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Kingsport Real Estate Information Nestled between the Appalachian and Great Smoky Mountains, Kingsport beckons you to enjoy its natural beauty, rich historic traditions and exciting future vision. The timeless beauty of the Appalachian mountains provides a breathtaking backdrop for the rapid development of the city. Kingsport has transformed its natural surroundings into excellent facilities for visitors and residents.
Along with two other comparably-sized cities within a 20-mile radius, Kingsport is part of a 12-county area in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia known as the Tri-Cities Tennessee/Virginia region.
Initially chartered in 1917, Kingsport was the first city with a modern urban design and among the first municipalities with a city manager form of government and a school system built on a model developed at Columbia University. Kingsport, 'the Model City', has become known as a progressive and orderly community.
For many years Kingsport enjoyed great industrial and economic growth, due largely to visionary leadership from business entrepreneurs. Photographic pioneer George Eastman, of Eastman Kodak, purchased a wood distillation plant in 1920 to produce methanol for Kodak's photographic base. Kingsport also became the home of several other large industries, including the Kingsport Press; Holliston Mills; Mead Paper Company; and American St. Gobain. With such a large industrial base, Kingsport and its residents enjoy a comfortable standard of living.
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