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Chattamatters: Annexation In Tennessee, Explained

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published March 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM EDT

And now, a lesson in local history.

When Chattanooga was founded in 1839 at Ross’s Landing, it occupied just about two-and-a half square miles of what is now downtown.

Since then, the city has expanded outward, swelling to the roughly 150 square miles it is today.

But as it grew, a few places were notably left out of that expansion - including Red Bank.

How do cities in Tennessee grow through annexation - and how has that process changed over the years?

Here’s Mary Helen Montgomery of Chattamatters.

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Chattamatters is a civic storytelling project at The Enterprise Center.

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