Editing Englewood, Tennessee

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| image_caption      = Main Street ([[Tennessee State Route 39|SR 39]])
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| subdivision_name2  = [[McMinn County, Tennessee|McMinn]]

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| established_date   = 1919<ref>''[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/48-data.pdf Tennessee Blue Book]'', 2005-2006, pp. 618-625.</ref>
| named_for          = [[Inglewood Forest]]

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| population_total   = 1,550
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| elevation_m        = 262
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| postal_code        = 37329
| area_code          = [[Area code 423|423]]
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'''Englewood''' is a town in [[McMinn County, Tennessee|McMinn County]], [[Tennessee]], United States. The population was 1,550 in 2020.

==History==

In 1857, businessman John Dixon established the Eureka Cotton Mills near what is now Englewood where they used regionally-grown cotton to produce yarn. The small mill community that developed around the mill became known as Eureka Mills. By 1875, Elisha Brient, a partner of Dixon, and several of Brient's relatives had acquired Eureka Cotton Mills, and in 1894 the Brients renamed the town of Eureka Mills "Englewood".<ref name=burney>Jenny Burney, "Englewood Mills". ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'' (Nashville, Tenn.: Rutledge Hill Press, 1998), pp. 256-257.</ref> The name was suggested by Nancy Chestnutt, a sister-in-law of James Brient, who thought the area resembled the English forests of the [[Robin Hood]] tales she had read about as a child.<ref name=byrum>C. Stephen Byrum, ''McMinn County'' (Memphis, Tenn.: Memphis State University Press, 1984), pp. 48-50.</ref>

[[File:Englewood-tennessee-1907.jpg|left|210px|thumb|Englewood in 1907]]

In the late 19th century, the Brients began building shops and gristmills approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} northeast of their milltown at a railroad stop called Tellico Junction, where the [[Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway|Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railroad]] (which roughly followed modern U.S. 411) intersected the Tellico Railroad (which connected Athens and [[Tellico Plains, Tennessee|Tellico Plains]]).<ref name=byrum /> The Brients also expanded their Englewood operation, establishing a flour and feed mill in partnership with J.W. Chestnutt.<ref name=byrum /> In 1907, the entire Englewood operation was moved to Tellico Junction to take advantage of the railroad.  The following year, Tellico Junction was renamed Englewood and the original milltown subsequently became known as "Old Englewood".<ref name=burney />

[[File:Englewood-textile-museum-tn1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Display at the Englewood Textile Museum]]

In 1917, Chestnutt formed the Englewood Manufacturing Company, which built a hosiery mill at Englewood.<ref name=burney /><ref name=byrum />  Englewood grew to include housing for 300 workers, and had its own company stores, sawmill, and school.<ref name=burney /> The tenement section associated with the Eureka Cotton Mill became known as "Yellow Top", the section associated with the hosiery mill became known as "Socktown", and the section associated with the flour mill was called "Onion Hill".<ref name=byrum /> Women worked at the mills in large numbers, mainly as weavers, while most supervisory positions were held by men.<ref name=burney />

During the [[Great Depression]], the Englewood mills were forced to close, and many of the town's residents joined various federal work programs. During [[World War II]], the Eureka Cotton Mill was refurbished by the United National Clothing Center, which made clothing for donations to wartorn countries. Several mills and factories established operations at Englewood over subsequent decades, but most had shut down by the late 1990s.<ref name=burney /> The last of the Englewood mills, Allied Hosiery, closed its doors in 2008.<ref>[http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=65875&provider=rss McMinn County Mill Shuts Down, Leaving 45 Jobless].  ''WBIR.com'', October 6, 2008. Retrieved: July 23, 2009.</ref> The Englewood Textile Museum, near the corner of Niota Street and Main Street, interprets the town's manufacturing history.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2}}, all land. The town is situated in the Chestuee Creek Valley, a broad valley carved by a tributary of the [[Hiwassee River]], which passes a few miles to the southwest. The [[Unicoi Mountains]], part of the greater [[Blue Ridge Mountains|Blue Ridge Range]], dominate the horizon to the south. [[U.S. Route 411]] connects Englewood to [[Madisonville, Tennessee|Madisonville]] to the northeast and [[Etowah, Tennessee|Etowah]] to the south. [[Tennessee State Route 39|Tennessee State Highway 39]] (South Niota Road and West Athens Street) connects Englewood to [[Athens, Tennessee|Athens]], opposite the hills to the west and as Tellico Street, connects Englewood to [[Tellico Plains, Tennessee|Tellico Plains]] to the east.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 1271
|1930= 1471
|1940= 1342
|1950= 1545
|1960= 1574
|1970= 1878
|1980= 1840
|1990= 1611
|2000= 1590
|2010= 1532
|2020= 1483
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=June 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Englewood racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4724040&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)
| 1,355
| 87.42%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 6
| 0.4%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 4
| 0.27%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 2
| 0.13%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 81
| 5.22%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 102
| 6.58%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,550 people, 703 households, and 493 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|934.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 760 housing units at an average density of {{convert|446.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 703 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $24,000, and the median income for a family was $29,792. Males had a median income of $29,000 versus $22,583 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,752. About 17.0% of families and 20.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
[[McMinn County Schools]] operates public schools, including Englewood Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englewoodelementary.org/o/ee|title=Home|publisher=Englewood Elementary School|accessdate=January 28, 2022}}</ref> and [[McMinn Central High School]]. It was served by [[Englewood High School (Tennessee)|Englewood High School]] until a fire destroyed it in December 1963. McMinn Central opened in fall 1966, with students from Englewood and [[Etowah, Tennessee|Etowah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypostathenian.com/community/article_bada09a8-4ac6-11e7-8086-10604b9f1f4a.html|title=First Central High class came together from Englewood, Etowah, and Cook high schools |newspaper=[[Daily Post-Athenian]]|date=June 6, 2017|accessdate=January 28, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Englewood, Tennessee}}
*[http://www.townofenglewood.com/ Englewood, Tennessee] &mdash; official site
*[http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/public/CHARTERS.nsf/0/E51550215ACD1B05852568CC0061DA81/$File/englewood.cht.pdf?OpenElement Town charter]

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[[Category:Towns in McMinn County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Towns in Tennessee]]