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Pigeon Forge, TN

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
City
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Motto: "The Center of Fun In The Smokies"
Location of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Location of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
U.S. Census Map
U.S. Census Map
Coordinates: 35°47′38″N 83°33′51″W / 35.79389°N 83.56417°W / 35.79389; -83.56417Coordinates: 35°47′38″N 83°33′51″W / 35.79389°N 83.56417°W / 35.79389; -83.56417
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Sevier
Settled 1780s
Incorporated 1961
Named for 19th-century iron forge along the Little Pigeon River
Government
 • Mayor David Wear
Area
 • Total 11.6 sq mi (30.0 km2)
 • Land 11.6 sq mi (30.0 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 1,001 ft (305 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 5,875
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 37863, 37868
Area code(s) 865
FIPS code 47-58080
GNIS feature ID 1297439
Website http://www.cityofpigeonforge.com/

Pigeon Forge is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 5,875.

Situated just five miles (8 km) north of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination that caters primarily to Southern culture and country music fans. The city's attractions include Dollywood, as well as numerous gift shops, outlet malls, amusement rides, and music theaters.

The name "Pigeon Forge" comes from an iron forge built by Isaac Love (1783–1854) sometime around 1820. The name of this forge referred to its location along the Little Pigeon River, in the vicinity of what is now the Old Mill. The name of the river comes from the flocks of passenger pigeons that frequented its banks at the time of the first Euro-American settlers' arrival.

For centuries, the Cherokee used the valley where Pigeon Forge is now located as a hunting ground. A Cherokee footpath known as the "Indian Gap Trail" crossed the Great Smokies from North Carolina, and passed through the Pigeon Forge valley en route to its junction with the Great Indian Warpath in modern Sevierville (US-441 closely parallels this ancient trail, although it crests the mountains at Newfound Gap rather than Indian Gap). From Sevierville, the Warpath headed west toward the Overhill Cherokee towns along the Little Tennessee River.


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