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Maryville is a city in Blount County, Tennessee, 20 miles south of Knoxville. The population was 23,120 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Blount County[Geographic references#6GR6]. The city is home to Maryville College, the corporate headquarters of the Ruby Tuesday casual dining restaurant chain, and Tennessee State Champion high school teams in football (1970, 1976, and 1978 in Class AA, and 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 in Class 4A) and baseball (1989 in Class AAA).

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History

In 1785, Revolutionary War veteran John Craig founded a wooden pallisade known as Fort Craig at what is now Maryville in order to defend settlers against attacks from Native American tribes. Craig donated 50 acres (200,000 m²) next to his fort for the founding of a new town. Maryville was incorporated as a city on July 11 1795 and named in honor of Mary Grainger Blount, wife of territorial governor William Blount, for whom Blount County is named.

The family of Sam Houston moved to Maryville in 1808, when Houston was 15. He taught school in a one-room schoolhouse in Maryville before he began his military and political career.

During the American Civil War, Maryville was occupied by Union troops in May 1864. In August 1864, a Confederate cavalry raid, under the command of General Joseph Wheeler, attacked the courthouse where the Union troops had barricaded themselves. The Rebels set fire to several buildings in the attempt to dislodge the Northern soldiers, including a store where the city's records were being kept. Polly Tool, an African-American slave rescued most of the records and is now honored by a statue in the Blount County courthouse.

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander was born in Maryville in 1940 and announced his eventually unsuccessful bids for the Republican nomination for President in 1996 and 2000 from Maryville.

Geography

Location of Maryville, Tennessee

Maryville is located at [35°44′59″N, 83°58′33″W] (35.749857, -83.975805)[Geographic references#1GR1].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 41.2 km² (15.9 mi²), all land.

Maryville lies in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. The city is bordered on the north by Maryville's twin city, Alcoa, Tennessee.

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Demographics

As of the census[Geographic references#2GR2] of 2000, there were 23,120 people, 9,050 households, and 6,045 families residing in the city. The population density was 560.7/km² (1,452.4/mi²). There were 9,795 housing units at an average density of 237.6/km² (615.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.59% White, 2.95% African American, 0.22% Native American, 1.55% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.38% of the population.

There were 9,050 households out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 85.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $40,143, and the median income for a family was $49,182. Males had a median income of $35,434 versus $23,444 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,556. About 7.8% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.

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