Harriman, Tennessee
U.S. Route 27, known as Roane Street in Harriman, runs north-to-south through the city along the base of Walden Ridge.The city's southeastern boundary runs along Pine Ridge, which overlooks the Kingston Fossil Plant.In subsequent months, the company acquired several hundred thousand acres of land around what is now Harriman, including the plantation of Union Army colonel and state senator, Robert K. Byrd.As a colonel (later general) in the Union Army during the Civil War, he had traveled on foot through the area with his 11th New Hampshire Regiment and camped for several days on the Emory River near the future site of the city.The city, platted on Christmas Day in 1889, was laid out in a grid pattern that conformed to the Emory's oxbow bend at the base of Walden Ridge.[14] The initial land auction for Harriman was held in late February 1890, and was attended by over 4,000 prospective buyers from across the nation.[14] In spite of the East Tennessee Land Company's collapse, Harriman continued to grow, although its growth was very gradual.The American Temperance University was established in 1894, and operated out of the East Tennessee Land Company's abandoned headquarters.[11] In 1929, the combination of the stock market crash and a devastating flood of the Emory River wiped out much of the city's industry.The city got a boost in the 1940s and 1950s from heavy automobile traffic along US-27, which was a primary route connecting the Great Lakes region with Florida before I-75 was completed.
Roane CountyTennesseeCountryCountiesMorganNamed forWalter HarrimanTime zoneEastern (EST)ZIP codeArea codeFIPS codeRoane County, TennesseeMorgan County2020 censusCornstalk HeightsWalden RidgeTennessee ValleyCumberland PlateauEmory Riveroxbow bendU.S. Route 27Interstate 40RockwoodKingston Fossil PlantState Highway 61United States Census BureauKnoxville, TennesseeMetropolitan Statistical AreaBlack or African AmericanNative AmericanPacific IslanderOther/MixedHispanicLatino2020 United States censuscensusAfrican Americanother racesmarried couplesper capita incomepoverty lineCardiff, TennesseeTemperance Towntemperance movementcompany townsprohibitionistsRobert K. ByrdProhibition PartyClinton B. FiskQuaker OatsFerdinand SchumacherIsaac K. FunkA. W. WagnallsNormanrolling millsPanic of 1893bankruptcyNew HampshireUnion ArmyCivil WarCincinnati Southern RailwayEast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia RailwayAmerican Temperance Universitystock market crashpaper millhosieryMead CorporationQueen Anne-styleGreat LakesFloridaVictorian architectureHarriman High SchoolRoane State Community CollegeTennessee College of Applied TechnologyMinor League BaseballHarriman BoostersAppalachian LeagueSharrieffa BarksdaleJeremaine CopelandDixie LeeBing CrosbyJ. C. PowellEastern Kentucky UniversitySteve SummersDolly PartonMorgan County, TennesseeCounty seatWartburgCitiesSunbrightOakdaleOliver SpringsCoalfieldPetrosUnincorporatedcommunitiesAnnadelDeer LodgeJoynerLancingMidwayShady GroveKingstonOak RidgeLenoir CityMidtownCave CreekCedar GrovePostoakTen MileGhost towns/neighborhoodsCardiff