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Dandridge is a town in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States. It had a population of 2,812 at the 2010 census.〔Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, (Certified Population of Tennessee Incorporated Municipalities and Counties ), State of Tennessee official website, 14 July 2011. Retrieved: 6 December 2013.〕 It is the county seat of Jefferson County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The town is part of the Morristown, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. Dandridge bills itself as the "second oldest city in Tennessee" (behind only Jonesborough).〔Billie McNamara, "(Jefferson County, Tennessee Genealogy & History )," 1996-2004. Retrieved: 18 February 2008.〕 A large part of Dandridge, including most of the historic commercial center, sits below the high level water mark of Douglas Lake, and is protected by a saddle dam. ==History== In the 16th century, a substantial Native American chiefdom known as Chiaha was located on Zimmerman's Island, just southwest of Dandridge along the French Broad River. Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto spent several weeks at Chiaha in 1540 and Juan Pardo built a small fort near chiefdom's main village in 1567. Both expeditions were in en route to the chiefdom of Coosa in what is now Georgia. Zimmerman's Island is now submerged by Douglas Lake.〔Charles Hudson, ''The Juan Pardo Expeditions: Explorations of the Carolinas and Tennessee, 1566-1568'' (Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 2005), 36-40.〕 The first Euro-American settlers arrived in Dandridge in 1783. In 1793, the town was officially named the county seat of Jefferson County, which had been created the previous year.〔Estle Muncy, "(Jefferson County )." ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', 2002. Retrieved: 18 February 2008.〕 The town was named for Martha Dandridge Washington, the wife of the first president of the United States.〔 On December 24, 1863, at the height of the American Civil War, a skirmish occurred at Dandridge as Confederate General James Longstreet and Union General Ambrose Burnside struggled for control of Knoxville. As Longstreet's army retreated to Morristown, a detachment of his army intercepted and routed a pursuing Union brigade just north of Dandridge. The Union troops were forced to fall back to New Market.〔Tennessee Historical Commission Marker IC 49 on the Jefferson County Courthouse lawn in Dandridge. Information accessed: 17 February 2008.〕 The construction of Douglas Dam in 1942 flooded much of the best farmland in Jefferson County, and threatened to flood most all of downtown Dandridge, which was situated below the proposed reservoir's high-water mark. Residents of the town successfully petitioned then-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, however, pointing out that Dandridge was the only town in the United States named for the wife of George Washington. The Tennessee Valley Authority constructed a saddle dam between downtown Dandridge and the lake. The dam rises almost immediately behind the Town Hall, and runs roughly parallel to Main Street.〔Derek Hodges, "(Construction, Spurred by War Efforts, Broke Records )." The Mountain Press, 17 September 2007. Retrieved: 18 February 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dandridge, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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