West Knoxville
West Knoxville is a section of Knoxville, Tennessee, US. It is west of the city's downtown area. It stretches from Sequoyah Hills on the east to the city's border with Farragut on the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include University of Tennessee and Rule High School.
University of Tennessee
University
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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, it is the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee system, with 14 colleges. University of Tennessee is situated 2 miles southeast of West Knoxville.
Rule High School
School
Rule High School was a public high school in Knoxville, Tennessee. It opened in 1927 and closed in 1991. It was named for William Rule, founder of The Knoxville Journal and Mayor of Knoxville in 1873 and from 1898 to 1899.
Neyland Stadium
Stadium
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Neyland Stadium is a sports stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It serves primarily as the home of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, but is also used to host large conventions and has been a site for several National Football League exhibition games. Neyland Stadium is situated 2 miles southeast of West Knoxville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lonsdale and Mechanicsville.
Lonsdale
Hamlet
Lonsdale is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located northwest of the city's downtown area. Established in the late-19th century as a land development project, Lonsdale incorporated as a separate city in 1907, and was annexed by Knoxville in 1917.
Mechanicsville
Suburb
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Mechanicsville is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located northwest of the city's downtown area. One of the city's oldest neighborhoods, Mechanicsville was established in the late 1860s for skilled laborers working in the many factories that sprang up along Knoxville's periphery.
Fort Sanders
Suburb
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Fort Sanders is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, located west of the downtown area and immediately north of the main campus of the University of Tennessee.
West Knoxville
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Knox, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.97006° or 35° 58′ 12″ northLongitude
-83.95537° or 83° 57′ 19″ westElevation
876 feet (267 metres)Open location code
867RX2CV+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 154306758OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“West Knoxville” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “West Knoxville”
- French: “West Knoxville”
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