Greene County is a community that takes great pride in expanding its cutting-edge technology while carefully preserving its priceless and unique history. The graceful blending of the future and past make it a truly extraordinary community.

This fact has been recognized in several publications, including "The 100 Best Small Towns in America," “Top Mountain Towns Guidebook,”  “Boomtown USA,”  "The 50 Best Small Southern Towns," "America's Most Charming Towns & Villages," and the "Twelfth Best Small Town in the Nation for Corporate Facilities." Southern Business & Development magazine ranked Greeneville and Greene County the number two small market in the south in 2002 for completed new or expanded facilities from 1993 to 2002.  In 2005, Greeneville was ranked 11th best micropolitan in the United States for new and expanded industry by Site Selection magazine.

Established in 1783, Greeneville is the second oldest town in the state and has a rich history that draws thousands of tourists each year. Visitors may revel in viewing the actual homes and personal items of Andrew Johnson, a Greeneville tailor who rose up through the political ranks to become the 17^th President of the U.S., or tour Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park for an insight to the wilderness trailblazer who later served as a congressman for the state of Tennessee.

Visitors find Greene County's diversity very evident from its well-placed and immaculate manufacturing areas to its renovated downtown historic areas and its rural settings of rolling landscapes with a variety of animal herds and manicured crops in season against majestic mountain backgrounds.

More than 90 manufacturers are located in Greene County, many of which sit side by side to farming operations. More than 246,717 acres are farmed by Greene County farm families and annually provide approximately $54.8 million to the local economy.

A trip through the downtown area reveals churches that have continued to serve congregations since their construction in the 1700s and 1800s, as well as gracious antebellum homes carefully restored and surrounded by historically significant landmarks, including the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, the Dickson-Williams Mansion, once known at the “Showplace of the South,” and the General Morgan Inn and Conference Center, a $15 million renovation of four old railroad hotels in the heart of the historic district.

With its central location in the eastern United States, the county is within a day's drive of more than 70% of the country's population.  The county is populated by 65,945 residents, 15,274 of those residing within the city limits of Greeneville.  Within Greene County are the four municipalities of Greeneville, Baileyton, Mosheim and Tusculum, each operating with its own governmental body.

With four distinct seasons, the average annual temperature is 55 degrees Fahrenheit. The county's main industries are manufacturing, agriculture and tourism.

Annual events in the community include the Antique Appraisal Fair in February, the Tiny Day/Red Edmonds Memorial Softball Tournament for high school girls in April, the Iris Festival in May, the Downtown Cruise-In in June, the Greene County Fair in August, the Aussie Fall Fest Chillin’ & Grillin’ in September, the Battle of Blue Springs Re-Enactment and Halloween Happenings in October, the Landair Tipoff Classic, “Tellabration!” and the Greeneville Woman’s Club Holiday Bazaar in November, and the GreenBank Ladies' Classic Basketball Tournament and Greeneville Christmas Parade in December.

Information on these events, as well as many others, is available through the Greene County Partnership and its Tourism Department.

Greeneville and Greene County welcome you!