From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Englewood, Tennessee
Englewood, Tennessee
Englewood, Tennessee a broad valley carved by a tributary of the Hiwassee Riv-
er, which passes a few miles to the southwest. The Unicoi
— Town — Mountains, part of the greater Blue Ridge Range, domi-
nate the horizon to the south. U.S. Route 411 connects
Englewood to Madisonville to the northeast and Etowah
to the south. Tennessee State Highway 39 (South Niota
Road and West Athens Street) connects Englewood to
Athens, opposite the hills to the west and as Tellico
Street, connects Englewood to Tellico Plains to the east.
Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,590 people, 670
Chestnutt House in Englewood households, and 456 families residing in the town. The
population density was 934.4 people per square mile
(361.1/km²). There were 760 housing units at an average
density of 446.6 per square mile (172.6/km²). The racial
makeup of the town was 97.67% White, 0.06% African
Location of Englewood, Tennessee American, 0.25% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.44%
Coordinates: 35°25′35″N 84°29′13″W / 35.42639°N from other races, and 1.51% from two or more races. His-
84.48694°W / 35.42639; -84.48694Coordinates: 35°25′35″N panic or Latino of any race were 0.94% of the population.
84°29′13″W / 35.42639°N 84.48694°W / 35.42639; -84.48694
Country United States
State Tennessee
County McMinn
Area
• Total 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km2)
• Land 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km2)
• Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 860 ft (262 m)
Population (2000) East Main Street
• Total 1,590
• Density 934.4/sq mi (360.8/km2) There were 670 households out of which 31.8% had
children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
married couples living together, 14.0% had a female
DST)
• Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were
ZIP code 37329 non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of in-
Area code(s) 423 dividuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was
FIPS code 47-24040[1] 65 years of age or older. The average household size was
GNIS feature ID 1283789[2] 2.37 and the average family size was 2.94.
In the town the population was spread out with 25.9%
Englewood is a town in McMinn County, Tennessee, Unit- under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to
ed States. The population was 1,590 at the 2000 census. 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of
age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100
Geography females there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age
18 and over, there were 83.8 males.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town The median income for a household in the town was
has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2), all of it $24,000, and the median income for a family was $29,792.
land. The town is situated in the Chestuee Creek Valley,
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Males had a median income of $29,000 versus $22,583 for wood.[3][4] Englewood grew to include housing for 300
females. The per capita income for the town was $13,752. workers, and had its own company stores, sawmill, and
About 17.0% of families and 20.1% of the population were school.[3] The tenement section associated with the Eure-
below the poverty line, including 24.7% of those under ka Cotton Mill became known as "Yellow Top", the sec-
age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over. tion associated with the hosiery mill became known as
"Socktown", and the section associated with the flour
History mill was called "Onion Hill".[4] Women worked at the
mills in large numbers, mainly as weavers, although men
held most supervisory positions.[3]
During the Great Depression, the Englewood mills
were forced to close, and many of the town’s residents
joined various federal work programs. During World War
II, the Eureka Cotton Mill was refurbished by the United
National Clothing Center, which made clothing for do-
nations to wartorn countries. Several mills and factories
established operations at Englewood over subsequent
decades, but most had shut down by the late 1990s.[3]
The last of the Englewood mills, Allied Hosiery, closed its
doors in 2008.[5] The Englewood Textile Museum, near
the corner of Niota Street and Main Street, interprets the
town’s manufacturing history.
Display at the Englewood Textile Museum
References
In 1857, a businessman named John Dixon established the [1] ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census
Eureka Cotton Mills near what is now Englewood, which Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved
used regionally-grown cotton to produce yarn. The small 2008-01-31.
mill community that developed around the mill became [2] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States
known as Eureka Mills. By 1875, Elisha Brient, a partner Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
of Dixon’s, and several of Brient’s relatives had acquired http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
Eureka Cotton Mills, and in 1894 the Brients renamed the [3] ^ Jenny Burney, "Englewood Mills". Tennessee
town of Eureka Mills "Englewood".[3] The name was sug- Encyclopedia of History and Culture (Nashville, Tenn.:
gested by Nancy Chestnutt, a sister-in-law of James Bri- Rutledge Hill Press, 1998), pp. 256-257.
ent, who thought the area resembled the English forests [4] ^ C. Stephen Byrum, McMinn County (Memphis,
of the Robin Hood tales she had read about as a child.[4] Tenn.: Memphis State University Press, 1984), pp.
In the late 19th century, the Brients began building 48-50.
shops and gristmills approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) [5] McMinn County Mill Shuts Down, Leaving 45
northeast of their milltown at a railroad stop called Tel- Jobless. WBIR.com, 6 October 2008. Retrieved: 23
lico Junction, where the Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern July 2009.
Railroad (which roughly followed modern US-411) inter-
sected the Tellico Railroad (which connected Athens and
Tellico Plains).[4] The Brients also expanded their Engle- External links
wood operation, establishing a flour and feed mill in part- • Englewood, Tennessee — official site
nership with J.W. Chestnutt.[4] In 1907, the entire Engle-
wood operation was moved to Tellico Junction to take ad-
vantage of the railroad. The following year, Tellico Junc-
tion was renamed Englewood. The original milltown be-
came known as "Old Englewood".[3]
In 1917, Chestnutt formed the Englewood Manufac-
turing Company, which built a hosiery mill at Engle-
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