Bradley County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census,the population was 108,620,making it the thirteenth most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Cleveland. It is named for Colonel Edward Bradley of Shelby County,Tennessee,who was colonel of Hale's Regiment in the American Revolution and the 15th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers in the War of 1812. Bradley County is included in the Cleveland,Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area,which is also included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton,TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area.
Chattanooga is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County,Tennessee,United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia,it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020,it is Tennessee's fourth-largest city and one of the two principal cities of East Tennessee,along with Knoxville. It anchors the Chattanooga metropolitan area,Tennessee's fourth-largest metropolitan statistical area,as well as a larger three-state area that includes Southeast Tennessee,Northwest Georgia,and Northeast Alabama.
Cleveland is the county seat of and largest city in Bradley County,Tennessee,United States. The population was 47,356 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cleveland metropolitan area,Tennessee,which is included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton,TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area.
James Beriah Frazier was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of Tennessee from 1903 to 1905,and subsequently as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1905 to 1911. As governor,he reduced the state's debt and enacted mine safety regulations. He also attempted to control whitecapping.
Zachary Paul Wamp is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district from 1995 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in Chattanooga and includes large parts of East Tennessee,including Oak Ridge.
William Edward Haslam is an American billionaire businessman and politician who served as the 49th governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Haslam previously served as the 67th mayor of Knoxville,Tennessee.
James Arthur Haslam II is an American businessman and philanthropist,best known as the founder of Pilot Corporation,which operates a chain of convenience stores and travel centers throughout the United States and Canada,and is one of the largest privately owned companies in the United States. Haslam is also a donor for the University of Tennessee,having provided tens of millions of dollars to the school over several decades. Haslam's son Jimmy is the current owner of the National Football League's Cleveland Browns and Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew,and his other son Bill is a former Governor of Tennessee.
Robert Phillips Corker Jr. is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2015 to 2019.
The P. R. Olgiati Bridge,often incorrectly called the "Ol' Johnny" or "Ol' Jolly",is a steel girder bridge across the Tennessee River in Chattanooga,Tennessee completed in 1959. It is named for former mayor and long time political boss of Chattanooga,P.R. Olgiati. Chattanooga was a growing city during the 1950s. To expand the city and to allow more ways to cross the Tennessee River,the P. R. Olgiati Bridge was one of multiple bridges built. The route carries US 27 across the Tennessee river.
Thomas Edward Arth is an American football coach and former player. He was head coach of the University of Akron. He was also the head football coach at John Carroll University from 2013 to 2016 and University of Tennessee Chattanooga from 2017–2018
Red Clay State Historic Park is a state park located in southern Bradley County,Tennessee,United States. The park was the site of the last capital of the Cherokee Nation in the eastern United States from 1832 to 1838 before the enforcement of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This resulted in a forced migration of most of the Cherokee people to present-day Oklahoma known as the Cherokee removal. The site is considered sacred to the Cherokees,and includes the Blue Hole Spring,a large hydrological spring. It is also listed as an interpretive center along the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.
The Cleveland Daily Banner is a three day weekly newspaper published in Cleveland,Tennessee. Founded in 1854,it is the longest-running newspaper in Bradley County,and one of the oldest newspapers in the state.
Andrew Lawrence Berke is an American attorney and politician from Tennessee. He served as the mayor of Chattanooga from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented Hamilton and Marion counties in the 10th district as a state senator from 2007 to 2012. On March 5,2013,he became Chattanooga's mayor-elect,winning more than 72% of the vote,and he was inaugurated on April 15,2013. Berke was reelected on March 7,2017,and served until April 19,2021,when he was succeeded by Tim Kelly. On October 6,2022,President Joe Biden appointed Berke to serve as administrator of the Rural Utilities Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
William Allan Jones Jr. is an American businessman from Cleveland,Tennessee. He is the founder,chairman,and CEO of Check Into Cash,Creditcorp,Jones Management Services,and the Community Financial Services Association,as well as several other local lending agencies. He has been called the "father of the payday loan industry" for founding and building the first major payday loan chain.
Kevin Brooks is an American politician who is the mayor of Cleveland,Tennessee. Between 2006 and the beginning of his term as mayor he served as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 24th district,encompassing Cleveland and parts of Bradley County.
Scott Livingston "Scotty" Probasco,Jr. was an American heir,businessman and philanthropist.
APD-40 or APD 40 refers to a road composed of the U.S. Route 64 Bypass and a section of State Route 60 (SR 60) which forms a partial beltway around the business district of Cleveland,Tennessee. The route takes its name from its part of Corridor K of the Appalachian Development Highway System,and is sometimes called Appalachian Highway or simply the Cleveland Bypass. The route is also designated as Veterans Memorial Highway. The US 64 Byp. section of the road is also multiplexed with unsigned State Route 311 and US 74,and is also known as the US 74 Bypass. The road is a four-lane divided highway its entire length and parts are controlled-access. The bypass is an east-west route and the state route is a north-south.
Cleveland Regional Jetport is a public general aviation airport located near the community of Tasso,Tennessee,US,approximately four miles north of the business district of Cleveland. Opened on January 25,2013,it is owned by the City of Cleveland and serves Cleveland and Bradley County.
Dan Howell is an American politician from Cleveland,Tennessee. Since 2013,he has served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 22nd district. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Mark Hall is an American politician from Cleveland,Tennessee. From 2006 to 2018,he served as a seventh district commissioner on the Bradley County commission. He is served as the representative for the Tennessee House of Representatives district 24 from 2019 to 2023.
