Editing Maynardville, Tennessee (section)

==History==
Maynardville began in the early 19th century as a small community known as Liberty. When Union County was created in the 1850s, Liberty, being nearest the center of the county, was chosen as the county seat. The land for the courthouse square was donated by Marcus Monroe, a local minister.<ref>"[http://www.tngenweb.org/union/good-history.html Goodspeed's History of Union County, Tennessee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706061613/http://www.tngenweb.org/union/good-history.html |date=July 6, 2008 }}."  Originally published in the ''History of Tennessee'' (Chicago and Nashville: Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1887), 850-853. Retrieved: February 20, 2008.</ref>

Shortly after the [[Tennessee General Assembly]] passed legislation authorizing the creation of Union County, [[Knox County, Tennessee|Knox County]] secured an [[injunction]] blocking the creation of the new county, which would take some of its area from Knox County. To defend the new county, its supporters retained the services of [[Horace Maynard]], a Knoxville-area attorney and later [[U.S. Postmaster General]]. After Maynard successfully defended the new county in litigation proceedings, Liberty was renamed "Maynardville" in his honor.<ref>Kathleen Zebley, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=851 Horace Maynard]."  ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', 2002. Retrieved: February 20, 2008.</ref><ref>Jim Matheny, [http://www.wbir.com/dontmiss/171733/207/Why-do-they-call-it-that-Maynardville Why do they call it that?  Maynardville in Union County], ''WBIR.com'', June 4, 2011. Retrieved: June 8, 2011.</ref>  Union County was formally recognized in 1856.<ref>Bonnie Heiskell Peters, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1416 Union County]."  ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', 2002. Retrieved: February 20, 2008.</ref>

Country music singer [[Roy Acuff]] was born in Maynardville in 1903. The Acuff family had been well-established in Union County since the mid-19th century. When Goodspeed published its ''History of Tennessee'' in 1887, the Union County section included a brief biography of Roy's grandfather, Coram Acuff (1846–1931), who represented Union County in the state legislature.<ref>"[http://www.tngenweb.org/union/good-bios.html#acuff Goodspeed's Union County, Tennessee Biographies]."  Originally published in the ''History of Tennessee'' (Chicago and Nashville: Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1887), 1146-1152. Retrieved: February 20, 2008.</ref><ref>"[https://archive.today/20070721002704/http://www.acuff.org/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-7 Acuff-Ecoff Family Archives]."  Retrieved: February 20, 2008.</ref>

Throughout the early to mid-20th century, [[Tennessee State Route 33|State Route 33]] through Maynardville was part of the infamous Thunder Road, which was used by [[Bootlegging (alcohol)|bootleggers]] to illegally transport and trade [[moonshine]].<ref name="Bowers">{{cite news |last1=Bowers |first1=Larry |title=Deciphering fact from fiction of 'Thunder Road' |url=http://clevelandbanner.com/stories/deciphering-fact-from-fiction-of-thunder-road,25146 |access-date=July 20, 2020 |work=Cleveland Daily Banner |date=January 3, 2016}}</ref> This story was later fictionally adapted into a [[Thunder Road (1958 film)|1958 crime-drama film]] and [[The Ballad of Thunder Road|song]] of the same name.<ref>{{IMDb title|qid=Q3526060|title=Thunder Road (1958)}}</ref>

Since the dawn of the 21st century, Maynardville has become increasingly [[suburb]]an with the widening projects of [[Tennessee State Route 33|SR 33]] (Maynardville Highway) providing quicker access to [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]].<ref name="mhtdot"/> Plans to [[Redevelopment|redevelop]] and revitalize Maynardville have been proposed since the 2010s.<ref name="vasington">{{cite web |last1=Vasington |first1=Sean |title=Downtown Maynardville Revitalization |url=http://www.planeasttn.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=1340&PortalId=0&TabId=143 |website=Plan East Tennessee |publisher=e East Tennessee Community Design Center |access-date=January 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912054550/http://www.planeasttn.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=1340&PortalId=0&TabId=143 |archive-date=September 12, 2016 |date=2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="mhtdot">{{cite web |title=Maynardville Highway Corridor Study |url=https://www.tn.gov/assets/entities/tdot/attachments/Maynardville_report_080916_with-Appendix.pdf |website=[[Tennessee Department of Transportation]] |publisher=Gresham Smith and Partners |access-date=January 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713051407/https://www.tn.gov/assets/entities/tdot/attachments/Maynardville_report_080916_with-Appendix.pdf |archive-date=July 13, 2017 |date=August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>