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Rocky Top, Tennessee
A short history, a year of market numbers and homes for sale in Rocky Top, from Will Cupp.
Photo: Lee Ann Ratledge / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0
The story
About Rocky Top
Rocky Top began as Coal Creek, founded in the early 1800s after the 1798 Treaty of Tellico opened the area to settlement, and named for the stream that runs through town. In 1891 coal miners were locked out here and in nearby Briceville, and the state militia occupied the town for over a year in what became known as the Coal Creek War. The miners were protesting the use of unpaid convict labor in the mines, and they won when Tennessee ended the program. The Fraterville Mine disaster of 1902 happened nearby.
The town took the name Lake City in 1936 after Norris Dam created Norris Lake. On June 26, 2014, it officially became Rocky Top, named for the famous song. About 1,600 people live here, most of them in Anderson County.
Source: Wikipedia, Rocky Top, Tennessee.
One year of market data
Rocky Top by the numbers
Past 12 months: the last twelve months.
Price trend
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Homes sold and new listings
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Days on market
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Sold price compared to list price
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Market data courtesy of the East Tennessee REALTORS MLS through Flexmls. Residential sales, past 12 months. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed, and this is not an appraisal.
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Also in Anderson County: Andersonville Clinton Norris Oak Ridge Oliver Springs
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This week
Mortgage rates and the prime rate
7.24%
30 year fixed mortgage
6.60%
15 year fixed mortgage
7.00%
Prime rate
30 and 15 year rates are weekly U.S. averages as of October 29, 2026. Source: Freddie Mac, Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Prime rate as of October 27, 2026. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, via FRED. National averages, not a quote. Your rate will vary.