42-627: The John Ownby Cabin is a historic cabin in Sevier County , Tennessee , United States . Located in The Sugarlands , it lies within the boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park . It was built in 1860, and is the last surviving structure from the pre-park Forks-of-the-River community. Repairs were carried out on the dilapidated cabin in 1964, which included replacing the front porch, and
84-547: A property in Sevier County, Tennessee on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sevier County, Tennessee Sevier County ( / s ə ˈ v ɪər / sə- VEER ) is a county of the U.S. state of Tennessee . As of the 2020 census , the population was 98,380. Its county seat and largest city is Sevierville . Sevier County comprises
126-484: A bank, a train depot, and a post office. Immediate access to Knoxville , Dandridge , and Mascot courtesy of U.S. Route 11E (Andrew Johnson Highway), and the Southern Railroad would influence this growth of the community. By 1930, Strawberry Plains had a estimated population of nearly 500 residents. By the 1970s into the 1990s, suburban sprawl would enter the community with the widening of US 11E and
168-479: A female householder with no husband present, and 26.80% were non-families. 22.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.88. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.00% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 26.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
210-420: A sawn board floor, and lacks a loft. The 4-foot (1.2 m) porch consists of sawn boards over a hewn log sill. The cabin's gabled roof is covered with split oak shingles, and the roof of the porch, which is slightly lower than the cabin roof, is supported by hardwood posts. The cabin has two board and batten doors and two windows, and a chimney constructed of rubble and red clay. This article about
252-523: A spur route of the Foothills Parkway , known as "the spur") has emerged in the three communities. Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (KGKT) Sevier County, like much of rural Southern Appalachia , consists of relatively few incorporated municipalities and numerous unincorporated settlements . 35°47′N 83°31′W / 35.78°N 83.52°W / 35.78; -83.52 Strawberry Plains, Tennessee Strawberry Plains
294-663: A very prominent mountain visible from much of the central part of the county, is the state's third-highest. Sevier County is drained primarily by the French Broad River , which passes through the northern part of the county. A portion of the French Broad is part of Douglas Lake , an artificial reservoir created by Douglas Dam in the northeastern part of the county. The three forks of the Little Pigeon River (East, Middle, and West) flow northward from
336-597: Is also located on Strawberry Plains Pike. Strawberry Plains has a Food City supermarket, a Price Less Foods supermarket, a Family Dollar store, three Dollar General stores and several pharmacies. Plans for a mixed-use town centre in the Carter area of Strawberry Plains have been proposed by the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission to provide a community hub space for eastern Knox County as
378-855: Is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson , Knox , and Sevier counties in the State of Tennessee , United States. Before 2010, it was treated by the United States Census Bureau as a census county division . It is included in both the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Morristown Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population of the CDP, which only covers
420-522: Is now Sevier County, reporting that the region was part of the domain of Chiaha , a minor Muskogean chiefdom centered around a village located on a now-submerged island just upstream from modern Douglas Dam . By the late 17th-century, however, the Cherokee , whose ancestors were living in the mountains at the time of the Spaniards' visit, had become the dominant tribe in the region. Although they used
462-704: Is protected by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park . The northern parts of the county are located within the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians . Sevier contains the highest point in Tennessee, Kuwohi , which rises to 6,643 feet (2,025 m) along the county's border with North Carolina. Mount Guyot , located in the Eastern Smokies in the extreme eastern part of the county, is the state's second-highest mountain at 6,621 feet (2,018 m). The 6,593-foot (2,010 m) Mount Le Conte ,
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#1732791138320504-433: Is said to be named for the wild strawberries that grew there in abundance when white settlers from North Carolina first arrived in the area. William Williams, a North Carolina man, would acquire 1,200 acres in the community in 1808, and begin an agricultural industry on the wild strawberries grown in the land Williams had maintained. According to a history of the community written by local high school students circa 1935,
546-442: The 2020 United States census , there were 98,380 people, 37,933 households, and 26,538 families residing in the county. As of the census of 2010, there were 89,889 people, 37,583 households, and a homeownership rate of 68.7 percent, below the state average. The population density was 120 inhabitants per square mile (46/km ). There were 37,252 housing units at an average density of 63 per square mile (24/km ). The racial makeup of
588-470: The East Tennessee bridge-burning conspiracy . Prior to the late 1930s, Sevier County's population, economy, and society, which relied primarily on subsistence agriculture , held little significance vis-à-vis any other county in the rural South. However, with the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the early 1930s, the future of Sevier County (within which lies thirty percent of
630-786: The United States Geological Survey , a variant name is Straw Plains . Strawberry Plains has been the site of a post office since 1806. The zip code is 37871, though parts of Strawberry Plains are located in the Knoxville zip codes 37914 and 37924. In September 2007, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced plans to build an office facility and crime lab in Strawberry Plains at Interstate 40 exit 398, having an estimated cost of more than $ 10 million. The 33,000-square-foot facility
672-473: The poverty line , including 13.10% of those under age 18 and 10.10% of those age 65 or over. Sevier County was Tennessee's third fastest-growing county by percentage change in population between the 1990 census and 2000 census. The head of the Sevier County government, the county mayor (known as county executive until 2003), is elected in county-wide elections. The mayor serves along with a 25-member board of elected commissioners representing districts covering
714-521: The 20th century, Strawberry Plains was the site of a Tennessee limestone quarry and an underground zinc mine. The zinc mine shut down in 2001, but reopened in 2006. In December 2008 it was announced that the mine would close again in February 2009. Strawberry Plains is located on the bank of the Holston River on the tri-county border of Jefferson, Knox, and Sevier counties. According to
756-554: The Jefferson County portion of the community, was 2,405 at the 2020 census. The community that would become Strawberry Plains would be settled in 1785 by Adam Meek, a pioneer from North Carolina who would first settle in nearby Rocky Valley, and the first established settlement of newly founded Jefferson County . Meek would resettle near the banks of the Holston River in present-day Strawberry Plains following conflicts with inhabiting Native Americans . Strawberry Plains
798-584: The Sevierville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area , which is included in the Knoxville - Morristown -Sevierville, TN Combined Statistical Area . Prior to the arrival of white settlers in present-day Sevier County in the mid-18th century, the area had been inhabited for as many as 20,000 years by nomadic and semi-nomadic Native Americans . In the mid-16th century, Spanish expeditions led by Hernando de Soto (1540) and Juan Pardo (1567) passed through what
840-541: The Smokies, converge near Sevierville, and empty into the French Broad north of Sevierville. The West Fork is the best known, as it flows through the popular tourist areas of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. The maximum elevation differential in Sevier County is the greatest in Tennessee, ranging from a high of 6,643 feet (2,025 m) at Kuwohi to a low of 850 feet (260 m) at the French Broad River. As of
882-409: The Strawberry Plains bridge, but succeeded in their attacks of some of their other targets. In 1864, the bridge was destroyed in a artillery duel between Confederate and Union forces. By the 1920s and 1930s, Strawberry Plains would emerge as an unincorporated town , with an established downtown area consisting several general stores, a gristmill , auto repair shops, several restaurants, gas stations,
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#1732791138320924-597: The United States of America, as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now the most visited national park in the country. Sevier County now has the third largest tourism economy in Tennessee, ranking behind Nashville and Memphis , the state's two largest cities. The commercial cabin rental industry has grown tremendously in recent years. The tourism industry drives the county's economy. The following destinations are among
966-614: The area's population grows. Strawberry Plains is home to a satellite campus of Pellissippi State Community College located in the Knox County portion of the community. All U.S. routes, state routes in Strawberry Plains, along with I-40 , are maintained by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) in TDOT Region 1, which consists of 24 counties in East Tennessee . Streets, sidewalks, and greenways in
1008-654: The cabin was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The cabin currently stands along the Fighting Creek Nature Trail, an interpretive trail accessible behind the Sugarlands Visitor Center. The cabin is a one-story, single-pen cabin measuring 20 feet (6.1 m) by 18 feet (5.5 m). The walls are built of hewn white pine and poplar logs with dove-tail notching. The cabin's interior contains
1050-419: The county was 95.80% White , 0.86% Asian , 0.80% Black or African American , 0.19% Native American , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 1.02% from other races , and 1.31% from two or more races. 5.33% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 28,467 households, out of which 30.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.30% were married couples living together, 10.10% had
1092-579: The county, both located in Sevierville. The first is a satellite campus of the Morristown -based Walters State Community College . The second is a satellite campus of Johnson City -based East Tennessee State University . In addition to the federally operated Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier County is home to numerous smaller community parks, primarily within the cities of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg. The most significant of them are listed as follows: The massive development of
1134-511: The eighth-oldest city in Tennessee. Sevier County was strongly pro-Union during the Civil War. When Tennessee held a vote on the state's Ordinance of Secession on June 8, 1861, Sevier Countians voted 1,528 to 60 in favor of remaining in the Union. In November 1861, William C. Pickens, Sheriff of Sevier County, led a failed attempt to destroy the railroad bridge at Strawberry Plains as part of
1176-612: The increasing job market in the neighboring cities of Morristown , Sevierville , Jefferson City , and Knoxville. With the completion of Interstate 40 in the southwestern part of the community in the late 1970s, the community would face confrontations, with the Knoxville City Council in the 1990s, with their controversial "finger" annexation of the commercial and retail corridors of exits 398 and 402 on I-40 on behalf of Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe 's efforts to increase sales tax revenue in Knoxville. Through much of
1218-567: The many small communities spread across the county. Sevier County, like most of East Tennessee, votes strongly Republican in Presidential elections. The last election in which a Republican failed to carry it was in 1912 , when the Progressive Theodore Roosevelt carried it. It has not been carried by a Democrat since 1832 , when it went for Andrew Jackson . In 1916 it gave Charles Hughes 90.38 percent of
1260-430: The most lucrative for the area: The Sevier County school system is composed of thirty-two public and private institutions ranging from Head Start programs through a number of secondary schools. In addition, two post-secondary institutions have campuses within the county. Head Start : Preschool : Elementary/middle schools : High schools : Other schools : There are two post-secondary institutions in
1302-559: The name Straw Plains was a shorthand name used by railroad porters and flagmen on trains that passed through Strawberry Plains, and that came to be used as the name of the local railroad depot and on some local post office postmarks . Early in the Civil War , in 1861, the railroad bridge at Strawberry Plains was one target of Union sympathizers who aimed to burn several East Tennessee bridges to hinder Confederate military progress. The conspirators failed in their efforts to burn
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1344-491: The national park via the cities of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg. From the exit, the Parkway follows Tennessee State Route 66 (" Winfield Dunn Parkway") into Sevierville, where it becomes U.S. Route 441 / Tennessee State Route 71 as TN-66 terminates at a four-way intersection where US-441 splits from U.S. Route 411 and changes direction. It continues along US-441 through Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, before entering
1386-497: The national park, where it ascends to the crest of the Smokies at Newfound Gap and crosses into North Carolina (although by this time it is no longer known as the "Great Smoky Mountains Parkway"). The Parkway is joined U.S. Route 321 in Pigeon Forge and they run concurrently until US-321 splits away in downtown Gatlinburg. Along this stretch of U.S. and Tennessee highways, a nearly continuous tourist sprawl (separated only by
1428-516: The region primarily as hunting grounds, the Chicakamauga faction of the Cherokee vehemently fought white settlement in their territory, frequently leading raids on households, even through the signing of various peace treaties, alternating short periods of peace with violent hostility, until forcibly marched from their territory by the U.S. government on the " Trail of Tears ". Sevier County
1470-415: The southern portion of the county. One of the very reasons for the park's creation, however, was also one of the county's first major economic engines: the lumber industry. Establishments in what is now the national park felled large amounts of timber in the early 1900s. Though the park effectively killed the logging industry in the late 1930s, it spurred the development of one of the largest tourist resorts in
1512-471: The total area of the national park) changed drastically. Today, tourism supports the county's economy. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 598 square miles (1,550 km ), of which 593 square miles (1,540 km ) is land and 5.2 square miles (13 km ) (0.9%) is water. The southern part of Sevier County is located within the Great Smoky Mountains and
1554-504: The tourism industry in Sevier County has put a major stress on the county's roadways. In an effort to control this the county has put forth numerous projects to widen existing highways, and the cities of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg have also implemented a bus service oriented towards visitors, which ferries tourists to and from various popular destinations throughout the towns via decorated buses referred to as "trolleys." The Great Smoky Mountains Parkway connects Interstate 40 (Exit 407) to
1596-440: The vote on the occasions they face opposition at all. At local elections, the county is similarly Republican. However, the county backed Senator Al Gore in 1990 and Governor Phil Bredesen in 2006 in landslides. From its beginnings as a traditional subsistence-based farming society, Sevier County has grown into a major tourist destination since the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park , which dominates
1638-418: The vote—reportedly his highest percentage of any county in the nation. In 1932 Herbert Hoover received 77.01% of the vote and in 1936 Alf Landon received 77.73%. Since 1916 no Republican candidate has received less than 55% of the county's vote and in 2008 John McCain received 73.4%. All of the county's state legislators are Republicans, and Republican candidates routinely garner well over 70 percent of
1680-414: Was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.20 males. The median income for a household in the county was $ 34,719, and the median income for a family was $ 40,474. Males had a median income of $ 27,139 versus $ 20,646 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 18,064. About 8.20% of families and 10.70% of the population were below
1722-519: Was completed in July 2009. Exit 398 on I-40 at Strawberry Plains Pike has seen a increased amount of development since the 1990s. There are several hotels, restaurants and gas stations, with more under construction. With the increased growth around the interchange, the location has since been annexed into the City of Knoxville . The Tennessee Department of Transportation administrative office for Region 1
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1764-441: Was formed on September 18, 1794, from part of neighboring Jefferson County , and has retained its original boundaries ever since. The county takes its name from John Sevier , governor of the failed State of Franklin and first governor of Tennessee, who played a prominent role during the early years of settlement in the region. Since its establishment in 1795, the county seat has been situated at Sevierville (also named for Sevier),
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