Union County, Tennessee

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administrative territorial entity county

Union County, Tennessee is a rural county in northeastern Tennessee known for its historical marble quarrying and scenic Appalachian landscape.

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
borders Anderson County, Tennessee ⓘ
Campbell County, Tennessee ⓘ
Claiborne County, Tennessee ⓘ
Grainger County, Tennessee ⓘ
Knox County, Tennessee ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Maynardville ⓘ
surface form: Maynardville, Tennessee
dateEstablished 1850 ⓘ
FIPSCode 47XXX (Union County Tennessee FIPS code) ⓘ
formedFrom Anderson County, Tennessee ⓘ
Campbell County, Tennessee ⓘ
Claiborne County, Tennessee ⓘ
Grainger County, Tennessee ⓘ
Knox County, Tennessee ⓘ
GNISID Geographic Names Information System ID for Union County, Tennessee ⓘ
governingBody Union County Commission ⓘ
hasAreaCode 865 ⓘ
hasCityOrTown Maynardville ⓘ
surface form: Maynardville, Tennessee
hasCountyMayor county mayor of Union County, Tennessee ⓘ
hasHistoricalActivity marble quarrying ⓘ
hasLandscapeFeature Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Clinch River ⓘ
Norris Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPostalCodeRange 377XX ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicSector agriculture ⓘ
quarrying ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasUnincorporatedCommunity Big Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ
Luttrell, Tennessee ⓘ
Plainview, Tennessee ⓘ
Sharps Chapel, Tennessee ⓘ
isRural true ⓘ
knownFor historical marble quarrying ⓘ
scenic Appalachian landscape ⓘ
largestCity Maynardville ⓘ
surface form: Maynardville, Tennessee
locatedIn Tennessee ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInPhysiographicProvince Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ
locatedInRegion Appalachia ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian region

Tennessee (eastern portion) ⓘ
surface form: East Tennessee
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Union ⓘ
surface form: Union (preservation of the Union during the American Civil War)
partOf Bureau of the Census ⓘ
surface form: United States Census Bureau
partOfMetropolitanArea Knoxville metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area
state Tennessee ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jefferson County, Tennessee → adjacentTo → Union County, Tennessee ⓘ
Knox County, Tennessee → borderedBy → Union County, Tennessee ⓘ
Anderson County, Tennessee → borders → Union County, Tennessee ⓘ
Grainger County, Tennessee → borders → Union County, Tennessee ⓘ
Tennessee marble → quarriedIn → Union County, Tennessee ⓘ