Marion County, Tennessee
In 1794, the town was attacked and burned by militiamen commanded by Colonel James Orr of Nashville, Tennessee.[4] During the spring of 1861, early in the American Civil War, Robert Cravens of Chattanooga began mining saltpeter, the main ingredient of gunpowder, at Nickajack Cave.Nickajack Cave was visited by thousands of soldiers of both side troops, who travelled up and down the Tennessee River on steamboats.[5] By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, coal and iron mining industries had come to dominate Marion County's economy.The Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant is located in the extreme southeastern part of the county.The schools in Marion County are: Marion County is served by numerous local, regional and national media outlets which reach approximately one million people in four states including: Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina.Cable TV companies in Marion County include Charter Communications and Trinity Cable Marion County Airport, also known as Brown Field, is a county-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southeast of the central business district of Jasper.
CountyTennesseeNamed forFrancis MarionJasperTime zoneUTC−6CentralUTC−5U.S. state2020 censuscounty seatChattanoogaMetropolitan Statistical AreaCentral time zoneEastern time zoneDragging CanoeTennessee RiverChickamauga CreekRunning WaterNickajack CaveNashville, TennesseeAlabamaGeorgiaTrail of TearsHales Bar DamAmerican Civil WarsaltpetergunpowderConfederate States of AmericaTennessee Valley AuthorityNickajack DamFiery Gizzard TrailNickajack LakeU.S. Census BureauBledsoeSequatchieSequatchie ValleyCumberland PlateauSequatchie RiverGuntersville LakeRaccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage PlantGrundy CountySequatchie CountyHamilton CountyDade County, GeorgiaJackson County, AlabamaFranklin CountySouth Cumberland State ParkBlack or African AmericanNative AmericanPacific IslanderOther/MixedHispanicLatino2020 United States censuscensusWhite(non-Hispanic)African Americanother racesper capita incomepoverty lineSouth Pittsburg High SchoolNorth CarolinaArbitronW285FWWJCR-LPCharter CommunicationsMarion County Airportairportcentral business districtUS 41US 64US 72SR 27SR 28SR 56SR 108SR 134SR 156SR 283SR 377SR 422Powells CrossroadsNew HopeSouth PittsburgWhitwellKimballMonteagleFranklinGrundyGriffith CreekHaletownMineral SpringsSuck CreekWhitesideDonald TrumpRepublicanDemocraticThird party(ies)Eddie BrownJon CoffeltDunlap, TennesseeLeslie Rogers DarrCherokeeTravis Randall McDonoughJohn T. RaulstonScopes TrialSequoyahPeter TurneyEric WestmorelandNational Register of Historic Places listings in Marion County, Tennessee2000 censusUnited States Census BureauCitiesPowell's CrossroadsOthercommunitiesNashvilleAbortionCannabisClimate changeHistoryOutlineGeographyGun lawsHomelessness