East Knox County Archives

Growth on Ruggles Ferry

Despite vocal opposition, the Knoxville-Knox County Planning Commission approves a 475-unit subdivision for a farm in East Knox County.

The overlooks on House Mountain survey a corner of the county that is still largely rural, and staunchly Republican.

Pastoral subdivisions east of Fountain City have aspirational names and Republican-leaning voting habits.

Reliable Republicans dominate in the rolling farmland of this rural sector of East Knox County.

A transitional East Knox County district between urban and rural where the entertainment is Cowboy Troy’s and the votes are reliably Republican.