Bean Station
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 Bean Station Town Hall |
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| Location of Bean Station in Grainger County and Tennessee | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | November 4, 1996 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Tennessee |
| County : | Grainger County |
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 21 ′ N , 83 ° 17 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 2,826 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 202.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13.95 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 13.95 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 350 m |
| Postal code : | 37708 |
| Area code : | +1 865 |
| FIPS : | 47-03760 |
| GNIS ID : | 1276544 |
| Mayor : | Ben Waller |
Bean Station is a small town ( city ) in Grainger County in the state of Tennessee in the United States . At the last census in 2010 , Bean Station had 2,826 residents. Although the settlement has existed since the late 18th century, the city was not officially founded until November 1996. Before that, Bean Station was an " Unincorporated Community ", an inhabited community-free area.
location
Bean Station is located in northeast Tennessee, around 75 kilometers northeast of Knoxville and 30 kilometers south of the state border with Virginia . Surrounding towns and settlements are Treadway to the northeast, Mooresburg to the east, Russellville to the southeast, Morristown to the south, Tate Springs to the west, and Thorn Hill to the northwest.
Bean Station is on the Cherokee Reservoir . The US Highways 11W and 25E meet in the city . To the east, Bean Station is directly adjacent to Hawkins County .
history
Bean Station is one of the oldest places in the state of Tennessee. It was founded in 1776 by Robert Bean and William Bean II, the sons of the settler William Bean, and was initially called Beans Fort . The land was opened up the year before by William Bean and the pioneer Daniel Boone . The detached house was at the intersection between the two trade routes Old Wilderness Road and Old Stage Road , so Bean Station, which grew from a single settlement to a small village with several restaurants within a few years, was an important traffic junction. The local Bean Station Tavern was the largest pub on the way from Washington, DC to New Orleans .
Between 1787 and 1789 a border post was set up to protect the settlement from attacks by Cherokee Indians who had been driven out of the area . During the Civil War took place on 14 December 1863 for the Battle of Bean's Station , where the General James Longstreet of the Confederate States tried to capture the city after he expel previously with trying to troops of the Union from Knoxville, had failed. After two days, Union forces withdrew from Bean Station. About 290 people were killed and 1243 injured in the battle, and 455 people went missing.
Shortly after the war, businessman Samuel Tate built a Victorian- style hotel west of Bean Station , which was taken over in the late 1870s by Thomas Tomlinson, who converted the hotel into a thermal bath . At his wedding between 1890 and 1920, the hotel complex included three buildings, a 40-acre landscaped park and a golf course, and the hotel was connected to the city of Knoxville via a railway line operated by the Knoxville and Bristol Railway . In 1936 the hotel was closed and five years later it was used as a village school. In 1963 the building burned down.
Bean Station has had a volunteer fire department since 1967 . In 1995 US highways 11W and 25E were expanded through the city. After increased demands from the residents of Bean Station, the settlement was incorporated as a city on November 4, 1996.
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 2010 | 2826 | - | |
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In the 2010 United States Census, Bean Station had 2,826 residents, spread across 1,149 households and 827 families. 96.8% of the population were white , 0.6% African American , 0.5% Native American, and 0.1% Asian ; 0.7% of the population were of different origins or of two or more origins. Hispanics and Latinos of all races made up 2.3% of the total population.
There were married couples in 51.8% of households, 13.9% of households were made up of single women and 6.3% of single men. 25.0% of households had children under the age of 18 living with them. The median age at Bean Station in 2010 was 42.7 years. 21.7% of the residents were younger than 18 years and 16.2% of the residents were 65 years or older.
Personalities
- William Tandy Senter (1801-1848), politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bean Station Historical Marker. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ Brief History of Bean Station, Tennessee. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics. United States Census Bureau, accessed January 10, 2020.