Cocke County, Tennessee

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Cocke County, Tennessee is a rural county in eastern Tennessee known for its Appalachian Mountain scenery, outdoor recreation areas like the Great Smoky Mountains, and historic quarrying of Tennessee marble.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county
county of Tennessee
borderedBy Greene County, Tennessee
Hamblen County
surface form: Hamblen County, Tennessee

Macon County, North Carolina
surface form: Haywood County, North Carolina

Jefferson County, Tennessee
Sevier County, Tennessee
containsCommunity Bybee, Tennessee
Cosby, Tennessee
Del Rio, Tennessee
Hartford, Tennessee
containsProtectedArea Cherokee National Forest
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
containsTown Newport, Tennessee micropolitan area
surface form: Newport, Tennessee

Parrottsville, Tennessee
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countySeat Newport, Tennessee micropolitan area
surface form: Newport, Tennessee
dateEstablished 1797
economicActivity agriculture
stone quarrying
tourism
FIPSCode 47-029
formedFrom Jefferson County, Tennessee
GNISID 1327704
governmentType county government
hasMajorHighway Interstate 40 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 25 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 321 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED
knownFor Appalachian Mountain scenery
historic quarrying of Tennessee marble
outdoor recreation
largestCity Newport, Tennessee micropolitan area
surface form: Newport, Tennessee
locatedIn Tennessee
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInMountainRange Great Smoky Mountains
locatedInRegion Tennessee (eastern portion)
surface form: East Tennessee
namedFor William Cocke
partOfMetropolitanArea Newport, Tennessee micropolitan area
physiographicProvince Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
postalAbbreviation TN
region Appalachian Mountains
state Tennessee
subdivisionOf Tennessee
surface form: State of Tennessee
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
traversedByRiver French Broad River
Pigeon River

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Jefferson County, Tennessee adjacentTo Cocke County, Tennessee
Sevier County, Tennessee borders Cocke County, Tennessee
Tennessee marble quarriedIn Cocke County, Tennessee