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Grainger County, TennesseeGrainger County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed in honor of Mary Grainger (? - 1802), daughter of Kaleb Grainger of North Carolina, who married William Blount and became first lady of the Territory South of the River Ohio (later Tennessee). Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts History of Grainger CountyCreated 1796 from Hawkins and Knox counties; named in honor of Mary Grainger (? - 1802), daughter of Kaleb Grainger of North Carolina, who married William Blount and became first lady of the Territory South of the River Ohio (later Tennessee). Grainger County was formed in 1796 from Hawkins and Knox counties There was a fire at the Grainger County courthouse in 1946 Grainger County holds the distinction as the only Tennessee county named for a woman, Mary Grainger Blount, the
wife of Territorial Governor William Blount. The state legislature formed the county in 1796 from parts of Hawkins
and Knox Counties, and it once included parts of Campbell, Claiborne, Hamblen, and Union Counties. The county seat
rotated meeting places until 1801, when a courthouse was built in Rutledge. Find more from the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: GRAINGER COUNTY GeographyGrainger County is bounded on the northwest by the Clinch River (impounded by Norris Dam to form Norris Lake) and
on the southeast by the Holston River (including Cherokee Lake). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has
a total area of 302 square miles (783 kmē), of which, 280 square miles (726 kmē) of it is land and 22 square miles
(57 kmē) of it (7.31%) is water. Clinch Mountain is a major geographic feature that effectively separates the county
into a southern section (including Rutledge) and a northern section (including Washburn). Neighboring Counties:
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the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
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