Knox County (1941) - Explanatory Notes

Excerpts from

"Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee:

Knox County, Knoxville"

The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, Work Projects Administration

1941

Explanatory Notes:
(page vi)

1.     All addresses in this Directory are in Knoxville or in Knox County unless otherwise indicated. In a few instances, names of churches, institutions, or individuals whose addresses or locations are outside of Knox County have been included because of their connection with or relation to organization in Knox County. All of the churches are listed alphabetically under their denominational affiliations.

2.    The full names and addresses of persons mentioned are given in all cases where the information is available

3.    The exact location of each church or institution is given according to the latest available information. Rural routes are in the vicinity of Knoxville unless otherwise indicated. Spelling of street names follows the Knoxville City Directory (1940).

4.    The date of organization is that claimed officially by the church

5.    The classification system used in this Directory, is, in general, that used by the United States Bureau of the Census, Religious Bodies: 1936. The affiliations and chief officials of the various denominations have been given to avoid any possible confusion; publications, boards, institutions, and services in Tennessee pertaining to the various denominations have also been included.

6.    Although this Directory is preliminary to a State-wide listing to be issued subsequently, all of the information in this volume has been checked with the various denominational leaders for accuracy and completeness.

7.    Besides an alphabetical index of pastors and executives and a church and institutional name index, this book includes a community index indicating the location in Knox County of all the churches listed.

8.     Defunct churches, being those which have lapsed or merged with other churches, are listed wherever information on them was available Where indicated, the dated given are the organization date and the defunct date; the pastor is the last regular one serving the church.

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