Greeneville is an incorporated town in and the county seat of Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 15,479. The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene, and it is the second oldest town in Tennessee. It is the only town with this spelling in the United States, although there are numerous U.S. towns named Greenville. The town was the capital of the short-lived State of Franklin in the 18th-century history of East Tennessee.
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Greeneville is known as the town where United States President Andrew Johnson began his political career when elected to be an alderman and transitioned from his trade as a tailor. He and his family lived there for most of his adult years. It was an area of strong abolitionist and Unionist views and yeoman farmers, an environment that influenced Johnson's outlook.
The Greeneville Historic District was established in 1974.
The U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class submarine USS Greeneville was named in honor of the town.
Greeneville is part of the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region. Tusculum University, a private Christian university located in nearby Tusculum, has a Greeneville mailing address.
From the Wikipedia article Greeneville, Tennessee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Greeneville
- Morristown42 km W
- Johnson City46 km E
- Kingsport49 km NE
- Asheville67 km S
- Sevierville74 km SW
- Bristol75 km NE
- Bristol75 km NE
- Knoxville101 km W
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