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Russellville is a census-designated place in Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States.[3] Located along U.S. Route 11E-Tennessee State Route 34 (US 11E/SR 34), it is situated approximately at a midpoint between Whitesburg and Morristown.[5]

Russellville, Tennessee
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The post office in Russellville
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Coordinates: 36°15′31″N 83°11′43″W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Hamblen
Founded	1784[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1.05 sq mi (2.71 km2)
• Land	1.04 sq mi (2.69 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation [3]	1,247 ft (380 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	822
• Density	791.15/sq mi (305.50/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	37860
Area code	423
FIPS code	47-47063[3]
GNIS feature ID	2804642

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
2020	822		—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

History

Russellville was founded by George Russell in 1784. He had been granted a large tract of land in Greene County, North Carolina.[1]

During the American Civil War, Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet established a headquarters in the Nenney House in Russellville just after the Battle of Bean's Station in December 1863. His Confederate army used Russellville for their winter camp of 1863-64. The house still stands and has been converted into The General Longstreet Museum.[7] Also during that winter, General Lafayette McLaws was in quarters at a house now called "Hayslope", a house that also still stands and was originally a tavern built by the early settlers. It was originally called the Tavern with the Red Door, while General Joseph B. Kershaw was at the nearby Taylor plantation. The nearby Bethesda Presbyterian Church was used as a hospital during the Civil War and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has many wartime burials, 80 of which are unidentified.[8][9]

In the mid and early twentieth century, Russellville was a hub for production and distribution of bootleg whiskey.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2020, portions of the Russellville community, including an industrial park, have been annexed into the city limits of Morristown.[10]

References

Further reading

• Emma Dean Smith Trent (1987), East Tennessee's Lore of Yesteryear.
• Rebecca Dougherty Hyatt (1970), "History Around Russellville".

External links

• The History of Hayslope
• Hamblen County TNGenWeb site

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