Thorn Grove is an unincorporated community in eastern Knox County, Tennessee, United States. It is located 15.4 miles (24.8 km) east of Knoxville and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Midway. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Thorn Grove, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Thorn Grove
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Coordinates: 36.003971°N 83.695°W / 36.003971; -83.695
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Knox
Elevation [1]	1,001 ft (305 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37871
Area code(s)	865
FIPS code	47093
GNIS feature ID	1304089[1]

Geography

Thorn Grove is located adjacent to the Interstate 40 interchange at Midway Road, with I-40 connecting the community to Downtown Knoxville, and Midway Road connecting the community to Midway.[2]

The interchange, along with tracts of land on Thorn Grove Pike and Midway Road were annexed by the City of Knoxville.[3]

History

Through-out its existence, Thorn Grove has been predominantly rural, residents of the community have cited to keep preserve bucolic lifestyle despite the construction of I-40 in the mid-20th century.[4]

Since its earliest proposals in the 2000s, Thorn Grove is the location of the long-argued Midway Business Park, a 345 acres (1.40 km²) commercial development project.[5]

The project, blocked by a 2008 lawsuit, was eventually approved for construction in 2015 by the Knox County Commission.[6] In late 2018, the business park broke ground, with a estimated completion date of its first phase in mid-2020.[7]

The first phase of the Midway Business Park is expected to have the potential to create an estimated 1,800 to 2,000 jobs in the region.[7]

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