Lenoir City, Tennessee Lenoir City, Tennessee Route 11 passing through downtown Lenoir City, Tennessee.

Route 11 passing through downtown Lenoir City, Tennessee.

Location of Lenoir City, Tennessee Location of Lenoir City, Tennessee Named for William Lenoir and William Ballard Lenoir Lenoir City is a town/city in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States.

1.1 Lenoir City Company 5.1 Lenoir City Schools 5.2 Loudon County Schools inside Lenoir City Native Americans were living in the Lenoir City region for thousands of years before the arrival of the first European settlers.

The island is also believed to have been the locale of "Coste," a village visited by Hernando de Soto in 1540. The Cherokee called the Lenoir City region Wa'ginsi, and believed it to be the home of a large serpent that brought bad luck to anyone who saw it. By the early 19th century, an early East Tennessee pioneer, Judge David Campbell, had laid claim to part of what is now Lenoir City, where he had assembled a log cabin and a gristmill. In the early 19th century, a 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) tract of territory which encompassed what is now Lenoir City was deeded to General William Lenoir as payment for his services in the American Revolutionary War.

David Campbell and another early settler, Alexander Outlaw, filed a case against Lenoir in court, arguing they had already laid claim to parts of the Lenoir tract.

After the case was settled in favor of Lenoir in 1809, Lenoir deeded the tract to his son, William Ballard Lenoir (1775 1852), who in 1810 moved to the tract and established a large plantation.

When the barns reached the Lenoir estate in 1855, a depot was constructed, and the improve of Lenoir Station advanced around it. During the Civil War, the Lenoirs supported the Confederacy, due in part to associations with Confederate-leaning company interests in Knoxville (one of William Ballard Lenoir's sons was married to the daughter of Knoxville historian and banker, J.

Lenoir City Company The Lenoir City Company office building, now the Lenoir City Museum, assembled in 1890 and designed by the Baumann Brothers In the late 1880s, an abundance of financial capital, the popularity of civil theories regarding prepared cities, and a grow coal quarrying industry in East Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau region led to the establishment of a number of business suburbs throughout the Upper Tennessee Valley, most of which were funded by investors from the northeast or Knoxville.

Sanford, formed the Lenoir City Company, believing the Lenoir estate would be the ideal locale for such a town.

Lenoir City was laid out in a grid pattern with four quadrants, west of Town Creek and north of the barns tracks.

The city's northwest quadrant would be a middle class and well-to-do residentiary area, whereas the northeast quadrant would be for the city's wage-workers.

The Lenoir City Company struggled due to a recession that froze financial markets in the early 1890s.

Mc - Ghee and Sanford persisted, however, and while it never advanced in the grand fashion conceived, Lenoir City nevertheless survived.

Mc - Ghee convinced a rail car business to open a factory in Lenoir City, and a short time later a knitting foundry was established.

Lenoir City in 1940 Beginning in the 1930s, a series of federal government projects provided a needed boost to Lenoir City's economy.

The creation of the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s and 1960s brought about the assembly of I-75 and I-40 two trans-national highways that intersect just northeast of Lenoir City.

Highway 321 was assembled through Lenoir City in the 1980s primarily to furnish greater access to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, some 40 miles (64 km) down the road in Blount County.

This encompassed major damage to the former Lenoir City High School/Middle School property (now River Oaks Place).

The death toll was 1 (in Lenoir City) and there were 55 injuries, per the NWS Tornado Database. Wilburn's Barbershop, the Lenoir City Public Library, a Mexican grocery, TV Readers magazine, Habitat for Humanity, a school photography business along with a photo finishing lab, as well as a several apartements were finished by the blaze. The ruins of the property were completed and replaced by Roane State Community College, Tennessee Career Center, and a new state of the art Lenoir City Public Library.

In the early 2000s, Lenoir City continued to expanded economically.

From 2016 - 2017, the town/city constructed a new improve center called "The Venue" and a new Headquarters for Lenoir City Utilities Board on a portion of the site.

Bob Overholt, announced that The Market at Town Creek would connect US-321 and Harrison Road near the Lenoir City High School and Middle School property.

In 2016, the town/city inaugurated its first female town/city councilwoman, Jennifer Wampler, whom was appointed to fill out the remainder of the term vacated by her husband, Harry Wampler, upon his death.

Highway 321 (Lamar Alexander Parkway) in Lenoir City Lenoir City is positioned at 35 47 51 N 84 16 16 W (35.797618, -84.271103). The Tennessee River and TVA's Fort Loudoun and Watts Bar reservations furnish the city's southern boundary.

Four primary federal highways pass through Lenoir City: U.S.

Route 321, which crosses Fort Loudon Dam south of the city, traverses the town/city north-to-south.

Lenoir City is traditionally spread out along US-11, west of the road's junction with US-321.

In recent decades, Lenoir City has took in a 5-mile (8.0 km) corridor of territory along US-321 between its US-11 intersection and I-40 intersection.

This corridor contains the city's newer, commercial region that caters to the high volume of traffic brought to the region by I-75 and I-40.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older.

The City of Lenoir City operates under a Mayor/City Council Form.

Residents are zoned to both town/city and county schools.

Because of the adjacency of the county schools to Lenoir City and the distance to the county high schools (Loudon High School and Greenback School), most students who attend county schools inside the town/city through elementary and middle grades (Kindergarten through eighth) transfer to the town/city school fitness upon enrolling in high school.

Lenoir City Schools Lenoir City Elementary School Lenoir City Middle School Lenoir City High School Loudon County Schools inside Lenoir City According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Lenoir City has a Humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Climate data for Lenoir City, Tennessee Lenoir City, Tennessee town/city guide.

Tennessee Civil War Trails informational sign in Lenoir City, Tennessee; knowledge accessed 8 September 2009.

Climate Summary for Lenoir City, Tennessee Official Website of Lenoir City

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