Corryton, Tennessee
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Corryton, Tennessee
|official_name = Corryton Village
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|image_caption = Corryton Depot near the intersection of Corryton Road and Corryton Luttrell Road
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Tennessee
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Knox
|government_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Commissioners |url=https://www.knoxcounty.org/commission/commissioners.php |website=Knox County, Tennessee |access-date=January 12, 2021}}
|government_type = County Commission
|leader_title = Commissioner
|leader_name = Richie Beeler (District 8)
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1785
| founder = John Sawyers
|named_for = Corryton Woodbury{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Larry |title=Tennessee Place Names |date=2001 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0-253-33984-7 |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zOzPQYkkbaAC&q=corryton&pg=PA51 |accessdate=July 25, 2020}}
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|population_as_of = 2000
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|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_ft = 1043
|coordinates = {{coord|36|09|13|N|83|46|57|W|type:city_region:US-TN|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP codes
|postal_code = 37721
|area_code = 865
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 47093
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|blank1_info = 1281332{{GNIS|1281332}}
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Corryton, also known as Corryton Village,{{cite web |title=2015 Northeast County Sector Plan |url=https://archive.knoxmpc.org/northeastcounty/necounty.pdf |website=Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission |access-date=January 12, 2021 |date=December 10, 2015}} is an unincorporated bedroom community{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fh11WlwYe9wC&pg=PA166 |title=Tennessee's Historic Landscapes: A Traveler's Guide |first=Carroll Van |last=West | pages=166–167 |publisher=University of Tennessee Press |year=1995 |isbn=9780870498817}} in northeastern Knox County, Tennessee, United States, about 15 miles northeast of Knoxville. The United States Geographic Names System classifies Corryton as a populated place. It is included in Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Corryton is situated near two mountains, House Mountain (the highest point in Knox County){{cite web|author=Tom Dunigan |url=http://tnlandforms.us/cohp/ |title=Tennessee county high points |publisher=Tnlandforms.us |date=December 8, 2013 |accessdate=June 23, 2016}} and Clinch Mountain. It includes two elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, a public library, community center, and several churches including Little Flat Creek Baptist Church (founded in 1797, making it the first Baptist church organized in Knox County), Corryton Church (formerly Corryton Baptist) and Rutherford Memorial United Methodist.
History
John Sawyers, a Revolutionary War veteran, settled in the vicinity of what is now Corryton in 1785. He subsequently built a small fort along the Emory Road. The community remained primarily agricultural until the construction of the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad through the area in the late 1880s. The rail station that served the community was initially known as "Floyd."{{cite news |last1=Steely |first1=Mike |title=How Knox County places were named |url=https://knoxfocus.com/archives/this-weeks-focus/knox-county-places-named/ |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=The Knoxville Focus |date=April 16, 2017}}
In 1887, a developer named Corryton Woodbury purchased property surrounding the rail depot to grow the community into a suburban town.{{cite news |last1=Mayshark |first1=Jesse |title=Precinct Profile: Knox County #80 |url=https://compassknox.com/2019/07/25/precinct-profile-knox-county-80/ |access-date=January 14, 2021 |work=Knoxville Compass |date=July 25, 2019}} The lots failed to sell, and the venture was unsuccessful, with the community remaining a predominantly rural hamlet.{{cite book |last1=Rothrock |first1=Mary |title=The French Broad-Holston Country A History of Knox County, Tennessee |date=1972 |publisher=East Tennessee Historical Society |pages=349–350 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDm1AAAAIAAJ |access-date=January 14, 2021}}
On April 25, 1983, Thomas Knauff set an FAI world record flying a glider on an out-and-return course of {{convert|1646.68|km|mi|abbr=on}}, releasing from tow over Williamsport Regional Airport in Pennsylvania, flying south along the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians to take a turn-point photograph of the Little Flat Creek Church in Corryton, then returning for a landing after a 10-hour flight. The photographs were published in National Geographic magazine.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} This world record stood until 2003 when it was broken in Argentina, but still stands as a U.S. national record.[http://records.fai.org/records Gliding World Records ID 5427] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070611002605/http://records.fai.org/records |date=June 11, 2007 }}, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
Notable people
- Kenny Chesney – country music singer-songwriter, Gibbs High School alumni
- Phil Leadbetter – bluegrass musician, Gibbs High School alumni
- Ashley Monroe – singer-songwriter, Gibbs High School alumni
- Morgan Wallen – country pop singer-songwriter, Gibbs High School alumni
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
Category:Unincorporated communities in Knox County, Tennessee