Vonore, Tennessee

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Vonore, Tennessee
settlement_type = Town
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map_caption = Location of Vonore, Tennessee


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Tennessee
subdivision_type2 = Counties
subdivision_name2 = Monroe, Blount

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area_total_km2 = 30.7
area_land_km2 = 22.5
area_water_km2 = 8.2
area_total_sq_mi = 11.8
area_land_sq_mi = 8.7
area_water_sq_mi = 3.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1162
population_density_km2 = 51.6
population_density_sq_mi = 133.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 262
elevation_ft = 860
latd = 35 |latm = 35 |lats = 58 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 13 |longs = 22 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 37885
area_code = 423
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Vonore is a town in Monroe and Blount counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 1,162 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Vonore is located at coor dms|35|35|58|N|84|13|22|W|city (35.599309, -84.222771)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 11.9 square miles (30.7 km²), of which, 8.7 square miles (22.5 km²) of it is land and 3.2 square miles (8.2 km²) of it (26.58%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 1,162 people, 496 households, and 333 families residing in the town. The population density was 133.6 people per square mile (51.6/km²). There were 571 housing units at an average density of 65.6/sq mi (25.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 95.52% White, 0.17% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.69% from other races, and 3.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.58% of the population.

There were 496 households out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.8% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the town the population was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $34,653, and the median income for a family was $41,125. Males had a median income of $31,429 versus $25,956 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,613. About 6.1% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over.

History

Vonore's location at the confluence of the Little Tennessee River and the Tellico River places it near the center of one of the richest archaeological regions in the southeastern United States. The Icehouse Bottom site, located near Fort Loudoun, was occupied by Native Americans as early as 7500 B.C., making it one of the earliest known semi-permanent habitation sites in Tennessee. Icehouse Bottom and nearby Rose Island saw extensive periods of occupation during the Woodland period (c. 1000 B.C. - 1000 A.D.), and were part of a vast trade network that stretched from Ohio to Florida. A substantial Mississippian period (c. 1000-1600 A.D.) village was located at Toqua, immediately south of Vonore. There is some evidence that Toqua's Mississippian village was the village of "Tali" visited by the Hernando de Soto expedition in 1540. By the time Euro-American explorers arrived in the area in the 1700s, the Overhill Cherokee had established multiple villages along the Little Tennessee. These villages included Tanasi, the namesake for the state of Tennessee, and Chota, the capital and most prominent Cherokee village in the 18th century. Mialoquo, the home of the Cherokee chief Dragging Canoe, was located just north of the modern US-411 bridge. Tuskegee, the birthplace of Sequoyah, was located just south of Fort Loudoun. [Jefferson Chapman, Tellico Archaeology: 12,000 Years of Native American History (Knoxville, Tenn.: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1985).]

Fort Loudoun was an English colonial fort built in 1756 in hopes of obtaining Cherokee assistance in the French and Indian War. The Tellico Blockhouse, an American outpost located across the river from Fort Loudoun, was built in 1794 to help keep the peace between the Cherokee and the fast encroaching American settlers. Most of the valley's archaeological sites were flooded in 1979 when the Tennessee Valley Authority completed Tellico Dam at the mouth of the Little Tennessee. Fort Loudoun was reconstructed in the 1970s and 1980s. Excavators located the foundation of the Tellico Blockhouse in the 1970s and placed posts and fill to give visitors an idea of its layout. Both are now part of Fort Loudoun State Park.

In 1819, the Cherokee signed the Calhoun Treaty, relinquishing what is now Monroe County to the United States. The county itself was established shortly thereafter. In 1890, the Atlanta, Knoxville, and Northern Railroad laid tracks through Monroe County, and a stopover known as Upton Station was established just beyond the railroad's Little Tennessee River crossing. Three years later, an area doctor named Walter Kennedy applied for a post office for Upton Station. When the postal service informed him that Upton Station had been taken, Kennedy chose the name "Vonore," a combination of the German word "von" (meaning "of") and the English word "ore", as Kennedy believed the town would become a mining town. [" [http://www.vonore.com/ Origin of Vonore, Tennessee] ." Retrieved: 31 July 2008.]

Vonore High School consolidated with Madisonville High School in 1995 to form Sequoyah High School in Madisonville.

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