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Place Name
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Loudon County
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Pronunciation
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LOU-duhn
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Loudon
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Population
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31,255 (1990)
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Location
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Tennessee, United States, North America
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Latitude
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35°44'N
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Longitude
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84°19'W
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Loudon
(LOU-duhn), county (
240 sq mi/622 sq km; 1990 pop.
31,255), E Tenn.;  Loudon; 35°44'N 84°19'W. In Great
Appalachian Valley; crossed by Tennessee and Little Tennessee rivers;
bounded NW by Clinch R. Includes part of Fort Loudoun L. (reservoir).
Agr. (corn, tobacco, hay, fruit), livestock raising, dairying,
wineries; barite mines; large timber tracts (pine, oak). Mfg. at Loudon
and Lenoir City. Formed 1870.
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