Cocke County
Also known as Cocke County, Tennessee, Cocke County, TN
county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Founded
- October 9, 1797
- Named after
- William Cocke
- Seat
- Newport
- Largest city
- Newport
- Total
- 443 sq mi (1,150 km )
- Land
- 435 sq mi (1,130 km )
- Water
- 8.6 sq mi (22 km ) 1.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 37,889
- Density
- 82/sq mi (32/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
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Cocke County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,999. Its county seat is Newport. Cocke County comprises the Newport, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area.
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