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Blount County is a county located in the East Tennessee Grand Division of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census,the population was 135,280. The county seat is Maryville,which is also the county's largest city. Blount County is included in the Knoxville,Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Maryville is a city in and the county seat of Blount County,Tennessee,and is a suburb of Knoxville. Its population was 31,907 at the 2020 census.
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census,Knoxville's population was 190,740,making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's third largest city after Nashville and Memphis. Knoxville is the principal city of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area,which had an estimated population of 869,046 in 2019.
Maryville College is a private liberal arts college in Maryville,Tennessee. It was founded in 1819 by Presbyterian minister Isaac L. Anderson for the purpose of furthering education and enlightenment into the West. The college is one of the 50 oldest colleges in the United States and the 12th-oldest institution in the South. It is associated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and enrolls about 1,100 students. Maryville College's mascot is the Scots. The sports teams compete in NCAA Division III athletics in the Collegiate Conference of the South.
Joshua Lanier Martin was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1845 to 1847. He also served as a representative to the United States Congress for Alabama's 2nd district from 1835 to 1839.
Pellissippi State Community College is a public community college based in Knox and Blount counties in Tennessee. It is operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. The college's main campus is located in west Knox County. There are four satellite campuses in the surrounding area. Pellissippi State was named Pellissippi State Technical Community College until July 1,2009. It is the successor to the former State Technical Institute at Knoxville ("STIK"),founded in 1974.
Maryville High School (MHS) is currently a three-year public high school with grades 10–12. It was founded in 1918 in Maryville,Tennessee and is a part of the Maryville City Schools system.
James Rand McNally is an American politician serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of Tennessee since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he has been the state senator from the 5th district since 1987,which encompasses Anderson,Loudon,&Monroe counties,as well as part of Knox County.
Raymond A. Finney,Jr. is a former Republican member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 8th district,which encompasses Blount and Sevier counties.
Walland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blount County,Tennessee,in the Southeastern United States. Its population was 259 as of the 2010 census. Walland is the site of a post office and is the place name associated with zip code 37886,which covers an area beyond the Walland community.
Tony Shipley is a former State Representative for the Tennessee House of Representatives 2nd District in Sullivan County.
Doug Overbey is an American lawyer and former politician who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee from 2017 to 2021. Prior to becoming the U.S. Attorney,he represented District 2 in the Tennessee Senate as a Republican from 2009 to 2017. Overbey was chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee and vice-chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. He is a senior partner and co-founder of the Robertson Overbey law firm and has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Tennessee College of Law. Prior to becoming a state senator,Overbey served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008. On February 8,2021,he along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign.
Arthur "Art" Morton Swann is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate,representing the 2nd district since December 1,2017. Prior to being appointed to the state senate to replace Doug Overbey,Swann served in the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing the 8th District both Blount County and part of Sevier County in East Tennessee.
Mike Matzek is a gymnast. Matzek attended Stanford University,and was an NCAA All-American on the rings.
Timothy Aaron Hill is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Edwin Sheddan Cunningham was an American diplomat who served for many years in China,retiring as United States Consul General in Shanghai.
William Blount High School (WBHS) is a four-year public American high school located approximately 4.6 mi (7.4 km) from Maryville in Blount County,Tennessee. Established in 1979 and named for Tennessee's territorial governor,WBHS is the largest of four high schools in the Blount County Schools public school district.
Jerome Moon is an American politician who serves as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. He represents part of Blount County in Maryville,TN,which is also known as Tennessee's District 8. Moon,the former chair of the Blount County Commission,was appointed the State House seat vacated by Art Swann on December 13,2017.
Albert Lee "Sonny" Davis is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League. He played college football at Tennessee State.
William Bennett Scott Sr. was a pioneering newspaper founder and publisher,mayor,and civil rights campaigner who helped found Freedman’s Normal Institute in Maryville,Tennessee. He was the first African American to run a newspaper in Tennessee and had the only newspaper in Blount County,Tennessee for 10 years. A Republican,he switched his and his paper's allegiance to the Democrats in the late 1870s.