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Blount County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- William Blount
- Seat
- Maryville
- Largest city
- Maryville
- Total
- 567 sq mi (1,470 km )
- Land
- 559 sq mi (1,450 km )
- Water
- 7.8 sq mi (20 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 143,820
- Density
- 242/sq mi (93.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .blounttn .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Blount County is a county located in the East Tennessee Grand Division of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 135,280. The county seat is Maryville, which is also the county's largest city. Blount County is included in the Knoxville metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blount County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.