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Kingsport, Tennessee
City
A Fun Fest balloon floats over Kingsport, Tennessee
A Fun Fest balloon floats over Kingsport, Tennessee
Nickname(s): The Model City
Location of Kingsport in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
Location of Kingsport in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
Coordinates: 36°32′N 82°33′W / 36.533°N 82.550°W / 36.533; -82.550Coordinates: 36°32′N 82°33′W / 36.533°N 82.550°W / 36.533; -82.550
Country United States
State Tennessee
Counties Sullivan, Hawkins
Settled: 1771
Chartered/Rechartered: 1822, 1917
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
 • Mayor John Clark
 • Vice Mayor Mike McIntire
 • City Manager Jeff Fleming
Area
 • City 45.0 sq mi (116.6 km2)
 • Land 44.1 sq mi (114.4 km2)
 • Water 0.9 sq mi (2.4 km2)
Elevation 1,211 ft (369 m)
Population (2010)
 • City 48,205
 • Estimate (2016) 52,806
 • Rank US: 694th
 • Density 1,018.9/sq mi (393.4/km2)
 • Urban 106,571 (US: 291st)
 • Metro 309,283 (US: 161st)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 37660, 37662, 37663, 37664, 37665 & 37669
Area code(s) 423
FIPS code 47-39560
GNIS feature ID 1303478
Website http://www.KingsportTN.gov
Kingsport Police Department
Abbreviation KPD
Agency overview
Formed 1917
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* City of Kingsport in the state of Tennessee, United States
General nature
Operational structure
Sworn members 99
Unsworn members 57
Agency executive David Quillin, Chief
Website
http://police.kingsporttn.gov
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Kingsport is a city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee; most of the city is in Sullivan County. The population according to the 2010 census is 48,205.

Kingsport is the largest city in the Kingsport–BristolBristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had a population of 309,544 as of 2010. The Metropolitan Statistical Area is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region. Census data from 2006–2008 for the Tri-Cities Combined Statistical Area estimates a population of 496,454.

Kingsport is commonly included in what is known as the Mountain Empire, which spans a portion of Southwest Virginia and the mountainous counties in eastern Tennessee. The name "Kingsport" 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 was developed by European Americans, after the American Revolutionary War, at the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Holston River. In 1787 it was known as "Salt Lick," for an ancient lick. It was first settled along the banks of the South Fork, about a mile from the confluence. The Long Island of the Holston River is near the confluence, which is mostly within present-day corporate boundaries of Kingsport. The island was an important site for the Cherokee, colonial pioneers and early settlers, and specifically mentioned in the 1770 Treaty of Lochaber.


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