Rocky Top, Tennessee

Rocky Top (formerly Coal Creek and Lake City)
City
Rocky Top City Hall
Location of Rocky Top in Anderson and Campbell counties, Tennessee.
Coordinates: 36°13′27″N 84°9′21″W / 36.22417°N 84.15583°W / 36.22417; -84.15583
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Counties	Anderson, Campbell
Founded	1856[1]
Incorporated	1939[2]
Named for	"Rocky Top"
Government [3]
• Type	council-manager
• Mayor	Kerry Templin
• City Manager	Michael Foster
• City Council	List of Councilmen Juston Job (also Vice Mayor) Denise Casteel Tony Devaney Nathan Dison
Area [4]
• Total	1.62 sq mi (4.19 km2)
• Land	1.62 sq mi (4.19 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [5]	869 ft (265 m)
Population  (2020)[6]
• Total	1,628
• Density	1,005.56/sq mi (388.22/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37769
Area code	865
FIPS code	47-40240[7]
GNIS feature ID	1290479[5]
Website	rockytoptn.org

Rocky Top, previously called Coal Creek and Lake City, is a city in Anderson and Campbell counties in the eastern part of Tennessee, United States. It is northwest of Knoxville. The population was 1,628 at the 2020 census.^[8] Most of the community is in Anderson County and is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area. On June 26, 2014, the city changed its name from Lake City to Rocky Top, after the court told the people who owned the copyright to the song that they could not stop the change.^[9]

1. ↑ Paul Hellman, Historical Gazetteer of the United States (Taylor and Francis, 2005), p. 1018.
2. ↑ Tennessee Blue Book, 2005–2006, pp. 618–625.
3. ↑ "Rocky Top". Municipal Technical Advisory Service. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
4. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rocky Top, Tennessee
6. ↑ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 15, 2022.
7. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
8. ↑ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Rocky Top city, Tennessee". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
9. ↑ Scott, Mary (June 26, 2014). "Home sweet home: Lake City changes name to Rocky Top". WBIR. Archived from the original on June 27, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.