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Knox County, Tennessee

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—newspaper titles
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123historic places
—earliest paper
1792formed
478,971pop. 2020
190cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 123 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Knoxville, Mascot, Concord.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Tennessee is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Knox titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

78 of 123 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

123 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adair Gardens Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1994
Airplane Service StationKnoxvilleBuilding2004
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthKnoxvilleBuilding1997
Ayres HallKnoxvilleBuilding2012
Barber, George F., CottageKnoxvilleBuilding2025
Bethel Confederate Cemetery and Winstead CottageKnoxvilleDistrict2015
Bishop, Alexander, HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1997
Bleak HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1984
Blount, William, Mansion NHLKnoxvilleBuilding1966
Boyd-Harvey HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1985
Buffat, Alfred, HomesteadKnoxvilleBuilding1975
Burwell Building Tennessee TheaterKnoxvilleBuilding1982
Camp HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1973
Candoro Marble WorksKnoxvilleDistrict2005
Central United Methodist ChurchKnoxvilleBuilding2005
ChesterfieldMascotBuilding1977
Christenberry Club Room (Additional Documentation)KnoxvilleBuilding1997
Church Street Methodist ChurchKnoxvilleBuilding2009
Concord Village Historic DistrictConcordDistrict1987
Contractor's Supply, Inc.KnoxvilleBuilding2011
Cowan, McClung and Company BuildingKnoxvilleBuilding1984
Craighead-Jackson House (Additional Documentation)KnoxvilleBuilding1973
Daniel HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1998
Daylight BuildingKnoxvilleBuilding2009
Dulin, H. L., HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1974
Ebenezer MillKnoxvilleBuilding1987
Emory Place Historic District (Additional Documentation)KnoxvilleDistrict1994
Emory Place Historic District (Boundary Increase II)KnoxvilleDistrict2025
Emory Place Historic District (Boundary Increase)KnoxvilleDistrict2023
Fire Station No. 5KnoxvilleBuilding1978
First Baptist ChurchKnoxvilleBuilding1997
First Presbyterian Church CemeteryKnoxvilleSite1996
Forest Hills Boulevard Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1992
Fort Sanders Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1980
Fourth and Gill Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1985
Gay Street Commercial Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1986
Gay Street Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)KnoxvilleBuilding2015
General BuildingKnoxvilleBuilding1988
Gibbs Drive Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict2000
Gibbs, Nicholas, HouseKnoxvilleDistrict1988
Giffin Grammar SchoolKnoxvilleBuilding2016
Happy Holler Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict2014
HilltopKnoxvilleBuilding2016
Holston National BankKnoxvilleBuilding1979
HopecoteKnoxvilleBuilding2012
Hotpoint Living-Conditioned HomeKnoxvilleBuilding2010
Howell NurseriesKnoxvilleDistrict2022
Island Home Park Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1994
Jackson Avenue Warehouse DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1973
Jackson Avenue Warehouse District ExtensionKnoxvilleDistrict1975
Johnson, Andrew, HotelKnoxvilleBuilding1980
Jones, Dr. C.B., HouseKnoxvilleBuilding2026
Keener, Leroy, HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1997
Kern's BakeryKnoxvilleBuilding2017
Kingston Pike Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1996
KnollwoodKnoxvilleBuilding1975
Knox County Courthouse (Additional Documentation)KnoxvilleBuilding1973
Knoxville Business CollegeKnoxvilleBuilding1983
Knoxville College Historic District (Additional Documentation)KnoxvilleDistrict1980
Knoxville Iron Foundry Complex-Nail Factory and WarehouseKnoxvilleBuilding1982
Knoxville National CemeteryKnoxvilleSite1996
Knoxville Post OfficeKnoxvilleBuilding1984
Knoxville YMCA BuildingKnoxvilleBuilding1983
Lamar House Hotel (Additional Documentation)KnoxvilleBuilding1975
Lawhon, Charles L., CottageKnoxvilleBuilding2019
Lebanon in the Forks CemeteryKnoxvilleSite2010
Lincoln Park United Methodist ChurchKnoxvilleBuilding2005
Lindbergh Forest Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1998
Louisville and Nashville Freight DepotKnoxvilleBuilding1982
Louisville and Nashville Passenger StationKnoxvilleBuilding1982
Mabry, Joseph Alexander, Jr., HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1989
Mall BuildingKnoxvilleBuilding1982
Marble SpringsKnoxvilleBuilding1971
Market Square Commercial Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1984
Maxwell-Kirby HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1999
McCammon, Samuel, HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1984
McMillan, Alexander, HouseKnoxvilleBuilding2001
Mead Marble QuarryKnoxvilleSite2014
Mechanics' Bank and Trust Company BuildingKnoxvilleBuilding1983
Mechanicsville Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1980
Medical Arts BuildingKnoxvilleBuilding1984
MiddlebrookKnoxvilleBuilding1974
MinvillaKnoxvilleBuilding2010
Monday HouseKnoxvilleBuilding2001
Morton, Benjamin, House (Additional Documentation)KnoxvilleBuilding2004
Murphy Springs FarmKnoxvilleBuilding2015
New Salem United Methodist ChurchKnoxvilleBuilding1983
Newman, Capt. James, HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1998
North Hills Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict2008
Old Gray CemeteryKnoxvilleSite1996
Old Knoxville City HallKnoxvilleBuilding1972
Old North Knoxville Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1992
Old Post Office Building (Additional Documentation)KnoxvilleBuilding1973
Ossoli Circle ClubhouseKnoxvilleBuilding1985
Park City Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1990
Park City Junior High SchoolKnoxvilleBuilding1983
Park, James, House (Additional Documentation)KnoxvilleBuilding1972
Peters HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1999
Racheff, Ivan, HouseKnoxvilleBuilding2002
Ramsey HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1969
Riverdale Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1997
Riverdale MillKnoxvilleBuilding1987
Riverdale SchoolKnoxvilleBuilding1997
Ross Marble QuarryKnoxvilleSite2014
Russell, Avery, HouseFarragutBuilding1975
Savage House and GardenKnoxvilleDistrict1997
Seven Islands Methodist Church (Additional Documentation)KnoxvilleBuilding1997
South Market Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1996
Southern Terminal and Warehouse Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1985
Southern Terminal and Warehouse Historic District (Boundary Increase)KnoxvilleDistrict2004
St. John's Lutheran ChurchKnoxvilleBuilding1985
StatesviewKnoxvilleBuilding1973
StratfordKnoxvilleBuilding2009
Talahi ImprovementsKnoxvilleSite1979
Tennessee School for the Deaf Historic DistrictKnoxvilleDistrict1996
Trinity Methodist Episcopal ChurchKnoxvilleBuilding1982
Tyson Junior High SchoolKnoxvilleBuilding1998
Tyson, Gen. Lawrence D., HouseKnoxvilleBuilding2012
U. T. Agriculture Farm MoundKnoxvilleSite1978
Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost (Additional Documentation)KnoxvilleStructure2013
WestwoodKnoxvilleBuilding1984
Wilder, Gen. John T., HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1997
Williams, Col. John, HouseKnoxvilleBuilding1980

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Knox was formed in 1792 (1792-06-15) from Greene, Hawkins.

KNOX created by Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio (Southwest Territory) from GREENE, HAWKINS, and Non-County Area 1 (Cherokee Reserve).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Knox County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

479k245k10k18001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
12,44613,03415,48522,81339,12474,302112,926178,468223,007250,523319,694382,032478,971

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

190 cemeteries and 9 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 190 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Cemetery36.04619-83.67906
Anderson-Gouffon Cemetery36.05619-83.88991
Armstrong Cemetery35.99008-83.82851
Armstrong Cemetery36.01313-83.83073
Asbury Cemetery35.94647-83.83518
Aulton Cemetery36.05348-84.07554
Bair Cemetery36.0273-83.80129
Barner Cemetery36.0898-83.91241
Bayless Cemetery36.09369-83.91046
Beal Cemetery36.04007-83.73724
Bearden Cemetery35.87924-84.01574
Beeler Cemetery35.9798-84.0588
Bell Cemetery36.10119-83.89519
Bell's Campground Cemetery36.03164-84.05581
Bethel Cemetery35.90369-83.93796
Biagiotti Cemetery36.0498-83.80045
Bird Cemetery35.99448-84.07332
Bishopville Cemetery36.07264-84.06604
Blackoak Cemetery35.91257-84.16825
Bookout Cemetery36.12952-83.97824
Bounds Cemetery36.00481-83.83463
Bounds Cemetery36.00692-83.83823
Bowling Cemetery36.06086-83.91751
Bowman Cemetery35.96398-83.7049
Bradley Cemetery36.05554-83.98205
Bright Cemetery36.11703-83.88213
Brimer Cemetery35.98758-84.11686
Brown Cemetery36.02856-84.02403
Brown Cemetery36.07897-83.91546
Brown Cemetery36.08703-83.89935
Brown Cemetery V35.9098-83.91101
Burroughs Cemetery36.03758-83.78573
Callahan Cemetery36.02647-83.97852
Campbell Cemetery35.96036-83.75045
Cardwell Cemetery36.06869-83.82212
Carter Cemetery35.96813-83.99852
Carter Cemetery36.05619-83.7074
Carter Cemetery36.06313-83.75851
Cedar Grove Cemetery36.12479-83.99769
Chamberlain Cemetery36.13045-83.74457
Chesney Cemetery35.98675-83.68962
Childs Cemetery35.98636-84.0852
Clift Cemetery36.04175-83.71268
Cline Cemetery36.1223-83.91046
Cobb Cemetery35.98036-84.19186
Cobbs Cemetery36.03924-83.78129
Collier Cemetery36.00118-84.0713
Coupland Cemetery36.08647-83.87657
Cowan Cemetery35.99481-83.66406
Cox View Cemetery35.99712-84.09182
Craig Cemetery35.8673-84.05879
Crawford Cemetery36.12119-83.71768
Crestview Cemetery35.96703-83.96409
Croft Cemetery36.05924-83.79157
Cruze Cemetery35.88202-83.84517
Dailey Cemetery35.98786-83.73129
Davis Cemetery35.90813-83.92073
Draper Cemetery36.15091-83.91907
Dunn Cemetery35.90119-84.04129
Dunn Cemetery35.91536-83.81717
Early Cemetery35.80813-84.14741
East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery35.95314-83.80515
Edgewood Cemetery35.92001-84.0612
England-Legg Cemetery36.05196-83.80196
Estes Cemetery35.94161-84.16765
Eubanks Chapel Cemetery35.94868-84.09574
Flenniken Cemetery35.88619-83.98601
Foster Cemetery36.11952-83.73629
Fox Cemetery36.01392-84.0666
Franse - Ingram Cemetery36.0709-84.06741
Ginn Cemetery35.91008-83.95546
Golden Cross Cemetery36.03758-83.97685
Grace Cemetery35.86952-84.05491
Greenfield Memorial Cemetery36.11591-83.93713
Greenwood Cemetery36.0311-83.91485
Grubbs Cemetery36.01177-84.10078
Hall Cemetery36.05813-83.92602
Hall Cemetery36.06703-83.94491
Hall Cemetery36.07039-83.932
Hall Cemetery36.16618-83.95796
Historical populated places — 9 of 9
NameLatLon
Bayless36.17369-83.94436
Edington35.89119-84.0888
Gapcreek35.93398-83.73462
Highpoint36.03953-83.7549
House Mountain36.14387-83.75616
Kinkaid35.88397-84.10547
Mayo36.01981-83.79574
Preston36.11425-83.91213
Welwyn35.89453-83.95324

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Fort Sanders5,4114.1 kmTN025
Campbell'S Station1,88122.3 kmTN023

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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