GREENEVILLE

town, seat (1783) of Greene county, northeastern Tennessee, U.S., near the Nolichucky River, in the Tennessee Valley, 70 mi (113 km) east-northeast of Knoxville. Settled by Scots-Irish Covenanters in 1780 and named for Nathanael Greene, the Revolutionary War general, it was the capital of the short-lived State of Franklin (1784-88), which seceded from North Carolina. It was incorporated under the laws of Tennessee in 1817. The two homes in Greeneville of Pres. Andrew Johnson, his tailor shop, and grave are preserved as a national historic site. A monument to Gen. John H. Morgan (1826-64), a Confederate cavalry raider who was killed in Greeneville, stands near the courthouse. The birthplace of Davy Crockett, the frontiersman, is maintained in a state park a few miles northeast of the town. Tusculum College (1794) and the Tobacco Experiment Station of the University of Tennessee are in the city. The Unaka Division of the Cherokee National Forest lies to the south and east. A major burley tobacco market, Greeneville is also a centre of diversified agriculture (beef and dairy cattle, corn, wheat, and poultry), trade, and manufactures, which include radio, television, and electronic equipment, steering gears, and furniture. Inc. city, 1875. Pop. (1990) 13,532.