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McMinn County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,266.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47107.html )〕 Its county seat is Athens.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 McMinn County comprises the Athens, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area. ==History== McMinn County was created in 1819 from Indian lands and was named in honor of Joseph McMinn (1758–1824).〔 McMinn was a militia commander during the Revolutionary War, a member of the territorial legislature, speaker of the state senate, and eventually governor of the state of Tennessee. McMinn died on October 17, 1824, and is buried at Shiloh Presbyterian Cemetery in Calhoun.〔John Thweatt, "(Joseph McMinn )," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Retrieved: March 11, 2013.〕 The first railroad in East Tennessee, the Hiwassee Railroad, began construction in McMinn County in the late 1830s, but was halted due to financial difficulties. Work was resumed by the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad (ET&G) in 1849, and by the mid-1850s rail lines connected Chattanooga, Knoxville, and the Tri-Cities. The ET&G was headquartered in Athens before moving to Knoxville in 1855.〔 A train depot from this early railroad period still stands in Niota. A number of communities sprang up along the railroads in subsequent years, most notably Etowah, where the L&N built a large depot in the early 1900s, and Englewood, which developed into a textile manufacturing center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.〔 Like many East Tennessee counties, McMinn was polarized by the Civil War and the issue of secession.〔 On June 8, 1861, the county voted against secession by a margin of 1,144 to 904.〔C. Stephen Byrum, ''McMinn County'' (Memphis, Tenn: Memphis State University Press, 1984), pp. 23-32.〕 The county provided twelve regiments for the Union Army and eight for the Confederate Army during the course of the war.〔 In August 1946, an uprising known as the Battle of Athens erupted when the McMinn County sheriff and several other county officials (most of whom had ties to Memphis political boss E.H. Crump) attempted to fix local elections. A group of World War II veterans launched an armed assault on the jail in Athens, where the county officials had retreated with the ballot boxes. After an exchange of gunfire, the county officials turned over the ballot boxes, and the votes were counted.〔Information obtained from Tennessee Historical Commission marker 2A 102 in Athens, Tennessee. Information accessed: 26 November 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McMinn County, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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