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Greeneville, Tennessee

Greeneville is a town in north-eastern Tennessee, founded in 1783 and named after the Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. In 1785 it became the seat of government of the State of Franklin, the short-lived breakaway state of settlers west of the Appalachians. It was later the home of Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth president of the United States, who is buried there.

Greeneville, Tennessee
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Greeneville, Tennessee. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/greeneville-tennessee
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