Nelsontown
Nelsontown is a hamlet in Sullivan, Tennessee. Nelsontown is situated nearby to the hamlet Gibsontown, as well as near Bloomington Heights.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Henry Mall and Douglass High School.
Fort Henry Mall
Shopping center
Fort Henry Mall, formerly Kingsport Town Center, located in Kingsport, Tennessee, is the only regional shopping mall serving Kingsport. It was opened March 10, 1976, as a two-level mall located at the intersection of Fort Henry Drive and Memorial Boulevard. Fort Henry Mall is situated 2½ miles southeast of Nelsontown.
Douglass High School
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.
Dobyns-Bennett High School
School
Photo: DB Jake, Public domain.
Dobyns-Bennett High School is a high school in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. It typically educates around 2,400 students, although enrollment for the 2022–23 academic year exceeded 2,500 students. Dobyns-Bennett High School is situated 2 miles southeast of Nelsontown.
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. It lies along the Holston River and had a population of 55,442 at the 2020 census.
Lynn Garden
Hamlet
Lynn Garden is a community and neighborhood in Kingsport, Tennessee. Lynn Garden's boundaries are that of Kingsport's zip code 37665. Lynn Garden is situated 2 miles northwest of Nelsontown.
Cedar Grove
Hamlet
Cedar Grove is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. Cedar Grove is located near the northern border of Kingsport, west of Tennessee State Route 93. Cedar Grove is situated 2 miles northeast of Nelsontown.
Nelsontown
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Nelson Town”
- Category: locality
- Location: Sullivan, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.55614° or 36° 33′ 22″ northLongitude
-82.54885° or 82° 32′ 56″ westElevation
1,198 feet (365 metres)Open location code
868VHF42+FFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2896428591OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4644851
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