Driving Around Small Town Sevierville, TN in 4k Video
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Filmed on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, I drive around village Sevierville, Tennessee to see what's going on.
Sevierville is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Tennessee, located in eastern Tennessee. The population was 17,889 at the 2020 United States Census.
By the early 18th century, the Cherokee controlled much of the Tennessee side of the Smokies and had established a series of settlements along the Little Tennessee River. The various Cherokee trails crossing Sevier County brought the first Euro-American traders and settlers to the area.
European long hunters and traders arrived in the Sevierville area in the mid-18th century. Isaac Thomas, the most notable of these early traders, was well respected by the Cherokee and may have lived at the Overhill town of Chota at one time. Europeans like Thomas were mainly in the area in search of animal furs, which they exchanged for manufactured goods.
As settlers began to trickle into East Tennessee, relations with the Cherokee began to turn hostile. During the Revolutionary War, the Cherokee, who had aligned themselves with the British, launched sporadic attacks against the sparse settlements in the Tennessee Valley.
In December 1780, Col. John Sevier, fresh off a victory against the British at King's Mountain, launched a punitive expedition against the Cherokee. Sevier defeated the Cherokee at the Battle of Boyd's Creek and proceeded to destroy several Cherokee settlements along the Little Tennessee.
Sevier County was created in 1794 and named after John Sevier. At a meeting at Thomas' house the following year, the Forks-of-the-Little-Pigeon area was chosen as the county seat and renamed "Sevierville." James McMahan donated a 25-acre tract of land for erecting a town square.
The first Sevier County Courthouse was built in 1796. According to local legend, court was held in a flea-infested abandoned stable before its construction. The lore suggests that irritated lawyers paid an unknown person a bottle of whiskey to burn down the stable, forcing the new county to build an actual courthouse.
In 1820, a stagecoach road connected Sevierville with Maryville to the west. Sevierville's status as a county seat along these early roads helped it grow. By 1833, the town had a population of 150, including two doctors, two carpenters, a tanner, two tailors, a shoemaker, three stores, a hatter, two taverns, and two mills. Distilleries were popular means of supplemental income. By 1850, John Chandler's distillery was producing 6,000 gallons of whiskey per year.
Slavery was not common in Sevier County, although it did occur, especially at the large plantations along the French Broad River. Even before the American Civil War, Sevierville - a hotbed of abolitionist activity - was home to a relatively large community of free African-Americans. In 1861, only 3.8% of the residents of Sevier County voted in favor of secession from the Union.
Sevierville, situated at a major crossroads south of Knoxville, suffered consistent harassment, looting, and confiscation of property by both Union and Confederate forces moving through the town in 1863 and 1864.
Sevierville recovered quickly from the war, with a number of new houses and businesses being built in the 1870s. Two members of the town's African-American community - house builder Lewis Buckner and brickmason Isaac Dockery played a prominent role in Sevierville's post-war construction boom. Buckner designed a number of houses in the Sevierville area over a 40-year period, 15 of which are still standing.
With the opening of Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1934, tens of thousands of tourists began passing through Sevierville, which was situated about halfway between the park and Knoxville. U.S. 441, initially known as Smoky Mountain Highway, was completed to Sevierville in 1934 and later extended to North Carolina.
Entertainer Dolly Parton was born in Sevierville in 1946. In more recent years, the town erected a statue of Parton on the lawn of the courthouse and named Dolly Parton Parkway after her.
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 17,889 people residing in the city.
The racial makeup of the city was 88.9% White, 1.5% African American, 0.6% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander, 6.1% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race accounted for 10.3% of the population.
The per capita income for the city was $21,779. About 18.7% of families and 23.3% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 34.8% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or older. #driving #travel #drivingtour
Healthy, vibrant community, good to see. Beautiful countryside, too: thanks for posting!
Everyone left Illinois and moved to Tennessee
Makes me homesick. I recognize every turn and curve. Thank you for sharing this❤
You’re welcome! Comments like this put fuel in my gas tank
Excited about my arrival in Sevierville, my work and travel will be in wilderness at the smokies!
the town might be small, but I've heard Sevierville is actually some kind of a tourist attraction. in vedio it seems clean and active, looks nice. spending 2 or 3 weeks there should be a relaxing experience.
Hometown of Dolly Parton baby
Looks like paint where train tracks were many years ago.
Im coming up to Sevierville in October from Tampa, Florida. Can someone give me the best fastest directions please? Thank you
I still need directions please!!!
This place is beautiful. Is this A Sundown town? or is everyone welcome here?
It’s 2024 bro
@@exploreusacities I was looking at Rowland over at Whiskey Ridge it is some beautiful country land
Yep, the whole area is great, people are flocking there
Lots of commerce going on.
Yes sir!
No hay nadie caminando 😮
we all have cars, reason #994385475438 that America is great
@@exploreusacities y tan ignorante respuesta. Aquí también tenemos autos pero amamos caminar y más si es en el centro de la ciudad.
@@SheIsArainbow Stay where you are, and walk to your heart's content.
*Edited to add; I counted eight people on foot in the first two minutes
does anybody remember Deborah Hatcher