Erwin, Tennessee Erwin, Tennessee Location of Erwin, Tennessee Location of Erwin, Tennessee Erwin is a town in and the governmental center of county of Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States. The populace was 6,097 at the 2010 census.
The town of Erwin received its name by a mail mishap.
A typo made by postal service officials caused the name to be recorded as Erwin.
Erwin earned some notoriety in 1916 when the only known enhance execution of an elephant in Tennessee occurred in the community.
As home to the region's biggest stockyards yard, Erwin was the only improve with the means to carry out the death sentence.
Surrounding communities decided that Erwin was the best place to carry out the execution and Erwin obliged, even though the town itself was against it.
Erwin is positioned at 36 8 42 N 82 24 39 W (36.145036, -82.410796), The town is situated in a valley at the confluence of North Indian Creek, which approaches from the northeast, and the Nolichucky River, which enters the valley from the mountain peaks to the southeast.
Just before reaching Erwin, the Nolichucky passes through a narrow gorge prominent with whitewater rafters.
The Nolichucky River, approaching Erwin from the east, as seen from the Appalachian Trail Erwin is surrounded by the Cherokee National Forest, and mountain peaks dominate the view in all directions.
The Appalachian Trail passes east of Erwin.
Tennessee State Route 107 (North Main Avenue) joins Erwin to Unicoi to the north and the Embreeville region and Washington County to the west.
Tennessee State Route 395 joins Erwin with the non-urban parts of Mitchell and Yancey counties to the east in North Carolina, crossing the Unakas at the 3,100-foot (940 m) Indian Grave Gap (the road becomes North Carolina Highway 197 at the state line).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2), of which 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2) is territory and 0.28% is water.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 19.7% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 22.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Nuclear Fuel Services has a primary facility in Erwin.
Grace Company. Production activities at the Erwin facility include preparing enriched uranium to be processed into nuclear reactor fuel, refining uranium hexafluoride into other uranium compounds, and downblending high-enriched uranium to convert it to a low-enriched form for use in commercial nuclear reactors.
Erwin was host to a CSX rail yard, diesel shop, and car repair facility, which closed in 2015.
Erwin, Tennessee: A Pictorial History, 1891-1929.
Goforth, Erwin, Tennessee: A Pictorial History 1891 1929 (Overmountain Press, 2004), pp.
Christine Tipton, "Town of Erwin, Erwin official website, 2011.
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Certified Population of Tennessee Incorporated Municipalities and Counties, State of Tennessee website, 1 July 2011.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Public Health Assessment, Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Erwin, Unicoi County, Tennessee; EPA FACILITY ID: TND0030 - 95635, Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, May 29, 2007 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erwin, Tennessee.
Erwin, Tennessee at DMOZ Municipalities and communities of Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States County seat: Erwin Erwin Unicoi This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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