Knoxville, TN
The Knoxville metropolitan area, commonly known as Greater Knoxville, is a metropolitan statistical area centered on Knoxville, Tennessee, the third largest city in Tennessee and the largest city in East Tennessee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Economic region with 810,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan area in Tennessee, United States
- Also known as: “28940”, “Greater Knoxville”, “Knoxville metro area”, “Knoxville metropolitan area”, “Knoxville metropolitan statistical area”, “Knoxville MSA”, “Knoxville, TN Metro Area”, “Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area”, and “Knoxville, TN MSA”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bull Run Fossil Plant and American Museum of Science and Energy.
Bull Run Fossil Plant
Power station
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Bull Run Fossil Plant, commonly known as Bull Run Steam Plant, is a retired 889 megawatt, coal-fired electric generating station owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
American Museum of Science and Energy
Museum
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
The American Museum of Science and Energy is a science museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, designed to teach children and adults about energy, especially nuclear power, and to document the role Oak Ridge played in the Manhattan Project. American Museum of Science and Energy is situated 3½ miles west of Knoxville, TN.
Cherokee Caverns
Cave
Photo: Kingsmasher678, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cherokee Caverns is 14 miles west of Knoxville and can be accessed by Highway 62. It is gated. Cherokee Caverns is situated 3½ miles southeast of Knoxville, TN.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oak Ridge and Hardin Valley.
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. In Oak Ridge, thousands worked in secrecy to enrich the uranium used in the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
Hardin Valley
Suburb
Hardin Valley is a suburban unincorporated community in west Knox County, Tennessee, United States. It is about 15.5 miles west of downtown Knoxville. Hardin Valley is situated 6 miles south of Knoxville, TN.
Karns
Suburb
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Karns is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northwest Knox County, Tennessee, about 11 miles northwest of the center of Knoxville. The population of the CDP was 3,536 at the 2020 census. Karns is situated 5 miles southeast of Knoxville, TN.
Knoxville, TN
- Category: metropolitan statistical area
- Location: Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From German to Urdu—“Knoxville, TN” goes by many names.
- German: “Metropolregion Knoxville”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Knoxville”
- Urdu: “ناکسویل میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
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