Corryton, Tennessee

Corryton
Unincorporated community
Corryton

Location within the state of Tennessee

Coordinates: 36°09′13″N 83°46′57″W / 36.15361°N 83.78250°WCoordinates: 36°09′13″N 83°46′57″W / 36.15361°N 83.78250°W
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Knox
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 37721
Area code(s) 865
FIPS code 47093
GNIS feature ID 1281332[1]

Corryton is an unincorporated community in northeastern Knox County, Tennessee, United States, about 15 miles northeast of Knoxville. The United States Geographic Names System classifies Corryton as a populated place.[1] It is included in the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Corryton Zip Code also encompasses the adjacent community of Gibbs (sometimes known as Harbisons Crossroads).

Corryton is situated near two mountains, House Mountain (the highest point in Knox County)[2] and Clinch Mountain. It includes a grade school, a public library, community center, and several churches including Little Flat Creek Baptist Church (founded in 1797, making it the first Baptist church organized in Knox County), Corryton Church (formerly Corryton Baptist) and Rutherford Memorial United Methodist.

Gibbs High School in Corryton has several famous alumni, including country musicians Kenny Chesney, Con Hunley, Phil Leadbetter, and Ashley Monroe.

On April 25, 1983, Thomas Knauff set an FAI world record flying a glider on an out-and-return course of 1,646.68 km (1,023.20 mi), releasing from tow over Williamsport Regional Airport in Pennsylvania, flying south along the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians to take a turn-point photograph of the Little Flat Creek Church in Corryton, then returning for a landing after a 10 hour flight. The photographs were published in National Geographic magazine. This world record stood until 2003 when it was broken in Argentina, but still stands as a U.S. national record.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Corryton, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ http://tnlandforms.us/cohp/
  3. ↑ Gliding World Records ID 5427, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale