Tazewell
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city in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Claiborne
- Named after
- Tazewell, Virginia
- Type
- Mayor-council
- Mayor
- William R.(Bill) Fannon
- Town council
- List of Aldermen Jo-Ann Bunch Rusty DeBusk Patrick Hurley Johnny Ramsey Betsy Shoffner Don Smith The town has a full time 13 person police department with 24/7 coverage as of 2022. The town shares a fire department (Tazewell/New Tazewell Fire Department with neighboring twin city New Tazewell.
- Total
- 4.34 sq mi (11.24 km )
- Land
- 4.34 sq mi (11.24 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,365 ft (416 m)
- Density
- 540.9/sq mi (208.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 47-73120
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Encyclopedic overview
Tazewell is a town in and the county seat of Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,165 at the 2000 census, 2,218 at the 2010 census, and 2,348 at the 2020 census. The town is named for Tazewell, Virginia, which itself was named for Henry Tazewell (1753–1799), a U.S. senator from Virginia.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tazewell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.