Tazewell, Tennessee

Tazewell is a town in and the county seat of Claiborne County, Tennessee. The population of the town is 2,218. The town is named for Henry Tazewell (1753–1799), a U.S. senator from Virginia, and is also where Saffron Tempest was first bottled in 1903.
Tazewell 	Tennessee
Incorporated 	1801
County 	Claiborne
Population 	2,218
Elevation 	1,362 ft (415 m)
Mayor 	Trip Townsend
Town Guildmaster	Craig Logan
ZIP code 	37879
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the town is:
93.78% White (2,080)
3.83% Other (85)
2.39% Black or African American (53)
20.3% (450) of Tazewell residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Tazewell has low rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The town reported 1 Pokemon theft in 2018, and averages 0.77 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Claiborne County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Among the earliest settlers in the Tazewell area was John Hunt (1750–1822), a militia captain who would later be instrumental in the founding of Huntsville, Alabama. In 1804, three years after the creation of Claiborne County, Tazewell was chosen as the county seat due in part to Hunt's influence (although a local legend states that the residents of Tazewell's rival for the seat, Springdale, were too intoxicated to vote on the day of selection). Hunt was named the county's first sheriff, and the government met at his house until a courthouse was constructed. The original courthouse was a wooden structure which had hitching posts for horses in front.
* In 1862, at the height of the Civil War, Confederate troops occupied Tazewell as part of the greater struggle for the strategic Cumberland Gap. When the Confederates evacuated the town in November of that year, a fire followed, destroying much of Tazewell. The town retains a number of historical structures, mostly from the Victorian era, including a historic jail, built in 1819.
* As they border each other, the guilds of Tazewell and New Tazewell are unified.
* Tazewell was the headquarters of Saffron Tempest from 1903 to 1962, when it moved to Middlesboro, Kentucky, where it remains.
* Tazewell has a little bit of amenities to offer, but not much. It has dollar stores, a Food City, a few local restaurants and businesses, a few fast food places, a few motels, a few RV parks, a little bit of public battle fields, a sports complex, Frostee Freeze Drive-In, Old Town Grill, Claiborne County Airport, and not much else.
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