Kingsport, Tennessee

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The city of Kingsport is primarily located in Hawkins County. A portion of Kingsport extends into Sullivan County.

Kingsport is 360 feet [109.73 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Kingsport lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Nova Scotia has a community that is also named Kingsport.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Kingsport had a population of 44,905 people^<2> (or 83.63% of the total population of Hawkins County). The population of Kingsport represented 0.79% of the total of Tennessee, making it the state's 9th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Kingsport had a population of 44,473 people. This is a decrease of 0.96% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Kingsport.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bloomingdale	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Bluff City	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,653	6.03% increase
	Bristol	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	25,817	4.01% increase
	Church Hill	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	6,765	14.35% increase
	Johnson City	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	61,990	11.76% increase
	Jonesborough	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	5,221	25.26% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Kingsport.

Websites for Kingsport

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The Commemorative Quarter for Tennessee<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Kingsport. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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