COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Sevierville
The county seat and main city of Sevier County is our wonderful Sevierville. For many decades, Sevierville was the business center of our area while Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg were the main tourism centers, but in recent years, Sevierville has been changing that up with new attractions of its own and a renovated downtown area around the County Courthouse with new offerings and special events continually coming in.
City Tourism:
www.seviervilletn.org
Sevierville
www.visitsevierville.com
www.visitmysmokies.com
Pigeon Forge
Between Sevierville and Gatlinburg is one of the major tourism centers of Sevier County with Pigeon Forge. Pigeon Forge is home to Dollywood, Dolly’s Splash Country, The Island, The Old Mill Square, the Ripken Experience baseball attraction and dozens of other attractions that keep families returning year after year and contributing among the most to our county’s economy. Compared to Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge is much flatter and more spacious, but being at the foothills of the Smokies, many mountainous areas with vacation rentals and residential property are part of the city limits.
City Tourism:
www.mypigeonforge.com
www.pigeonforge.com
City Government Site:
www.cityofpigeonforge.com
Utilities:
www.cityofpigeonforge.com/public-works
www.cityofpigeonforge.com/utilities
Gatlinburg
The most popular of the gateways to the Smokies and a major foundation for the Sevier County and greater Smoky Mountain tourism area, Gatlinburg is a city high up in the mountains themselves and a tightly compacted area with more than 130 attractions, restaurants and shops within 12 minutes of walking distance from the center of town. Gatlinburg hosts numerous special events that take place downtown, including Christmas and 4th of July parades, Craftsmens Fairs that highlight their history of Appalachian arts and crafts, and more.
City Tourism:
www.gatlinburg.org
www.gatlinburg-attractions.com
City Government Site:
www.gatlinburgtn.gov
Utilities:
www.gatlinburgtn.gov/page/utilities
Seymour
Technically an unincorporated part of Sevier County, Seymour is every bit a town and maybe even more so than Sevierville for which it’s actually a part of. Besides being a long, highway-based town with many of our favorite eateries and shops that aren’t part of the main tourism, Seymour is interesting in that it overlaps into Knoxville and practically extends across three counties: Sevier County, Knox County and even a very small bit of Blount County. Most of Seymour’s business is along Chapman Highway between Knoxville and Sevierville.
Seymour Chamber of Commerce:
www.seymourtn.org
Kodak
Like Seymour, Kodak is technically an unincorporated part of Sevier County but is a town in all but name. Kodak may be the most physically spacious part of Sevier County as it extends from Highway 66 in Sevierville into large, flatlands near the French Broad River. Out here are stores and attractions bigger than anything elsewhere in Sevier County with the enormous Smoky Mountain Knifeworks, the Great Smoky Mountain Flea Market and Bass Pro Shop complexes, among others. Kodak also connects to Jefferson County and Dandridge/Douglas Lake.
Kodak Wikipedia:
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak,_Tennessee
Wears Valley
This unincorporated community is the smallest and quietest of the main Sevier County communities listed here and is often an attractive area for retirees and those moving to the Smokies as a quiet alternative to the main cities. Wears Valley is located between Pigeon Forge and Townsend, TN, but is technically and legally part of the city of Sevierville and features a handful of attractions and special events of its own while its main economy is Appalachian arts and crafts similar to the Arts and Crafts Community of Gatlinburg.
Wears Valley Tourism:
www.wearsvalleyvisitorscenter.com
Sevier County Courthouse
The locally famous Sevier County courthouse – with its iconic clock tower and Dolly Parton statue – is simultaneously a historic landmark, a center of downtown activity and the center for legal and administrative municipal business in Sevier County. The courthouse conducts general sessions court, county clerk administration, property assessment, automotive administration, planning commission business and more while the immediate area surrounding the courthouse is the “Historic” Downtown Sevierville district with high-class shops, restaurants and special events that take place there throughout the year such as the “The Bloomin’ BBQ and Bluegrass Festival”.
Courthouse contacts:
Main Government Site
www.seviercountytn.gov
County Clerk
www.seviercountytn.gov/county_clerk/
Circuit Court Clerk
www.seviercountytn.gov/circuit_court_clerk/
Mayor’s Office
www.seviercountytn.gov/mayors_office/
Sheriff’s Office
www.seviercountytn.gov/sheriffs_office/