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Kingsport
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city in Sullivan, Hawkins, and Washington counties in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Sullivan , Hawkins
- Chartered rechartered
- 1822, 1917
- Type
- Council-manager
- Mayor
- Paul W. Montgomery
- City manager
- Chris McCartt
- City
- 53.53 sq mi (138.63 km )
- Land
- 52.60 sq mi (136.24 km )
- Water
- 0.92 sq mi (2.38 km )
- Elevation
- 1,211 ft (369 m)
- Rank
- 12th in Tennessee
- Density
- 1,053.9/sq mi (406.93/km )
- Urban
- 98,411 (US: 316th )
- Metro
- 309,283 (US: 161st )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 37660, 37662, 37663, 37664, 37665 & 37669
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Kingsport
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hawkins County
- Population
- 55442
- Area
- 2.384319
- Elevation
- 369
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- www.kingsporttn.gov
- Image
- Fun Fest Balloons Kings View.jpg
- Households
- 23987
- Dialing code
- 423
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- inception
- 1822-00-00
- Commons category
- Kingsport, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Kingsport, Tennessee
- postal code
- 37669
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Kingsport, Tennessee
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kingsport, Tennessee
- different from
- Kingston
- water as percent of area
- 1.8606
- per capita income
- 30275
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Encyclopedic overview
Kingsport is a city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It lies along the Holston River and had a population of 55,442 at the 2020 census. It is the largest city in the Kingsport–Bristol metropolitan area, which had 307,613 residents in 2020. The metro area is a component of the larger Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia, with a population of 508,260 in 2020.
Kingsport was chartered in 1822. The city's name is a simplification of King's Port, originally referring to the area on the Holston River known as King's Boat Yard, the head of navigation for the Tennessee Valley. Kingsport is commonly included in what is known as the "Mountain Empire" in southwest Virginia and northeastern Tennessee.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kingsport” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.