Rocky Top, Tennessee Rocky Top, Tennessee (originally Coal Creek/formerly Lake City) City of Rocky Top Rocky Top City Hall Rocky Top City Hall Location in Anderson County and the state of Tennessee.
Location in Anderson County and the state of Tennessee.
Named for Rocky Top Rocky Top (formerly Coal Creek and Lake City) is a town/city in Anderson and Campbell counties in the easterly part of the U.S.
On June 26, 2014, the town/city officially changed its name from Lake City to Rocky Top, after a last-ditch accomplishment by the copyright owners of the song "Rocky Top" was denied by a federal court. 1.2 Renaming to "Lake City" (1936) The town was originally titled Coal Creek when it was established in the early 19th century, after the 1798 Treaty of Tellico opened the region to settlement, taking its name from the stream that runs through the town.
Coal Creek and the close-by town of Briceville were the site of a primary lockout of coal miners in 1891, which resulted in the town of Coal Creek being occupied by the state militia for over a year after miners attempted to force an end to the use of unpaid convict workforce in the mines.
This workforce struggle, known as the Coal Creek War, was eventually resolved in the coal miners' favor with the abolition of Tennessee's convict workforce program.
Renaming to "Lake City" (1936) The town adopted the name "Lake City" in 1936 after the Tennessee Valley Authority's culmination of close-by Norris Dam formed an artificial lake, Norris Lake.
Some region residents, including the nonprofit Coal Creek Watershed Foundation, urged a return to the old name of "Coal Creek" to memorialize the community's heritage. In 2013, a company group proposed to establish a infamous park in the town/city if the town/city name was changed to "Rocky Top" to take favor of the song of that name. On November 7, 2013, Lake City's town/city council voted to ask the Tennessee General Assembly to amend the town/city charter to adopt the proposed name. The House of Bryant, which owns the copyright to the song, as well as multiple trademarks and copyrights associated with it, has objected to the name change, asserting that it would violate intellectual property rights. On May 29, U.S.
On June 26, 2014, the town/city officially changed its name, after Varlan denied a last-minute attempt by House of Bryant to prevent the vote. House of Bryant appealed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Rocky Top is positioned in northern Anderson County, and is the northern end of U.S.
Interstate 75 serves the town/city with two exits and leads south 24 miles (39 km) to Knoxville and north 32 miles (51 km) to the Kentucky state line at Jellico, Tennessee.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Rocky Top has a total region of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all land.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 23.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Norris Dam State Park is positioned near Rocky Top.
Rocky Top is the hometown of songwriter Dean Dillon, whose music have turn into hits for singers including George Strait, Toby Keith, Keith Whitley, George Jones, and Kenny Chesney. Rocky Top was also the place of birth of early twentieth century artist Catherine Wiley (1879 1958). The Bates family, a mega-family with 19 kids that has been featured in reality TV series, makes its home in Rocky Top. SOCM, or Statewide Organization for Community Empowerment (formerly known as Save Our Cumberland Mountains), a grassroots group trying to ban mountaintop removal quarrying and bring green jobs to Tennessee, had its offices in Rocky Top for a several years.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lake City city, Tennessee".
"Home sweet home: Lake City shifts name to Rocky Top".
"Lake City recommends Rocky Top name change, but receives copyright warning".
"From Lake City to Rocky Top? a b "Lake City votes to change name to Rocky Top".
"Depressed former quarrying town hopes to strike gold by changing name to Rocky Top, Tenn.".
"Judge won't stop Lake City's 'Rocky Top' name change".
Judge denies request to stop Lake City's name change to Rocky Top".
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"Tennessee town's rocky road to becoming Rocky Top".
Municipalities and communities of Anderson County, Tennessee, United States Municipalities and communities of Campbell County, Tennessee, United States
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