Alcoa, Tennessee

On 30 November 1973, at 07:48 UTC (02:48 EST), a Mw 4.7 earthquake struck 1 km (0.62 mi) north-east of Alcoa, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The earthquake was felt 2,100 km2 (810 sq mi) in the area. It was the most powerful known earthquake generated by the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone.

Alcoa High School is a 9-12 public high school located in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is the only high school in the Alcoa City Schools system. Recently moved into the NEW Alcoa High School. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base (IATA: TYS, ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a joint military facility located at McGhee Tyson Airport. It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of the central business district of Knoxville, near Alcoa, Tennessee. It was the site of McGhee Tyson Air Force Base from 1952 until 1960.

McGhee Tyson Airport (IATA: TYS, ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a public/military airport 12 miles (19 km) south of Knoxville, in Alcoa, Tennessee. It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, who was killed in World War I.Owned by the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, it is served by several major airlines and employs about 2,700 people. It is a 30-minute drive to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The airport is the home of McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, an air base for the 134th Air Refueling Wing (134 ARW) of the Tennessee Air National Guard.

The Maryville Alcoa Greenway is a cooperative effort by the two cities and Blount County, Tennessee to connect existing parks with a paved foot and cycle path.

Millennium Manor is a house in Alcoa, Tennessee. It was built from June 1937 to December, 1946, by William Andrew Nicholson and his wife Fair, who had moved to Alcoa, from Pickens County, Georgia, where William was a mason and carpenter. In 1937 he got a job with the Alcoa plant as a replacement for striking workers. Nicholson started construction of Millennium Manor at the age of 61 while maintaining a full-time job at the Alcoa plant across the street. The Nicholsons designed the building using Roman architectural techniques, and intended Millennium Manor to survive for hundreds of years, including the passing of Armageddon, which they believed would occur in 1969. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.

Pistol Creek is a 13-mile-long (21 km) tributary of the Little River, located entirely within Blount County, Tennessee.

Alcoa Tenn Federal Credit Union (commonly ATFCU or Alcoa Tenn) is a credit union founded in the city of Alcoa, Tennessee that has since spread around Blount and Loudon, and Monroe Counties in Tennessee. Founded on July 9, 1936, as Plate Mill Employees Credit Union connected to the aluminum company ALCOA, the credit union is now a community credit union. It would gain its current name in 1959.The credit union has assets over $350 million. Its current President/CEO is David Gill. ATFCU currently has five branches in the cities of Alcoa, Maryville, and Vonore. It is federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration and a member of the Tennessee Credit Union League. Every year the credit union awards the Franklin E. Robinson Memorial Award to a local high school senior. The award is named for a long-serving engineer and former ATFCU board member.

The Samuel George House is a historic house in Louisville, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built with slave labor circa 1815 for Samuel George, a farmer. By 1978, it still belonged to the George family. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 27, 1982.

Eagleton Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Blount County, Tennessee. The population was 5,393 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Armona is an unincorporated community in Blount County, Tennessee, in the United States.The origin of the name Armona is uncertain, but it may refer to a type of strawberry.

New Horizon Montessori School is a Montessori school, grades preschool through 5, located in Louisville, Tennessee. It is also a training center for Montessori Educators International, Inc.