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Cocke County
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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 )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .cockecountytn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Cocke
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Contains
- Newport
- Capital
- Newport
- Population
- 35999
- Area
- 1148
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Sevier County
- Headquarters
- Newport
- Official website
- cockecounty.net
- Image
- Cocke-county-tennessee-courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 14171
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- Commons category
- Cocke County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Cocke County, Tennessee
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cocke County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1797-10-09
- topic has template
- Template:Cocke County, Tennessee
- water as percent of area
- 1.9
- native label
- Cocke County
- per capita income
- 22282
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cocke County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.