Grainger County, Tennessee

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administrative territorial entity county

Grainger County, Tennessee is a predominantly rural county in East Tennessee known for its agricultural heritage, especially its famous Grainger County tomatoes.

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Grainger County 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
agriculturalProduct corn ⓘ
hay ⓘ
tomatoes ⓘ
borders Hamblen County ⓘ
surface form: Hamblen County, Tennessee

Hancock County, Tennessee ⓘ
Hawkins County, Tennessee ⓘ
Jefferson County, Tennessee ⓘ
Knox County, Tennessee ⓘ
Union County, Tennessee ⓘ
characteristic predominantly rural ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
containsSettlement Bean Station, Tennessee ⓘ
Rutledge, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Blaine, Tennessee

Rutledge, Tennessee ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Rutledge, Tennessee ⓘ
established 1796 ⓘ
FIPSCode 47-057 ⓘ
formedFrom Hawkins County, Tennessee ⓘ
Knox County, Tennessee ⓘ
GNISID 1328150 ⓘ
governingBody Grainger County Commission ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater Cherokee Reservoir ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee Lake

Holston River ⓘ
hasEvent Grainger County Tomato Festival ⓘ
hasIndustry farming ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
livestock production ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.graingercountytn.gov/ ⓘ
knownFor Grainger County tomatoes ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
locatedIn Tennessee (eastern portion) ⓘ
surface form: East Tennessee

Tennessee ⓘ
United States South ⓘ
namedAfter William Grainger ⓘ
partOf Knoxville metropolitan area ⓘ
Bureau of the Census ⓘ
surface form: United States Census Bureau
postalAbbreviation TN ⓘ
region Appalachia ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian region
seat Rutledge, Tennessee ⓘ
state Tennessee ⓘ
subdivisionName Grainger County, Tennessee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grainger County
subdivisionType county ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Jefferson County, Tennessee → adjacentTo → Grainger County, Tennessee ⓘ
Knox County, Tennessee → borderedBy → Grainger County, Tennessee ⓘ
Union County, Tennessee → borders → Grainger County, Tennessee ⓘ
Union County, Tennessee → formedFrom → Grainger County, Tennessee ⓘ
Grainger County, Tennessee → subdivisionName → Grainger County, Tennessee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grainger County