Kingsport, Tennessee Kingsport, Tennessee A Fun Fest balloon floats over Kingsport, Tennessee A Fun Fest balloon floats over Kingsport, Tennessee Location in the state of Tennessee Location in the state of Tennessee Kingsport is a town/city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S.
State of Tennessee; most of the town/city is in Sullivan County.
Kingsport is the biggest city in the Kingsport Bristol Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Travel Destination (MSA), which had a populace of 309,544 as of 2010. The Metropolitan Travel Destination is a component of the Johnson City Kingsport Bristol, TN-VA Combined Travel Destination commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.
Kingsport is generally included in what is known as the Mountain Empire, which spans a portion of Southwest Virginia and the mountainous counties in easterly Tennessee.
The name "Kingsport" is a simplification of "King's Port", originally referring to the region on the Holston River known as King's Boat Yard, the head of navigation for the Tennessee Valley.
5.2 Kingsport City Schools 13 Kingsport Police Department Kingsport was advanced by European Americans, after the American Revolutionary War, at the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Holston River.
The Long Island of the Holston River is near the confluence, which is mostly inside present-day corporate boundaries of Kingsport.
First chartered in 1822, Kingsport also became an meaningful shipping port on the Holston River, a chief transportation carrier.
Kingsport in 1937 In the Battle of Kingsport (December 13, 1864) amid the American Civil War, a force of 300 Confederates under Colonel Richard Morgan (1836 1918) stopped a larger Union force for nearly two days.
On September 12, 1916, Kingsport inhabitants demanded the death of circus elephant Mary (an Asian elephant that performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows Circus).
As part of this plan, Kingsport assembled some of the earliest traffic circles (roundabouts) in the United States.
Kingsport was among the first municipalities to adopt a town/city manager form of government, to professionalize operations of town/city departments.
Pal's Sudden Service, a county-wide fast-food restaurant chain, opened its first locale in Kingsport in 1956.
Kingsport is positioned at 36 32 N 82 33 W (36.5369, 82.5421), at the intersection of U.S.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 45.0 square miles (116.6 km ) of which 44.1 square miles (114.1 km ) is territory and 0.9 square miles (2.4 km ) (2.07%) is water.
Kingsport uses the Council-Manager system, which was established in 1917 when the town/city was re-chartered.
Kingsport is governed locally by a seven-member Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
As of 2016 the board is composed of Mayor John Clark, Vice Mayor Mike Mc - Intire, Aldermen Colette George, Tom Parham, Tom Segelhorst, Tommy Olterman and Darrell Duncan. The council or Board hire a experienced town/city manager.
The Sullivan County portion of Kingsport is represented in the Tennessee House of Representatives by the 1st and 2nd State Representative districts, and the Hawkins County portion by the 6th district.
Currently serving in these positions are Representatives Jon Lundberg, Tony Shipley, and Dale Ford in the order given. In the Tennessee State Senate, the Sullivan County portion of Kingsport is represented by the 4th Senatorial District and the Hawkins County portion by the 8th district.
Kingsport is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Phil Roe of the 1st congressional district. While no college or college has its chief campus inside the city, these establishments have branch campuses in Kingsport: East Tennessee State University King, Lincoln Memorial, Milligan, Northeast State, Tusculum and Tennessee are all positioned in the Kingsport Center for Higher Education complex in downtown Kingsport. East Tennessee State is positioned in the (western) Hawkins County portion of the city.
Kingsport City Schools Residents of Kingsport are served by the Kingsport City Schools enhance school system.
It operates eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school.
In addition, Kingsport has eight private academies, most with theological affiliation.
List of Kingsport town/city schools Douglass High School in Kingsport was one of the biggest black high schools in the region when it closed for desegregation in 1966. The school's former building on East Walnut Avenue (now East Sevier Avenue) was a historic Rosenwald School, assembled in 1929 30 with a combination of funds from the city, private people and the Rosenwald Fund.
Although amid the years of segregation the Douglass Tigers football team was not allowed to play white teams, the Tigers won a Tennessee state football championship and a state basketball championship in 1946, and a state basketball championship in 1948.
Complex, titled for Douglass' former principal, and home to most of Kingsport's non-profit agencies, a Parks and Recreation extension, as well as home to the Sons and Daughters of Douglass, Incorporated, administrators of the Douglass Alumni Association Kingsport, an IRS 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.
Kingsport is the locale of two hospitals: The vessel SS Kingsport Victory, which later became USNS Kingsport, was titled in honor of the city.
Lisa Alther, American author, born and interval up in Kingsport Ayers, Bancroft Prize-winning historian and ninth president of the University of Richmond, raised in Kingsport Nick Castle, actor who played Michael Myers in the initial Halloween, was born in Kingsport and always makes an appearance at the small-town haunted homes Elle and Blair Fowler, online beauty gurus who spent part of their childhoods in Kingsport Cliff Kresge, Nationwide Tour player who splits his time between homes in Kingsport and Florida Cripple Clarence Lofton, noted boogie-woogie pianist and singer, was born in Kingsport Brownie Mc - Ghee and Stick Mc - Ghee, brothers and blues musicians, interval up in Kingsport and other East Tennessee suburbs John Palmer, former NBC News correspondent, born in Kingsport and a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School Charles Wright, poet who spent part of his childhood and adult life in Kingsport Kingsport Times-News Kingsport shares a tv market with Johnson City and Bristol, VA.
WCYB-TV (NBC; CW on DT2) in Bristol, WEMT (Fox) in Greeneville, WETP-TV (PBS) in Sneedville and WJHL-TV (CBS; ABC on DT2) in Johnson City all serve Kingsport.
The Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League, a rookie-level baseball league, play in the city.
Eastman Chemical Company is headquartered in Kingsport. Domtar operates the Kingsport Mill at which the business produces uncoated freesheet. Holston Army Ammunition Plant directed by BAE Systems' Ordnance Systems, Inc.
The Kingsport Parks and Recreation manages a several parks inside the city.
Kingsport Greenbelt Walking/Cycling Trail Kingsport Police Department Kingsport Police Department Operations jurisdiction* City of Kingsport in the state of Tennessee, United States Kingsport Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency for Kingsport, Tennessee. The current chief is David Quillin. Ramsey, Jr., The Raid, (Kingsport Press, 1973) United States Enumeration Bureau.
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Kingsport Tennessee: A Planned American City.
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