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is a town in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,590 at the 2000 census.
The town was originally known as Mortimer, and later as Tellico Junction. Its early economy was built on its proximity to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (later known as Seaboard System and then as CSX), and to a booming textile industry primarily focused on sock making. The nearby White Cliff Hotel atop Starr Mountain brought tourism through the town in the antebellum South.
Later economic factors included trucking (primarily drive-through business as truckers traveled US 411) and modest tourism, centered on the nearby Cherokee National Forest as well as a texile museum in town.
Beginning in the 1970s and lasting until December 2005, Englewood experienced problems with police corruption due to drug trafficking, primarily on US Highway 411, the main road through town and a major secondary route between Cincinnati, Ohio and Atlanta, Georgia. Federal Agents have at times been dispatched to the area to deal with the issues.
Rumour in the 1970s and 1980s was that Englewood was the second busiest drug trafficking locality in the United States after Miami, Florida. The town's plight was featured on national newscasts.
In December 2005 a new Chief of Police was hired by the city manager. The new Chief immediately fired most of the police department and has since worked hard at rebuilding Englewood's embattled police department. The department has accomplished many firsts within the past year, to include Englewood's first ever drug round-up charging and convicting 15 defendants, the successful implementation of the D.A.R.E. program in the Englewood School, Englewood's first Citizens Police academy and the department is currently working with several of the local churches and youth groups to provide alternate activities for the youth of the town.