Douglass High School

Douglass High School was an African-American high school in Kingsport, Tennessee that closed in 1966. At the time, it was the largest African-American school in Upper East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and Southeast Kentucky, and the largest between Knoxville, Tennessee and Roanoke, Virginia.

Type: School
Description: all-black public school in Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
Also known as: “Douglas High School”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Fort Henry Mall and Dobyns-Bennett High School.

Fort Henry Mall

Shopping center

Fort Henry Mall, formerly Kingsport Town Center… Fort Henry Mall is situated 2 miles east of Douglass High School.

Dobyns-Bennett High School

School

Photo: DB Jake, Public domain.

Dobyns-Bennett High School is a high school in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Dobyns-Bennett High School is situated 1½ miles east of Douglass High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingsport and Lynn Garden.

Kingsport

Photo: Tjntri, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kingsport is a city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

Lynn Garden

Hamlet

Lynn Garden is a community and neighborhood in Kingsport, Tennessee. Lynn Garden is situated 3 miles north of Douglass High School.

Cedar Grove

Hamlet

Cedar Grove is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. Cedar Grove is situated 3 miles northeast of Douglass High School.

Douglass High School

Categories: secondary school and education
Location: Sullivan, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.53593° or 36° 32′ 9″ north

Longitude

-82.55376° or 82° 33′ 14″ west

Elevation

1,211 feet (369 metres)

Open location code

868VGCPW+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356798746

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

GeoNames ID

4618894

Wikidata ID

Q5302170

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