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Knoxville

city and county seat of Knox County, State of Tennessee, United States
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Summary

Knoxville is a city in the United States[1]. Knoxville ranks in the top 0.62% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,956 views/month, #58 of 9,394).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Knox County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Tennessee River[5]
  • Head of government: Indya Kincannon[6]
  • Instance of: big city[7], county seat[8]
  • Founder: James White[9]
  • Named after: Henry Knox[10]
  • Flag: flag of Knoxville[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Chełm[12], Chengdu[13], Kaohsiung[14], Larissa[15], Muroran[16], Neuquén[17], Yesan County[18]
  • Postal code: 37901[19], 37902[20], 37909[21], 37912[22], 37914[23], 37915[24], 37916[25], 37917[26], 37918[27], 37919[28], 37920[29], 37921[30], 37922[31], 37923[32]
  • Commons category: Knoxville, Tennessee[33]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[34]
  • Local dialing code: 865[35]
  • Inception: 1786[36]
  • Official website: https://www.knoxvilletn.gov/[37]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Knoxville, Tennessee[38]
  • Population: 178,874[39], 190,740[40]
  • Time of earliest written record: 1786[41]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee[42]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Knoxville include Knoxville Downtown Island Airport[43], an airport[44], in United States[45].

Why It Matters

Knoxville has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Knoxville is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for Knoxville include Knoxville Downtown Island Airport[43], an airport[44], in United States[45].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . knoxvilletn.gov. Retrieved . knoxvilletn.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → Eastern Time Zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → knoxville
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: knoxville, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289945627|knoxville (#289945627)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 14w ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → cityofknoxville-742928, cityofknoxville-6118d7
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Osm name suggestion index id: cityofknoxville-742928, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  4. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Member of → Q138812596
    Founder → James White
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 35.961666666666666, 'lon': -83.92333333333333}
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gaycities id: knoxville, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/226428908|Knoxville (#226428908)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7294|GayCities city]] #m"
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