Knoxville is nicknamed “The Marble City”, due to being a major distributor of pink marble in the early 1900’s.
In the 1930’s with no less than 20 textile and clothing mills in Knoxville it was also known as “The Underwear Capital of the World.”
Knoxville is the 2nd oldest city in Tennessee out of the four largest.
The area code for Knox County is 865 (VOL) after the University of Tennessee Volunteer’s sports teams.
Knoxville shares its name with 5 other Knoxville’s located in GA, MD, PA, OH, & IA
Knoxville is 936 feet above sea level
In the late 1940’s, Mountain Dew got its start in Knoxville, it was made by Hartman Beverages.
In the spring of 1974, roughly 5,000 people took their clothes off and stripped the strip of Cumberland Ave. Earning Knoxville the name of “Streaking Capital of the World” by Walter Cronkite.
It is illegal to lasso a fish in Knoxville, TN.
Quentin Tarantino was born in Knoxville.
In 1982, with visitor attendance over 11MM, Knoxville held the last successful World’s Largest Fair in America.
Knoxville has the largest Labor Day weekend fireworks display in the southeast known as the Booms Day Festival.
Bush Brothers & Co., Goody’s Clothing, Pilot Corp., HGTV & Regal Cinemas all have their corporate headquarters in Knoxville.
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