and raised in Maryville
  • Otto Plant (1918–2007) - historian - born and raised in Maryville
  • Buster Ramsey (1920–2007) - American football player and coach - lived in the area and is buried in Maryville

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Maryville - City Council Members.Retrieved December 17, 2014
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 17, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 17, 2014
  4. United States Census Buero - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved December 17, 2014

Web links

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