Eastern Tennessee
East Tennessee is a region of Tennessee that covers roughly the eastern third of the state, generally locations east of the edge of the Cumberland Plateau.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Oak Ridge
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Oak Ridge is a city in Tennessee. Oak Ridge was created as secret city during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project.
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Johnson City
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Johnson City is a city in Eastern Tennessee. With a population of 71,000 in 2020, the city is the 8th largest in the state.
Kingsport
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Kingsport is a city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Kingston
Kingston is a city in Tennessee. This seat of Roane County was a frontier town back in 1792 centered around Fort Southwest Point.
Bristol
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Bristol is a city in Southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee, United States of America.
Dayton
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Dayton is a city in and the county seat of Rhea County, Tennessee, United States.
Sevierville
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Sevierville is a city in eastern Tennessee. Pronounced "Severe-ville" and named after Colonel John…
Cleveland
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Cleveland is the county seat of Bradley County, Tennessee.
Morristown
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Morristown is in Eastern Tennessee. Settled in the years just after the Revolutionary War, around 1787, Davy Crockett once lived here.
Greeneville
Greeneville is a small town in Tennessee that was the political base of President Andrew Johnson.
Crossville
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Crossville is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States.
Newport
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Newport is a city in Tennessee with a history of bootlegging and a bit of desperation to make it out of poverty in Appalachia.
Gatlinburg
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Gatlinburg is a resort town located in eastern Tennessee.
Pigeon Forge
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Pigeon Forge is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, 5 miles north of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Rocky Top
Rocky Top is a town in Tennessee. In 2014, it was renamed after the a popular southern folk song, Rocky Top.
Lenoir City
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Lenoir City is a suburban city located in Loudon County, Tennessee.
Farragut
Farragut is a suburban town located in Knox and Loudon counties in the State of Tennessee, United States.
Jellico
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Jellico is a city in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States, on the state border with Kentucky, 58 miles by road north of Knoxville.
Townsend
Townsend is a city in Tennessee on the western side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Dollywood
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Dollywood is a major attraction located on the border between Pigeon Forge and Sevierville.
Eastern Tennessee
- Type: Grand Divisions of Tennessee
- Description: geographical and cultural region of Tennessee
- Neighbors: Central Tennessee
- Location: Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude of centre
36° northLongitude of centre
-84° or 84° westWikidata ID
Q5329493Eastern Tennessee Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Chinese: 东田纳西
- Chinese: 田納西東
- Chinese: 田纳西东
- English: East Tennessee
- French: Tennessee de l'Est
- Italian: Tennessee orientale
- Japanese: 東部テネシー
- Korean: 동부 테네시
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