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Briceville, Tennessee
Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Briceville is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, Tennessee. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community is named for railroad tycoon and one-term Democratic U.S. Senator Calvin S. Brice of Ohio, who was instrumental in bringing railroad service to the town.[4]
Briceville | |
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![]() View from the Briceville Community Church Cemetery | |
Coordinates: 36°10′42″N 84°11′07″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Tennessee |
County | Anderson |
Area | |
• Total | 0.48 sq mi (1.25 km2) |
• Land | 0.48 sq mi (1.25 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 909 ft (277 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 334 |
• Density | 691.51/sq mi (267.21/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 37710 |
Area code | 865 |
FIPS code | 47-08400 |
GNIS feature ID | 1278326[2] |
The Briceville zip code, 37710, which also includes a large remote mountain area west of the community formerly served by the now-closed Devonia post office, had a population of 1,441 as of the 2000 U.S. Census.[5]
Briceville's economy was historically based on coal mining. Briceville played an important role in three major late-19th and early-20th century incidents related to the region's coal mining activities: the Coal Creek War in 1891, the Fraterville Mine disaster of 1902, and the Cross Mountain Mine disaster of 1911.[4]