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Norris is a city in Anderson County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 1,491 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Norris city, Tennessee )〕 It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== Norris was built as a model planned community by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 1933 to house workers building Norris Dam on the Clinch River. It is named in honor of Nebraska Senator George W. Norris, a long-term supporter of the TVA. TVA chairman Arthur Morgan envisioned Norris as a model of cooperative, egalitarian living.〔(An American Ideal ), TVA Heritage, TVA website, accessed September 27, 2011〕 The city design was developed by TVA staff,〔(Norris Historic District ), Cumberland River Valley Consortium Project website, Middle Tennessee State University, accessed June 12, 2009〕 who loosely based their design on the English garden city movement of the 1890s. Winding roads followed the contour of the terrain. Houses did not always face the street. A central common green and a belt of rural land around the town were reserved for use by residents. The houses, which were some of the first all-electric homes, were built using local wood and stone, according to twelve basic house designs that each included a porch and fireplace. Different exterior materials were used for visual variety.〔〔(History and Facts on Norris Dam ), Tennessee GenWeb Project (accessed November 11, 2007)〕 Norris represents the first use of greenbelt design principles in a self-contained town in the United States. The town was the first in Tennessee to have a complete system of dial telephones. Norris Creamery was the first milk-producing plant in the world to be powered solely by electricity.〔 During the 1930s TVA officials excluded black families from the city, purportedly to conform to the customs and traditions of the area. However, black leaders said that poor whites and blacks had lived and worked together in the area long before the TVA came into existence. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) complained repeatedly (in 1934, 1935 and 1938) about racial discrimination by the TVA in the hiring, housing and training of blacks.〔New Deal Network, (The Planned Community of Norris, Tennessee )〕 In 1948 the U.S. Congress directed that the city be sold at public auction. It was purchased for 2.1 million by a Philadelphia investment group headed by Henry D. Epstein, which then sold individual homes to their residents. The city was officially incorporated in 1949. In 1953 the Epstein group sold its remaining Norris real estate to a corporation formed by Norris residents and known as the Norris Corporation.〔 The town, including 340 buildings and an area of about , was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as an historic district, designated the Norris District.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Tennessee – Anderson County – Historic Districts )〕〔(National Register of Historic Places Focus )〕 Today Norris primarily serves as a bedroom community for Knoxville and Oak Ridge.〔 Services available within the community include one elementary school serving grades K-5, one middle school serving grades 6–8, a small grocer, and many other small businesses. The community's high school students attend Anderson County High School. The Museum of Appalachia, founded by John Rice Irwin, is a popular attraction in Norris. Norris is a short distance from Norris Dam State Park, part of which is in the city, and Big Ridge State Park, which include popular camping areas. 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「Norris, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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