Greene County, Tennessee

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Greene County, Tennessee is a historically significant county in northeastern Tennessee known for its Appalachian setting and role in early American frontier and Revolutionary War-era history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borders Cocke County, Tennessee
Hamblen County
surface form: Hamblen County, Tennessee

Hawkins County, Tennessee
Madison County, North Carolina
Unicoi County, Tennessee
Washington County, Tennessee
Yancey County, North Carolina
contains Baileyton, Tennessee
Greeneville, Tennessee
Mosheim, Tennessee
Nolichucky River
Tusculum, Tennessee
country United States of America
countySeat Greeneville, Tennessee
surface form: Greeneville
establishedInPeriod American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolutionary War era
establishedInYear 1783
FIPSCode 47XXX
GNISID XXX
governmentType county government
hasHistoricalSignificance American Revolutionary War history
early American frontier history
hasHistoricAssociationWith Andrew Johnson
hasHistoricSite Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
hasMajorHighway Tennessee State Route 70
U.S. Route 11E NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 321 NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Old West
surface form: American frontier
knownFor Appalachian setting
Revolutionary War-era heritage
frontier-era history
largestCity Greeneville, Tennessee
locatedIn Tennessee
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInMountainRange Appalachian Mountains
locatedInRegion Appalachia
surface form: Appalachian region

Tennessee (eastern portion)
surface form: East Tennessee
locatedInValley Nolichucky River valley
namedAfter Nathanael Greene
namedFor Nathanael Greene
surface form: General Nathanael Greene
partOf Tennessee
surface form: State of Tennessee
partOfStatisticalArea Greeneville, Tennessee
surface form: Greeneville, Tennessee micropolitan area
regionType rural county
seat Greeneville, Tennessee
subdivisionType county of Tennessee
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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David Barton placeOfBirth Greene County, Tennessee
Greeneville, Tennessee county Greene County, Tennessee
Greeneville, Tennessee partOf Greene County, Tennessee
Cocke County, Tennessee borderedBy Greene County, Tennessee
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery locatedIn Greene County, Tennessee
Elias Conway birthPlace Greene County, Tennessee
Henry Wharton Conway birthPlace Greene County, Tennessee
James Sevier Conway birthPlace Greene County, Tennessee
Tennessee State Route 33 passesThrough Greene County, Tennessee
Washington County, Tennessee borders Greene County, Tennessee
Isaac Van Zandt birthPlace Greene County, Tennessee
this entity surface form: Greene County, Tennessee, United States