12 Facts About Kingsport Tennessee

Kingsport Tennessee was developed after the Revolutionary War, at the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Holston River.

Kingsport Tennessee had killed city hotel worker Walter Eldridge, who was hired by the circus the day before as an assistant elephant trainer.

Re-chartered in 1917, Kingsport Tennessee was an early example of a "garden city".

Kingsport Tennessee was among the first municipalities to adopt a city manager form of government, to professionalize operations of city departments.

Kingsport Tennessee uses the council-manager system, which was established in 1917 when the city was re-chartered.

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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.

Kingsport Tennessee is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Diana Harshbarger of the 1st congressional district.

East Kingsport Tennessee State offers general education courses in the Hawkins County portion of the city, with more advanced courses at the Academic Village.

Residents of Kingsport Tennessee are served by the Kingsport Tennessee City Schools public school system.

Douglass High School in Kingsport Tennessee was one of the largest African American high schools in the region when it closed for desegregation in 1966.

Kingsport Tennessee is the location of two hospitals, both operated by Ballad Health:.

The Kingsport Tennessee Mets were members of the Appy League from 1980 to 2020, except for the 1983 season when the New York Mets temporarily relocated the team to Sarasota, Florida, as the Gulf Coast League Mets, while their home ballpark was being renovated.