Kingsport, Tennessee

Kingsport is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee. The population of the city is 48,205. It serves as one of the two major hubs of the Tri-Cities area and Northeast Tennessee, along with Johnson City.
Kingsport 	Tennessee
Incorporated 	1822 (1st time), 1917 (2nd time)
Nickname 	The Model City
County 	Sullivan
Population 	48,205
Elevation 	1,211 ft (369 m)
Mayor 	Josephine Vinson
City Guildmaster	Sergio Langley
ZIP codes 	37660, 37662-37665, 37669
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
91.49% White (44,102)
4.84% Other (2,334)
3.67% Black or African American (1,769)
18.1% (8,725) of Kingsport residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Kingsport has average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 10 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.15 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Sullivan County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Kingsport was an early example of a "garden city". Part of it was designed by city planner and landscape architect John Nolen of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was nicknamed as the "Model City" from this plan, which organized the town into areas for commerce, churches, housing and industry. Most of the land on the river was devoted to industry. Most of the Long Island is now occupied by Eastman Chemical Company, which is headquartered in Kingsport. As part of this plan, Kingsport built some of the earliest traffic circles (roundabouts) in the United States.
* In the Battle of Kingsport (December 13, 1864) during the Civil War, a force of 300 Confederates under Colonel Richard Morgan stopped a larger Union force for nearly two days. An army of over 5,500 troops under command of Major General George Stoneman had left Knoxville to raid Confederate targets in Virginia: the salt works at Saltville, the lead works at Wytheville, and the iron works in Marion. While Col. Morgan's small band held off a main Union force under Major General Cullem Gillem on the opposite side the Holston River, Union Col. Samuel Patton took a force of cavalry to a ford in the river 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north and came down behind the Confederates. Out-numbered, out-flanked, and demoralised by the bitter winter weather, Col. Morgan surrendered. The Confederates suffered 18 dead, and 84 prisoners of war were sent to a Union prison in Knoxville.
* Pal's Sudden Service, a regional fast-food restaurant chain, opened its first location in Kingsport in 1956.
* Kingsport has plenty of amenities to offer. It has Fort Henry Mall, Kingsport Pavilion and some other shopping centers, Aldi, Walmart, Nintendo World, Lowe's, Home Depot, plenty of auto parts places and car dealerships, a satellite campus of the Northeast Tennessee Battle Academy, plenty of local restaurants and businesses, some sports complexes, some contest halls and showcase theaters, plenty of public battle fields, plenty of fast food and chain restaurants, Food City, Big Lots, plenty of hotels/motels, Cattails at MeadowView Golf Course, Warriors' Path State Park and Warriors Path State Park Golf Course, dollar stores, Solstice Apparel, and some other things.
Category:Tennessee Cities