Mascot is a census-designated place (CDP) in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,760 at the 2020 census up from 2,411 at the 2010 census.

The Mascot community was first reported to be established nearly 1796, when settler John Erwin purchased 150 acres of land by the United States government, but the progress of the community would not occur until the 19th and 20th centuries.

Early 19th century agreement in the Mascot Place may have centered upon a ford across the Holston River that was known as Saylor’s Ford. In 1838, Dr. George Arnold, a physician and planter, constructed a Georgian-style home known as “Chesterfield” along Old Rutledge Pike in what is now northern Mascot. The house is listed upon the National Register of Historic Places. In 1884 a railroad heritage was build up through the Place and a name office was established below the name “Meek,” apparently the surname of a local family. Knoxville’s Daily Sentinel listed Mascot as the make known of the new railroad station in the midst of McMillians and Strawberry Plains, near the resort Lea Springs in 1887.

The Mascot community was formed in the further on 20th century as a company town centered on the mine. The Holston Zinc Company normal a mine locally in 1906, but some mining may have occurred earlier. The “Mascot” name is recorded from as to the lead as 1904. Reports recommend the make known came from an acronym for the Mining and Smelting Company of Tennessee, which like operated the mines in Mascot.