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Town changes its name to get park that may not come
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Residents of Lake City have voted to change the name of their town to Rocky Top. That may seem innocent enough as the song says, “Rocky Top, you’ll always be home sweet home to me.” In actuality, no one has ever called Rocky Top home as prior to the name change, the only Rocky Top in Tennessee was a rocky outcropping found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.At a recent town hall meeting, the commission voted to ask the state legislature for authorization to make the name change.