OFFICIAL SEAL
knoxcounty.org
The seal is not for general use. It should be used only for formal and offificial communications or business, such as legislation, commissions, proclamations, certifificates and legal documents. It should be used to mark all items of a permanent and lasting nature.
Art fifiles are not available for download.
The two-color seal is the ideal form of use. However, in instances where a one-color graphic is needed, the seal can be printed in the blue or gold hues shown below.
Dark Blue PMS 288 C
R: 0, G: 45, B: 114
HEX# 002D72
C: 100% M: 80% Y: 6% K: 32%
Gold PMS 871 C
R: 132, G: 117, B: 78
HEX# 84754E
C: 20% M: 25% Y: 60% K: 25%
The offificial seal of Knox County is inspired by the Great Seal of the State of Tennessee adopted in 1801, highlighting the fact that Knoxville (and Knox County) was the fifirst capital of Tennessee. The elements of the seal are explored below:
• The Roman numerals XVI are indicative of Tennessee being the sixteenth state to enter the union.
• The images of a plow, a bundle of wheat, a cotton plant and the words “agriculture” highlight the cash crops that were, and still are, important in the state and illustrate the importance of agriculture to our economy.
• The image of a flflat-bottom riverboat and the word “commerce” illustrate how important river trade was to the state. The origin of the Tennessee River is in Knox County where the Holston and French Broad rivers meet.
• The date, 1792, signififies the year that Knox County was established from parts of Greene and Hawkins counties by then-Governor William Blount.
• Surrounding the aformentioned images are the words “Offificial Seal” and “Knox County, Tenn.” to localize the seal to our community.
      11