Grainger County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- Mary Grainger Blount
- Seat
- Rutledge
- Largest town
- Bean Station
- Mayor
- Mike Byrd ( R )
- Total
- 302 sq mi (780 km )
- Land
- 281 sq mi (730 km )
- Water
- 22 sq mi (57 km ) 7.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 25,739
- Density
- 81/sq mi (31/km )
- Demonym
- Grainger Countian
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 37708, 37709, 37848, 37861, 37881, 37888
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .graingercountytn .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Contains
- Rutledge
- Capital
- Rutledge
- Population
- 23527
- Area
- 783
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Jefferson County
- Official website
- graingertn.com
- Image
- Grainger-county-courthouse-tn1.jpg
- Households
- 9147
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- topic's main category
- Category:Grainger County, Tennessee
- Commons category
- Grainger County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1796-04-22
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Grainger County, Tennessee
- water as percent of area
- 7.2
- native label
- Grainger County
- per capita income
- 23937
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Encyclopedic overview
Grainger County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,527. Its county seat is Rutledge. Grainger County is a part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area and formerly Morristown Metropolitan Statistical Area until 2023.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grainger County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.