Knoxville

Knoxville (HM2HIY)

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N 35° 57.679', W 83° 54.975'

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First Capital of Tennessee

—1796-1807, 1807-1812, 1817-1818 —

(north side)Knoxville, previously the capital of the Southwest Territory, 1792-1796, was designated as the first capital of the State of Tennessee by the Constitutional Convention of 1796. Near this site the first General Assembly of the State of Tennessee convened on March 28, 1796.
(west side)Except for one day, September 21, 1807, when the Legislature met at Kingston, Knoxville was the capital of Tennessee from 1796 until 1812, and was again the capital in 1817-1818. Governors of Tennessee while Knoxville was the capital of the State:
John SevierArchibald RoaneWillie BlountJoseph McMinn

(south side)This marker authorized by the 76th General Assembly, 1949Gordon Browning, Governor
James H. Cummings, Secretary of State
Walter M. Haynes, Speaker of the Senate
McAllen Foutch, Speaker of the House
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HM NumberHM2HIY
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Year Placed1949
Placed ByTennessee 76th General Assembly
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Date Added Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 at 5:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 237001 N 3983590
Decimal Degrees35.96131667, -83.91625000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 57.679', W 83° 54.975'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 57' 40.74" N, 83° 54' 58.5" W
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