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{{short description|County in Tennessee, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox U.S. county | county = Cocke County | state = Tennessee | seal = Seal of Cocke County, Tennessee.png | founded = October 9, 1797 | named for = [[William Cocke]]<ref name=tehc>E.R. Walker III, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=282 Cocke County]," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Retrieved: June 24, 2013.</ref> | seat wl = Newport | largest city wl = Newport | area_total_sq_mi = 443 | area_land_sq_mi = 435 | area_water_sq_mi = 8.6 | area percentage = 1.9% | census yr = 2020 | pop = 35999 {{increase}} | density_sq_mi = 82 | time zone = Eastern | footnotes = | web = http://www.cockecountytn.gov/ | ex image = Cocke-County-Courthouse-tn2.jpg | ex image cap = Cocke County Courthouse in Newport | district = 1st }} '''Cocke County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] on the eastern border of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Tennessee]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 35,999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Cocke County, Tennessee|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Cocke_County,_Tennessee?g=0500000US47029|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 31, 2022}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Newport, Tennessee|Newport]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> Cocke County comprises the Newport, TN [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]], which is part of the [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]]-[[Morristown, Tennessee|Morristown]]-[[Sevierville, Tennessee|Sevierville]], Tennessee [[Knoxville metropolitan area|Combined Statistical Area]].<ref>Office of Management and Budget, [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/bulletins/fy2006/b06-01_rev_2.pdf Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424235341/http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bulletins/fy2006/b06-01_rev_2.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bulletins/fy2006/b06-01_rev_2.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |date=April 24, 2009 }}, December 5, 2005</ref> ==History== Before the arrival of European settlers, the area that is now Cocke County probably was inhabited by the [[Cherokee]]. They were the most recent of a series of indigenous cultures who had occupied this country for thousands of years. The first recorded European settlement in the county was in 1783 when land near the fork of the French Broad and the Pigeon Rivers was cleared and cultivated. The earliest European settlers were primarily Scots-Irish, Dutch, and Germans who came to the area over the [[Blue Ridge Mountains|mountains]] from the Carolinas or through [[Virginia]] from [[Pennsylvania]] and other northern states. The county was established by an Act of the [[Tennessee General Assembly]] on October 9, 1797, from a part of [[Greene County, Tennessee]]. It was named after [[William Cocke]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n84 86]}}</ref> one of the state's first Senators. Located within the Appalachian and Great Smoky Mountains, it had difficult conditions for early settlers. Like many East Tennessee counties, settled by yeomen farmers, Cocke County was largely pro-Union on the eve of the Civil War. In Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession referendum on June 8, 1861, the county's residents voted 1,185 to 518 against secession.<ref>Oliver Perry Temple, [https://archive.org/details/easttennesseean00tempgoog/page/n227 <!-- pg=199 quote="The detailed vote of the several counties was as follows". --> ''East Tennessee and the Civil War''], (R. Clarke Company, 1899), p. 199.</ref> ==Geography== [[File:Ob-cocke2.jpg|right|thumb|230px|View from the slopes of Old Black]] According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|443|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|435|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|8.6|sqmi}} (1.9%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_47.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 2, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The southern part of the county is located within the [[Great Smoky Mountains]], and the lands are protected by the [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]]. The northern part of the county is situated within the [[Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians]].<ref>Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, et al., "[http://www.epa.gov/ttnamti1/files/networkplans/TNPlan2010.pdf Ambient Air Monitoring Plan]," Environmental Protection Agency website, July 1, 2010, p. 6. Accessed: March 18, 2015.</ref> The county's highest point is [[Old Black (Great Smoky Mountains)|Old Black]], which rises to {{convert|6370|ft|m}} in the Smokies along the county's border with North Carolina.<ref>[http://tnlandforms.us/cohp/ Tennessee County Highpoints], Tennessee Landforms. Retrieved: June 24, 2013.</ref> English Mountain, a large ridge that peaks at {{convert|3629|ft|m}}, dominates the western part of the county. Cocke County is drained by the [[French Broad River]], which traverses the northern part of the county and forms much of its boundary with [[Jefferson County, Tennessee|Jefferson County]]. A portion of this river is part of [[Douglas Lake]], an artificial reservoir created by [[Douglas Dam]] further downstream. The [[Pigeon River (Tennessee β North Carolina)|Pigeon River]] flows northward across the county and empties into the French Broad north of Newport at Irish Bottoms. ===Adjacent counties=== *[[Hamblen County, Tennessee|Hamblen County]] (north) *[[Greene County, Tennessee|Greene County]] (northeast) *[[Madison County, North Carolina]] (southeast) *[[Haywood County, North Carolina]] (south) *[[Sevier County, Tennessee|Sevier County]] (southwest) *[[Jefferson County, Tennessee|Jefferson County]] (northwest) ===National protected areas=== * [[Appalachian Trail]] (part) * [[Cherokee National Forest]] (part) * [[Foothills Parkway]] (part) * [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]] (part) ===State protected areas=== *Rankin Wildlife Management Area (part) *[[Martha Sundquist State Forest]] ===Major highways=== *{{jct|state=TN|I|40}} *{{jct|state=TN|US|70}} *{{jct|state=TN|US|25}} *{{jct|state=TN|US|25E}} *{{jct|state=TN|US|25W}} *{{jct|state=TN|US|321}} *{{jct|state=TN|US|411}} *{{jct|state=TN|Sec|32}} *[[File:Tennessee 73.svg|25px]] [[File:Secondary Tennessee 73.svg|20px]] [[Tennessee State Route 73|SR 73]] ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1810= 5154 |1820= 4892 |1830= 6017 |1840= 6992 |1850= 8300 |1860= 10408 |1870= 12458 |1880= 14808 |1890= 16523 |1900= 19153 |1910= 19399 |1920= 20782 |1930= 21775 |1940= 24083 |1950= 22991 |1960= 23390 |1970= 25283 |1980= 28792 |1990= 29141 |2000= 33565 |2010= 35662 |2020= 35999 |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=April 2, 2015|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/tn190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> 2010-2014<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47029.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607140902/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47029.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} {{Stack|[[Image:USA Cocke County, Tennessee.csv age pyramid.svg|thumb|left|150px|Age distribution of Cocke County<ref>Based on 2000 Census data</ref>]]}} ===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" |+Cocke County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US47029&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 27, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> !scope="col"| Race !scope="col"| Number !scope="col"| Percentage |- !scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic) | 32,733 | 90.93% |- !scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic) | 582 | 1.62% |- !scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] | 126 | 0.35% |- !scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] | 150 | 0.42% |- !scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] | 9 | 0.03% |- !scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] | 1,445 | 4.01% |- !scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] | 954 | 2.65% |} As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 35,999 people, 14,060 households, and 9,196 families residing in the county. ===2000 census=== As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, 33,565 people, 13,762 households, and 9,715 families were residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|77|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people|}}. The 15,844 housing units averaged {{convert|36|/mi2|/km2|abbr=on}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 96.16% White, 1.99% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.33% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. About 1.05% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 13,762 households, 29.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.10% were married couples living together, 13.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.40% were not families. About 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.87. In the county, the population was distributed as 22.80% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 28.80% from 25 to 44, 26.40% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males. The median income for a household in the county was $25,553, and for a family was $30,418. Males had a median income of $26,062 versus $18,826 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $13,881. About 18.70% of families and 22.50% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 31.80% of those under age 18 and 18.70% of those age 65 or over. ==Communities== [[File:Cocke County Memorial Building Newport Tennessee.JPG|210px|right|thumb|Cocke County Memorial Building in Newport]] ===City=== *[[Newport, Tennessee|Newport]], county seat ===Town=== *[[Parrottsville, Tennessee|Parrottsville]] ===Census-designated Place=== *[[Cosby, Tennessee|Cosby]] ===Unincorporated communities=== {{div col}} * [[Allen Grove, Tennessee|Allen Grove]] * [[Baltimore, Tennessee|Baltimore]] * [[Boomer, Tennessee|Boomer]] * [[Briar Thicket, Tennessee|Briar Thicket]] * [[Bridgeport, Tennessee|Bridgeport]] * [[Bybee, Tennessee|Bybee]] * [[Del Rio, Tennessee|Del Rio]] * [[Hartford, Tennessee|Hartford]] * [[Liberty Hill, Cocke County, Tennessee|Liberty Hill]] * [[Midway, Cocke County, Tennessee|Midway]] * [[Tom Town, Tennessee|Tom Town]] * [[Wasp, Tennessee|Wasp]] {{div col end}} ==Notable residents== *[[Ben W. Hooper]], [[governor of Tennessee]] from 1911 to 1915 *[[J. E. Rankin]], banker and mayor of [[Asheville, North Carolina]] *[[Marvin Sutton|Popcorn Sutton]], moonshiner<ref name=Robertson>{{cite news|last=Robertson|first=Campbell|title=Yesterday's Moonshiner, Today's Microdistiller|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/us/popcorn-suttons-whiskey-once-moonshine-is-now-legal.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp|access-date=February 21, 2012|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 20, 2012}}</ref> *[[Marshall Teague (actor)|Marshall Teague]], actor ==In popular culture== The novel ''[[Christy (novel)|Christy]]'' and the [[Christy (TV series)|television series of the same name]] are based on historical events, people, and localities of Cocke County. The fictional small town of El Pano, where the novel begins, is based on the existing village of [[Del Rio, Tennessee]]. The fictional Cutter Gap, where most of the plot unfolds, represents the locale now known as Chapel Hollow. Several area landmarks associated with the story are marked for visitors, including the site of the Ebenezer Mission in Chapel Hollow, which is located off the Old Fifteenth Rd., about {{convert|5|mi|km}} from Del Rio. ==Politics== {{PresHead|place=Cocke County, Tennessee|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|13,105|2,415|143|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|12,162|2,533|164|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|9,791|1,981|354|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|8,459|2,804|191|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|8,945|3,340|196|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|8,297|3,935|79|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|6,185|3,872|182|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|4,481|3,326|884|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|5,298|3,495|1,207|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,430|2,115|34|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,665|2,068|95|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|6,802|2,139|203|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|5,004|3,141|74|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,268|805|80|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,645|950|1,159|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1964|Republican|5,084|2,109|0|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|6,581|1,442|72|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|5,526|1,121|68|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,688|1,247|0|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,576|939|99|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,554|989|5|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,521|1,098|54|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1936|Republican|3,731|1,217|6|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1932|Republican|2,324|1,557|34|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,908|722|5|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,556|921|18|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,283|929|32|Tennessee}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,478|595|13|Tennessee}} {{PresFoot|1912|Republican|757|597|559|Tennessee}} Like all of [[Southern Unionist|Unionist]] East Tennessee, Cocke County has been overwhelmingly Republican ever since the Civil War. Since the first postwar election in 1868, Cocke County has voted for every Republican presidential candidate, even supporting [[William Howard Taft]] during the divided 1912 election. No Democratic presidential candidate has managed to receive forty percent of the county's vote in this time, although [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in his 1932 landslide got within 0.23 percent of this figure. ==See also== *[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Cocke County, Tennessee]] *[[Weaver family (North Carolina)]] ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==Further reading== * Goodspeed Publishing Company, [https://archive.today/20041224032328/http://www.tngenweb.org/cocke/goodspeedcocke.htm "History of Cocke County"], pages 864β867 in ''History of Tennessee'', 1887. Retrieved November 26, 2006. * Walker, E.R. III. ''Cocke County, Tennessee: Pages from the Past''. Charleston: The History Press (2007). {{ISBN|1-59629-398-5}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.cockecountytn.gov Official site] * [http://newportcockecountychamber.com/ Cocke County Partnership] – Chamber of Commerce * [http://www.cocke.k12.tn.us/ Cocke County Schools] * [http://www.tngenweb.org/cocke Cocke County, TNGenWeb] – genealogy resources {{Geographic location |Centre = Cocke County, Tennessee |North = [[Hamblen County, Tennessee|Hamblen County]] |Northeast = [[Greene County, Tennessee|Greene County]] |East = [[Madison County, North Carolina]] |Southeast = |South = [[Haywood County, North Carolina]] |Southwest = [[Sevier County, Tennessee|Sevier County]] |West = |Northwest = [[Jefferson County, Tennessee|Jefferson County]] }} {{Cocke County, Tennessee}} {{Knoxville Metro}} {{Tennessee}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|35.93|-83.12|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-TN_source:UScensus1990}} [[Category:Cocke County, Tennessee| ]] [[Category:1797 establishments in Tennessee]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1797]] [[Category:Second Amendment sanctuaries in Tennessee]] [[Category:East Tennessee]]
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