Morristown, Tennessee
| Morristown, Tennessee | |
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Downtown Overhead Sidewalks Morristown Tennessee
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 Location in Hamblen County and the state of Tennessee. |
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| Coordinates: 36°12′38″N 83°17′46″W / 36.21056°N 83.29611°WCoordinates: 36°12′38″N 83°17′46″W / 36.21056°N 83.29611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Hamblen, Jefferson |
| Settled | ca. 1787 |
| Incorporated | 1855 |
| Named for | Gideon Morris |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Mayor | Gary Chesney |
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Council Members
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| Area | |
| • Total | 20.9 sq mi (54.1 km2) |
| • Land | 20.9 sq mi (54.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) 0.0% |
| Elevation | 1,350 ft (397 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 29,137 |
| • Density | 1,394.1/sq mi (538.6/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 37813-37816 |
| Area code(s) | 423 |
| FIPS code | 47-50280 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1269815 |
| Website | www |
Morristown is a city in and the county seat of Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 29,137 at the 2010 United States Census. It is the principal city of the Morristown, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Grainger, Hamblen, and Jefferson counties. The Morristown metropolitan area is also a part of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette Combined Statistical Area. Morristown is primarily located in Hamblen County and small portion of the city is located in Jefferson County.
The first European settler of what eventually became Morristown was farmer Gideon Morris. It is recorded in Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee" that Gideon, along with an unspecified number of his siblings, arrived in the area of present-day Morristown from the Watauga Settlement, a short-lived semi-autonomous settlement located in northeast Tennessee that was originally leased from the resident Cherokee tribes during the 1770s.
Records in North Carolina indicate that a Morris family moved to the Watauga Settlement from North Carolina. According to Cora Davis Brooks, author of "History of Morristown 1787-1936":
The settlement founded by Gideon has, as far as is known, always been called Morristown. No known records exist demonstrating land grants in the area to anyone aside from Gideon and his extended family. Jefferson County, located southwest of Hamblen County, possesses a record in the Jefferson County Court House of the results of the execution of Gideon Morris' will, which includes property deeded to John Morris in 1817 for a 400-acre (160 ha) tract of land originally granted to Gideon by the State of North Carolina, and presumably comprising only a portion of the original grant due to the known size of the Morris family at that time. Gideon Morris lived on that tract of land until his death.
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