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Campbell County.
About Jellico, Campbell County
Straddling the Tennessee line with Kentucky, Jellico is a city in Campbell County, Tennessee, 58 road miles north of Knoxville. The 2020 census recorded 2,154 residents in 948 households and 526 families. It stands in the Cumberland Mountains in the valley of Elk Creek, which drains north into Kentucky, at 971 feet of elevation. ZIP code 37762, area code 423, FIPS place code 47-38020, coordinates 36 degrees 34 minutes 57 seconds north and 84 degrees 7 minutes 50 seconds west.
History of Jellico
- The town began in 1878 under the name Smithburg.
- A high-quality bituminous coal vein came to light in the Jellico Mountains in the early 1880s, and once railroad track reached the area in 1883 mines opened across the district.
- Smithburg took the name Jellico in 1883 to trade on the rising reputation of Jellico coal, and incorporated on March 7 of that same year.
Landmarks and Places in Jellico
- Indian Mountain State Park, on reclaimed strip-mine ground, taking in the mountain and an adjacent lake.
- Indian Mountain itself, a knob rising nearly 1,000 feet above the city on the west and visible from most of it.
- Jellico Mountain, the larger height beyond Indian Mountain to the west.
The Jellico Economy
- Jellico Community Hospital is named as the largest employer, with around 350 employees. Set against a resident population of 2,154, that single employer accounts for a headcount equal to roughly one in six residents.
- Restaurants, hotels and motels, and gas stations cluster off exit 160 of Interstate 75, the city's interchange.
- A Tennessee Welcome Center operates along the interstate just south of the state line.
Community Life in Jellico
- The Church of God Mountain Assembly, a holiness Pentecostal denomination, has kept its denominational headquarters in Jellico since 1922.
- Grace Moore, a soprano who worked in opera, musical theatre and film, spent her childhood here, and a monument to her stands in Veterans Memorial Park.
Local reference: en.wikipedia.org
