Tate Springs, Tennessee

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Coordinates: 36°20′26″N 83°20′26″W / 36.340462°N 83.340508°W / 36.340462; -83.340508
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Tate Springs, Tennessee
FIPS code[2]
47-47057
GNIS feature ID[2][1]1304010

Tate Springs is an

Metropolitan Statistical Area which consists of Grainger, Hamblen, and Jefferson counties.[3]

History

In the post-Civil War era, a businessman named Samuel Tate constructed a large

Tate Springs Springhouse still stands just off U.S. Route 11W near Bean Station Elementary School.[6]

Since the 1960s, the resort site and its remaining cabins have been used by Kingswood Home for Children, a children's home and school.[7][8]

Geography

Tate Springs is located about 4 miles west of Bean Station, and parts of the community have since been annexed into the town.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tate Springs (Grainger County, Tennessee)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "FIPS55 Data: Tennessee". United States Geological Survey. February 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006.
  3. ^ "Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  4. ^ Phillips, Bud (July 18, 2010). "Tate Springs was once a popular health resort". Bristol Herald Courier. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "Spring Histories". Tennessee State Library and Archives. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  6. ^ Collins, Kevin (October 8, 2017). "Grainger County". TennesseeEncyclopedia.net. Tennessee Historical Society. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "Our Legacy". Kingswood Home for Children. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  8. ^ Phillips, Bud (July 29, 2012). "Pioneers in Paradise: Tate Springs becomes Kingwood School and Home for Children". Herald Courier. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  9. ^ Google (August 1, 2020). "Tate Springs, Tennessee" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 1, 2020.


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