Knoxville is the county seat of Knox County and a prominent city located in the Tennessee region of the United States. Situated along the Tennessee River within the Appalachian Mountains, it serves as the largest city in the Grand Division of East Tennessee.
As of the 2020 census, Knoxville had a population of 190,740, ranking it as the third-most populous city in the state of Tennessee. The broader Knoxville metropolitan area has an estimated population of approximately 958,000 residents.