Corryton is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Knox County, Tennessee, United States, about 15 miles north of Knoxville. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. Knox County is a county in the US state of Tennessee. Its 2007 population was estimated at 423874 by the United States Census Bureau Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas|Table of United States Core Based Statistical AreasIn the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB has produced
Corryton is situated near two mountains, House Mountain (the highest point in Knox County) and Clinch Mountain. House Mountain is a mountain near Blaine, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States Clinch Mountain is a Mountain Ridge in the US states of Tennessee and Virginia, lying in the ridge-and-valley section It includes a grade school, a public library, community center, and several churches including Little Flat Creek Baptist Church (founded in 1797, making it the first Baptist church organized in Knox County), Corryton Church (formerly Corryton Baptist) and Rutherford Memorial United Methodist.
Gibbs High School in Corryton has several famous alumni, including country musicians Kenny Chesney, Con Hunley, Phil Leadbetter, and Ashley Monroe. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Kenny Chesney (born Kenneth Arnold Chesney, March 26, 1968) is an American Country music artist Con Hunley, (born Conard Logan Hunley, April 9, 1945 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a Country music singer Phil Leadbetter is one of the leading players of the Resonator guitar. Ashley Monroe (born September 10, 1986 in Knoxville Tennessee) is an American country Singer-songwriter.
On April 25, 1983, Thomas Knauff set an FAI world record flying a glider on an out-and-return course of 1646. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Thomas L Knauff (born 1938 is an American author Glider pilot Flight instructor, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA Designated Pilot Examiner and The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI is the world governing body for Air sports and Aeronautics and Astronautics world records A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline usually a Sports event Terminology A "glider" is an unpowered Aircraft. The most common types of glider are today used for sporting purposes 68 km (1023 miles), releasing from tow over Williamsport Regional Airport in Pennsylvania, flying south along the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians to take a turn-point photograph of the Little Flat Creek Church in Corryton, then returning for a landing after a 10 hour flight. Williamsport Regional Airport is a public towered airport located 4 miles (6 km east of the Central business district (CBD of Williamsport, a city in The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of The photographs were published in National Geographic Magazine. Overview The NGS's historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural historical and natural This world record stood until 2003 when it was broken in Argentina, but still stands as a U. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. S. national record. [1]
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- ^ Gliding World Records, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale