Editing Union County, Tennessee (section)

==History==
[[File:Union County Creation.svg|left|thumb|120x120px|Union County was created from the union of parts of five adjacent counties.|alt=]]
Union County was formed in 1850 from portions of [[Grainger County, Tennessee|Grainger]], [[Claiborne County, Tennessee|Claiborne]], [[Campbell County, Tennessee|Campbell]], [[Anderson County, Tennessee|Anderson]], and [[Knox County, Tennessee|Knox]] Counties. At least two theories are given on the source of its name. The name may commemorate the "union" of sections of five counties, or it may reflect [[East Tennessee]]'s support for the preservation of the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] in the years before and during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/44-counties.pdf Origins Of Tennessee County Names], ''[[Tennessee Blue Book]]'', 2005-2006, page 513</ref> The enabling legislation was initially passed January 3, 1850, but due to legal challenges and complications, the county was not formally created until January 23, 1856. The county seat was originally named "Liberty", but renamed "Maynardville" in honor of attorney and congressman [[Horace Maynard]], who had defended the county in a court case that sought to block its formation.<ref name=tehc />

In the 1930s, the damming of the [[Clinch River]] by the construction of [[Norris Dam]] by the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] (TVA) to form Norris Lake inundated a large part of the county,<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.comeherecomehome.com/about.php |website=Union County Chamber of Commerce |accessdate=December 5, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424060626/http://www.comeherecomehome.com/about.php |archivedate=April 24, 2010}}</ref> including the community of [[Loyston, Tennessee|Loyston]], and displaced many residents. "The Move," what many displaced families called the forced relocation by TVA, would encounter criticism, as the promise of electrification of Union County would not come after the completion of Norris Dam, but two decades later in the mid-1950s.<ref name="stephens">{{cite web |last1=Stephens |first1=Joseph |title=Forced Relocations Presented More of an Ordeal than an Opportunity for Norris Reservoir Families |url=https://www.historicunioncounty.com/article/forced-relocations-presented-more-ordeal-opportunity-norris-reservoir-families |website=Historic Union County |access-date=June 15, 2021}}</ref> With assistance from the [[National Park Service]] and the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]], the TVA developed [[Big Ridge State Park]] as a demonstration park on the shore of Norris Lake in Union County. The park's recreational facilities opened in May 1934.<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/fsaall:@FILREQ(@field(SUBJ+@od1(Tennessee--Hamilton+County--Big+Ridge+Lake+))+@FIELD(COLLID+fsa)) America from the Great Depression to World War II: Black-and-White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945, LC-USW33- 015718-C]</ref>