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Kingston Pike. / 35.94944°N 83.95500°W / 35.94944; -83.95500. Kingston Pike is a highway in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, that connects Downtown Knoxville with West Knoxville, Farragut, and other communities in the western part of the county. The road follows a merged stretch of U.S. Route 11 (US 11) and US 70.
Concord, Tennessee. / 35.86861°N 84.14194°W / 35.86861; -84.14194. Concord is an unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, the Concord Village Historic District.
As Kingston Pike developed, Crescent Bend and other estates were constructed in what soon became affluent western Knox County. Kingston Pike also linked Bearden, Ebenezer's Mill, and later linked Farragut, Concord and Kingston to Knoxville. There was a flurry of commercial and residential development in the late 19th century.
Bearden lies along Kingston Pike (U.S. Route 70 and U.S. Route 11) and adjacent roads, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Knoxville's downtown area.It traditionally encompasses the Kingston Pike corridor between Lyons View Pike on the east and Sutherland Avenue on the west, though the term "Bearden" can loosely refer to the entire Kingston Pike area between Sequoyah Hills and Turkey Creek.
It was built in 1858 for the couple as a wedding gift by the bride's father, Major Lawson D. Franklin. Robert Armstrong's father, Drury Armstrong, gave them the land. The Armstrongs named the house after Charles Dickens ' "Bleak House" novel of the same name. [1] The bricks in the house were molded on-site using slave labor.
August 2, 2024 at 1:26 PM. By Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson. (Reuters) - The Biden administration said on Friday it had temporarily put on hold a program that allows citizens of four countries to ...
West Knoxville is a section of Knoxville, Tennessee, US. It is west of the city's downtown area. It stretches from Sequoyah Hills on the east to the city's border with Farragut on the west. West Knoxville is concentrated around Kingston Pike ( US-70 / US-11 ), and along with Sequoyah Hills includes the neighborhoods of Lyons View, Forest Hills ...
The detached retina was caused by a cancerous tumor that had wrapped around Hensley’s optic nerve. She was diagnosed with ocular melanoma that began when the freckle in the back of her eye ...