Meigs County, Tennessee

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Meigs County, Tennessee is a small, rural county in eastern Tennessee known for its location along the Tennessee River and its largely agricultural, close-knit communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedByRiver Tennessee River
borders Bradley County, Tennessee
Hamilton County, Tennessee
Loudon County, Tennessee
McMinn County, Tennessee
Rhea County, Tennessee
Roane County, Tennessee
country United States of America
dateEstablished 1836
FIPSCode 47-121
GNISID 1328614
hasAreaCode 423
hasAreaLandSquareMiles 195
hasAreaTotalSquareMiles 217
hasAreaWaterSquareMiles 22
hasCommunityCharacteristic close-knit communities
hasCountyCourthouse Meigs County Courthouse
hasCountyMayor Bill James
hasCountySeat Decatur, Tennessee
hasFeature agricultural land
riverfront areas
rural landscape
hasGovernmentType county government
hasHighSchool Meigs County High School
hasLargestCity Decatur, Tennessee
hasMajorHighway State Route 30
State Route 304
State Route 58
U.S. Route 58 (Tennessee segment)?
hasPopulationCharacteristic rural
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity agriculture
livestock farming
row-crop farming
hasSchoolDistrict Meigs County Schools
hasZIPCode 37322
37369
37380
isPartOfStatisticalArea Cleveland, Tennessee
surface form: Cleveland, Tennessee metropolitan area
locatedIn Tennessee
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInRegion Tennessee (eastern portion)
surface form: East Tennessee
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
locatedOn Tennessee River
namedAfter Return J. Meigs Sr.
partOf Bureau of the Census
surface form: United States Census Bureau
state Tennessee

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Roane County, Tennessee borders Meigs County, Tennessee
Hamilton County bordersOn Meigs County, Tennessee
subject surface form: Hamilton County, Tennessee
Watts Bar Lake locatedInCounty Meigs County, Tennessee
Hiwassee River mouthLocatedIn Meigs County, Tennessee
Hiwassee River crosses Meigs County, Tennessee
Chickamauga Lake hasShoreline Meigs County, Tennessee
Limestone County borders Meigs County, Tennessee
this entity surface form: Limestone County, Tennessee River
Rhea County, Tennessee adjacentToCounty Meigs County, Tennessee
McMinn County, Tennessee borderedByCounty Meigs County, Tennessee
Hiwassee Island county Meigs County, Tennessee