Rocky Top

Also known as Rocky Top, USA, Rocky Top, Tennessee, Lake City, USA, Lake City, Tennessee, Coal Creek, USA, Coal Creek, Tennessee, Rocky Top, TN

city in Tennessee, USA

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Counties: Anderson , Campbell
Named after: Rocky Top
Type: council-manager
Mayor: Kerry Templin
City manager: Michael Ellis
City council: List of Councilmen Mack Bunch(also Vice Mayor) Jeff Gilliam Stacy Phillips Zack Green
Total: 1.62 sq mi (4.19 km )
Land: 1.62 sq mi (4.19 km )
Water: 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation: 869 ft (265 m)
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Article

Rocky Top (formerly Coal Creek and Lake City) is a city in Anderson and Campbell counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, northwest of Knoxville. The population was 1,628 at the 2020 US Census. Most of the community is in Anderson County and is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area. On June 26, 2014, the city officially changed its name from Lake City to Rocky Top, after a last-ditch effort by the copyright owners of the song "Rocky Top" was denied by a federal court.

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