Greeneville, Tennessee Greeneville, Tennessee Town of Greeneville North Main Street in Greeneville North Main Street in Greeneville Official logo of Greeneville, Tennessee Location of Greeneville, Tennessee Location of Greeneville, Tennessee Website Town of Greeneville, Tennessee Greeneville is a town in, and the governmental center of county of Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The populace as of the 2010 census was 15,062.
The town was the capital of the short-lived State of Franklin in the 18th-century history of the Tennessee region.
Greeneville is notable as the town where President Andrew Johnson began his political longterm position when propel from his trade as a tailor.
The Greeneville Historic District was established in 1974.
Navy Los Angeles-class submarine USS Greeneville (SSN-772) was titled in honor of the town.
The town officially hosts the Greeneville Astros baseball club of the Appalachian League, though the club actually plays in the close-by city of Tusculum.
Greeneville is part of the Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA Combined Travel Destination commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.
2.2 Greeneville becomes capital of the State of Franklin Greeneville is positioned at 36 10 6 N 82 49 21 W (36.168240, -82.822474). It lies in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
Greeneville is positioned roughly halfway between Bays Mountain to the northwest and the Bald Mountains part of the chief Appalachian crest to the southeast.
The valley in which Greeneville is situated is part of the watershed of the Nolichucky River, which passes a several miles south of the town.
Several federal and state highways now intersect in Greeneville, as they were assembled to follow old roads and trails.
Route 321 follows Main Street through the center of the town and joins Greeneville to Newport to the southwest.
Route 11 - E (Andrew Johnson Highway), which joins Greeneville with Morristown to the west, intersects U.S.
321 in Greeneville and the consolidated highway proceeds northeast to Johnson City.
Tennessee State Route 107, which also follows Main Street and Andrew Johnson Hwy, Greeneville to Erwin to the east and to the Del Rio region to the south.
Tennessee State Route 70 (Lonesome Pine Trail) joins Greeneville with Interstate 81, and Rogersville to the north and Asheville, North Carolina to the south.
Tennessee State Route 172 (Baileyton Road) joins Greeneville with Interstate 81 and Baileyton to the north.
Tennessee State Route 93 (Kingsport Highway) joins Greeneville to Interstate 81, Fall Branch and Kingsport to the north.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 17.01 square miles (44.1 km2), all land.
Climate data for Greeneville, Tennessee "Greeneville" was officially recognized as a town in 1786. Greeneville becomes capital of the State of Franklin Replica of the Capitol of the State of Franklin in Greeneville In response, delegates from Greene and neighboring counties convened at Jonesborough and resolved to break away from North Carolina and establish an autonomous state.
The first state council of Franklin met in December 1785 in a crude log courthouse in Greeneville, which had been titled the capital town/city the previous August. During this session, the delegates finally allowed a constitution which was based on, and quite similar to, the North Carolina state constitution.
In 1897, at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in Nashville, a log home that had been moved from Greeneville was displayed as the capitol where the State of Franklin's delegates met in the 1780s.
Greeneville and the abolitionist boss Greene County, like much of East Tennessee, was home to a strong abolitionist boss in the early 19th century.
Lundy remained in Greeneville for two years before moving to Baltimore.
In June 1861, on the eve of the Civil War, thirty counties of the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention met in Greeneville to discuss strategy after state voters had propel to join the Confederate States of America.
The convention sought to problematic a separate state in East Tennessee that would remain with the United States.
The state government in Nashville rejected the convention's request, however, and East Tennessee was occupied by Confederate forces shortly after that. Thomas Dickens Arnold, a Greeneville resident and former congressman who attended the convention, promoted the use of violent force to allow East Tennessee to break away from Tennessee, and taunted other members of the convention who promoted a more peaceful set of resolutions. Several conspirators involved in the pro-Union East Tennessee bridge burnings lived near what is now Mosheim, and managed to destroy the barns bridge over Lick Creek in Greene County on the evening of November 8, 1861.
Two of the conspirators, Jacob Hensie and Henry Fry, were executed in Greeneville on November 30, 1861. A portion of James Longstreet's army wintered in Greeneville following the floundered Siege of Knoxville in late 1863. Confederate general John Hunt Morgan was killed in Greeneville amid a raid by Union soldiers led by Alvan Cullem Gillem on September 4, 1864. Statue of Andrew Johnson at the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, spent much of his active life in Greeneville.
In 1826, Johnson appeared in Greeneville after fleeing an apprenticeship in Raleigh.
Johnson chose to remain in Greeneville after learning that the town's tailor was planning to retire.
Johnson purchased the tailor shop, which he moved from Main Street to its present locale at the corner of Depot and College streets.
The experience and influence Johnson attained in debating small-town issues helped him get propel to the Greeneville City Council in 1829.
He was propel mayor of Greeneville in 1834, although he resigned after just a several months in office to pursue a position in the Tennessee state legislature, which he attained the following year.
As Johnson rose through the rates of political office in state and nationwide government, he used his influence to help Greeneville constituents obtain government positions, among them his long-time supporter, Sam Milligan, who was appointed to the Court of Claims in Washington, D.C. The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, positioned in Greeneville, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1963.
The site also maintains Johnson's home on Main Street and the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery (atop Monument Hill to the south).
A replica of Johnson's birth home and a life-size statue of Johnson have been placed athwart the street from the visitor center and tailor shop.
The non-urban improve of Camp Creek south of Greeneville was severely affected by an EF-3 tornado in the outbreak on the evening of April 27 28, 2011. Six citizens were killed immediately and a seventh died later. Horse Creek, southeast of Greeneville, was also hit by an EF-3 tornado amid the same outbreak. One person was killed in that community. A total of eight were killed in Greene County..
Greeneville is governed by a Mayor-Alderman-Administrator form of government.
Greeneville also has many nursing facilities, including Life Care Center of Greeneville, Laughlin Healthcare Center, Signature HEALTHCARE of Greeneville, Morning Pointe, Wellington Place owned by Brookdale Senior Living, Maxim Healthcare Services and Comcare.
Greeneville Light and Power System (GLPS) provides electricity to all of Greene County and small portions of Cocke and Washington counties. Greeneville Water Commission (GWC) provides water to Greeneville and some areas just outside the town/city limits. Several small-town banks and credit unions have command posts in Greeneville, including Consumer Credit Union, Greeneville Federal Bank, Heritage Community Bank and American Patriot Bank.
The biggest shopping center in Greeneville is Greeneville Commons, which includes Kmart, Jc - Penney, Belk, Burke's Outlet, Hibbett Sports and Rue21.
Grocery stores in Greeneville include three K-VA-T Food City Supermarkets, two Ingles Markets, Dollar General Market, Sav-Mor Foods (a Grocery Store owned by Ingles Markets) and Save-A-Lot.
In 2001 and 2004, it was titled the AAA division Champion Fair in the state of Tennessee.
Greeneville is home to a satellite ground of Walters State Community College, which is presently being period and remodeled.
The Town of Greeneville City Schools operates: Greeneville High School - Grades 9-12 Greeneville Middle School - Grades 6-8 Town of Greeneville Parks and Recreation Department maintains: Kinser Park (Kinser Park is Co-owned by the Town of Greeneville and Greene County) Andrew Johnson National Historic Site is positioned in downtown Greeneville.
Greeneville is part of both the Knoxville DMA and the Tri-Cities DMA.
One station has Greeneville listed has its town/city of license (WEMT-Fox Tri-Cities).
The Greeneville and Greene County region are served by The Greeneville Sun, a daily journal presented Monday through Saturday. The Greeneville Sun also prints a no-charge newspaper, The Greeneville Neighbor News, which spotlights arts and entertainment.
President of Washington College 1795-1818, he moved to Greeneville and taught at Tusculum Academy, later Tusculum College from 1818-1830.
Joseph Hardin (1734 1801) Speaker of the House for the State of Franklin; trustee of Greeneville (now Tusculum) College. Andrew Johnson: Alderman and Mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee.
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, entrepreneur and founder of National Allied Publications, which would later evolve into DC Comics, was a Greeneville native and lived there for a several years before his family moved away in his early childhood.
Andrew Johnson House on Main Street Greene Facts, Greeneville website.
"Greeneville weather averages".
Samuel Smith, Historical Background and Archaeological Testing of the Davy Crockett Birthplace State Historic Area, Greene County, Tennessee (Nashville, Tenn.: Tennessee Division of Archaeology, 1980), 3.
Richard Doughty, Greeneville: One Hundred Year Portrait (1775-1875) (Kingsport Press, 1974), 3.
Eric Lacy, Vanquished Volunteers: East Tennessee Sectionalism from Statehood to Secession (Johnson City, Tenn.: East Tennessee State University Press, 1965), pp.
Oliver Perry Temple, East Tennessee and the Civil War (R.
Temple, East Tennessee and the Civil War, p.
Blythe Semmer, "Greene County," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site - Curriculum Materials.
Ken Little, "Fourth Tornado Confirmed: This One In Houston Valley Area," Greeneville Sun May 13, 2011.
"Six Greene County tornado victims identified," Tri-Cities.com, April 29, 2011, retrieved May 17, 2011.
Ken Little, "7th Victim Dies From Injuries Related To Tornadoes," Greeneville Sun May 5, 2011.
Greeneville Sun, official website.
Greeneville City Schools Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for Greeneville knowledge on small-town government, elections, and link to charter Municipalities and communities of Greene County, Tennessee, United States
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