Bean Station, Tennessee
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Bean Station is a town split between the counties of Grainger and Hawkins in Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,967. It is part of the Kingsport, Knoxville, and Morristown metropolitan statistical areas.
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
Grainger County, Tennessee
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Grainger County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,527. Its county seat is Rutledge. Grainger County is a part of both the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area and Morristown Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Grainger County Courthouse in Rutledge
View of Cherokee Lake from Bean's Gap atop Clinch Mountain, the site of which longhunters would cross along the Wilderness Road into present-day Grainger County.
General store in Thorn Hill circa 1940s
US-11W near Blaine, with the Clinch Mountain range rising in the distance