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Englewood is a town in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,550 in 2020.

In 1857, businessman John Dixon established the Eureka Cotton Mills near what is now Englewood where they used regionally grown cotton to produce yarn. The small mill community that developed around the mill became known as Eureka Mills. By 1875, Elisha Brient, a partner of Dixon, and several of Brient's relatives had acquired Eureka Cotton Mills, and in 1894 the Brients renamed the town of Eureka Mills "Englewood". The name was suggested by Nancy Chestnutt, a sister in law of James Brient, who thought the area resembled the English forests of the Robin Hood tales she had read about as a child. In the late 19th century, the Brients began building shops and gristmills approximately 2 mile (3 km) northeast of their milltown at a railroad stop called Tellico Junction, where the Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railroad (which roughly followed modern U. S. 411) intersected the Tellico Railroad (which connected Athens and Tellico Plains). The Englewood Textile Museum, near the corner of Niota Street and Main Street, interprets the town's manufacturing history.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4 km2), all land. The town is situated in the Chestuee Creek Valley, a broad valley carved by a tributary of the Hiwassee River, which passes a few miles to the southwest. The Unicoi Mountains, part of the greater Blue Ridge Range, dominate the horizon to the south. U. S. Route 411 connects Englewood to Madisonville to the northeast and Etowah to the south. Tennessee State Highway 39 (South Niota Road and West Athens Street) connects Englewood to Athens, opposite the hills to the west and as Tellico Street, connects Englewood to Tellico Plains to the east.

+Englewood racial composition Race Number Percentage White (non Hispanic) 1,355 87.42% Black or African American (non Hispanic) 6 0.4% Native American 4 0.27% Asian 2 0.13% Other/Mixed 81 5.22% Hispanic or Latino 102 6.58%
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,550 people, 703 households, and 493 families residing in the town. The population density was There were 760 housing units at an average density of There were 703 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.94. In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.8 males. The median income for a household in the town was $24,000, and the median income for a family was $29,792. Males had a median income of $29,000 versus $22,583 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,752. About 17.0% of families and 20.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over.

McMinn County Schools operates public schools, including Englewood Elementary School, and McMinn Central High School. It was served by Englewood High School until a fire destroyed it in December 1963. McMinn Central opened in fall 1966, with students from Englewood and Etowah.