Bean Station is a town located mostly in Grainger County, Tennessee, with a small portion in Hawkins County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,967. It is part of the Kingsport and Knoxville
Main Street (Old US 11W) in Bean Station
The crossroads of US 11W and US 25E in old Bean Station, circa 1942
The remaining section of Bean Station Tavern before its dismantlement, circa 1942
Peavine Railroad crossing the Holston River into Morristown
William Bean was a frontiersman, longhunter, and Commissioner of the Watauga Association. He is accepted by historians as the first permanent European American settler of Tennessee.
Bean Station, Tennessee
…in Hawkins County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,967. It is part of the Kingsport and Knoxville metropolitan statistical areas. Pioneer William Bean established Bean Station in 1776 as a frontier outpost; it is considered one of the earliest permanently settled communities in Tennessee. During the…
The view of the German Creek valley as seen from Clinch Mountain