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Kingston Pike, which is part of United States Route 70, has be designated as Tennessee State Route 1 is one of the main highways that runs through Knox County, Tennessee. In fact, it is the primary route used to travel from downtown Knoxville to the west end of Knox County before the construction of Interstate 40 was complete in the late 1960s.

Kingston Pike was the primary highway for any resident traveling from the east end of Knoxville to the west end of Knoxville as the highway linked everything within the Knoxville and Knox County area together in someway or another. Early Kingston Pike began as a simple Indian trail prior to it becoming a bridle path moving from downtown to Sinking Creek. The area from Knoxville to Campbell Station was surveyed in 1792 and soon Kingston Pike was widened to thirty feet.

Early settlers developed small frontier communities up and down along Kingston Pike, but it did not take long before it was known for its affluence. From the founding of such beautiful plantations such as Crescent Bend and Knollwood in the 19th century to the development of the wealthy neighborhoods of Sequoyah Hills and Lyons Bend in the early 20th century, Kingston Pike became associated with the upper class of Knoxville.

In 1866, Kingston Pike was further improved, and by 1892 Knox County had bought out other shareholders and had exclusive ownership. The improvements were extended to Campbell’s Station in 1894. A streetcar traveled west on Kingston Pike as far as Lyons View Pike by 1913, allowing for residential expansion. The opening of West Town Mall in the 1970s resulted in the collapse of retail shopping in downtown, but the Kingston Pike area became the commercial center of Knoxville.

The Montgomery Village neighborhood is nestled within what is known as the Vestal Community of South Knoxville, which is separated from other sectors of the city of Knoxville by the Tennessee River. The neighborhood of Montgomery Village can be accessed from the city of Knoxville by the Gay Street Bridge or the Henley Street Bridge. This is a nice and quiet area where the homes are surrounded with plenty of wooded areas to provide residents with a country like setting within a city back drop.

The Montgomery Village neighborhood is mostly composed of low income families as this is an area where the housing development of Knoxville has stepped in during recent years to make some much needed improvements to bring a deteriorating neighborhood back to the forefront of existence in today's world.

The neighborhood of Montgomery Village is on the verge of rebuilding itself once again with the Friends of Literacy who have began a community library here in hopes of educating the residents and helping them with job search programs as well as computer classes, which are available free through the community library. Other organizations see real potential within this small community and its residents such as Montgomery Village Ministries, Montgomery Village Baptist Center, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and the Knoxville Community Development Corporation.

Together residents are making Montgomery Village a better place to live and raise a family by having neighborhood festivals in the spring and fall, programs for children in the summer, community beautification programs, neighborhood watch programs, and other programs that are helping to enhance this neighborhood.

The Fourth and Gill neighborhood is located between Fifth Avenue, Broadway, Central Avenue Pike, and Interstate 40. This is a beautiful neighborhood with lots of potential that is conveniently located near the downtown area as well as the University of Tennessee campus. The houses here are mostly historical homes built in the late nineteenth century, when this area was a growing and expanding middle class neighborhood. Today, the Fourth and Gill neighborhood still holds the majority of these one hundred year old plus homes, although many of them are in dire need of being renovated. The Fourth and Gill neighborhood is known as a Historical District due to the homes here.

After the Civil War, there was rapid growth seen in the Knoxville area, which brought about the housing boom to the Fourth and Gill neighborhood, which was actually developed to provide housing for workers and managers for the increasing number of mills and factories in the area. The Fourth and Gill neighborhood was annexed by the City of Knoxville in 1897. The industrial growth is responsible for bringing not only labor, but for the increasing need of new housing into the Fourth and Gill neighborhood.

The Fourth and Gill neighborhood can be located quite easily with Interstate 40 on the east, Broadway on the west, Glenwood Avenue to the north, and East Fourth Avenue to the south. Just to the north is the Old North Knoxville community, while the Parkridge community sits on the other side of Hall of Fame Drive to the east, and the Emory Place Historic District lies just to the south.

The Clinton neighborhood is located along the Clinch River and directly downstream to the part known as Melton Hill Lake. Clinton is surrounded by a long series of narrow ridges to the west known by locals as the Appalachian Ridge, northwest is the Walden Ridge, and to the east by the Cumberland Plateau. The heart of the Clinton neighborhood is located at the junction of Highway 61 and Route 25 West.

Clinton was originally named Burrville, but on November 8, 1809 was renamed to Clinton in honor of George Clinton and due to the disgrace of the duel between Burr and Hamilton in which Alexander Hamilton died. George Clinton was the Vice President for Thomas Jefferson during his second term as the President of the United States as well as the Vice President for James Madison. In fact, he was the first Vice President to ever serve for two different presidents.

When segregationists opposed the desegregation back in 1956 of the Clinton High School, which followed a decision passed down by the Supreme Court, there were twelve African-Americans who enrolled that fall. These twelve individuals were the first to desegregate a state supported public school in the Southeast. However, this did not go without incident as riots began breaking out in the early part of September, which called for the National Guard to be called in. For the next two years, violence and threats did not cease. Then on October 5, 1958, Clinton High School was bombed, but was quickly rebuilt.

The Westmoreland neighborhood is located just off of Westland Drive and just west of Northshore Drive. This neighborhood consists of two primary areas known as the Old Westmoreland and the New Westmoreland. The Old Westmoreland is the area north of the eastern end of Westland Drive, while the New Westmoreland is the area south on Westland Drive. Westmoreland can be easily accessed by either Interstate 40, Interstate 140, Kingston Pike, or Northshore Drive.

The Westmoreland neighborhood is also the neighborhood in which Mayor Bill Haslam calls his home and is where the elite Cherokee County Club can be found. As its name implies, the Old Westmoreland section contains the oldest and some of the grandest homes in the neighborhood. Though there are some newer homes here, the majority of the homes were built from about the 1920s to the 1980s. The homes in New Westmoreland are newer with the majority of them being less than twenty years old.

Regardless of their age, these homes are always quite large with the average square footage of just above 4000. Most of the homes are traditional two story affairs, but there are also some cottage style and Mediterranean influenced homes sprinkled throughout the older section. The lots tend to be pretty big and there are lots of mature trees everywhere.

Westmoreland is in a great central location for shopping. Residents can head up Westland to do some mall shopping at West Town Mall or they can go up Lyon’s View Pike to shop at the many boutiques located in the District at Bearden. If they just need to do some grocery shopping or stop by the hardware store, then residents can drive a little ways south down Northshore to the Rocky Hill area, where there are several small, locally owned shops.

The Westwood neighborhood is filled with a tradition of old fashioned friendliness and participation that defines the quality of life here. This beautiful neighborhood possesses an abundance of trees, shrubs, gardens, birds, and other small wildlife. Surprisingly, this lovely haven is convenient to all sorts of urban conveniences. Galleries, groceries, shopping, and restaurants are all within walking distance as are some greenways and playgrounds.

The Westwood neighborhood began in 1925 by a group of businessmen known as the Knoxville Suburban Corporation, who began acquiring tracts of land, then began building roads and selling building lots. The homes of the Westwood neighborhood represent a variety of architectural styles, which were first built in the late 1920’s and 1930’s. A number of the homes were built before the stock market crash of 1929. In the 1940’s and ‘50’s many more homes were built and occupied within the subdivision, and a spirit of community developed that continues today.

Westwood Park is located off Herron Drive, which was created by a dedicated group of Westwood neighbors in 1993 and consists of a walking and jogging path, benches, a fabulous picnic shelter, a gazebo, playground equipment, shade trees, and picnic tables. The Westwood neighborhood is located off the Papermill Road exit, and is bordered by Papermill to north, Kinston Pike to the south, Highland Memorial Cemetary to the east, Northshore to the west, and up the hill from Bearden Elementary School. If you are looking for something in West Knoxville that is conveniently located and affordable, then the Westwood might be just what you are looking for.

The Western Heights neighborhood is located close the University of Tennessee campus and as a result many students here have made this area their home away from home. This neighborhood provides its residents with excellent public transportation, a variety of dining experiences, as well as an array of shops and clubs for the active college student to choose from. As this neighborhood is seen as mostly a college neighborhood, it is not unusual for the neighborhood to be quite loud from not only the residents, but also from the traffic.

The homes within the Western Heights neighborhood are mostly older homes with some of them arranging as old as one hundred years, who all need some tender love and care. These homes make great rental homes for college students who are constantly on the go. However, since the homes within this area are so inexpensive it is no unusual to find many college students purchasing one home together and renovating the home through their college years.

There are certain parts within the Western Heights neighborhood that can be quite dangerous and individuals would not want to travel within these parts at particular times during the day. These are areas where drugs run rapid and the homes are quite neglected. The Malcolm Martin Park, which is found within the Western Heights neighborhood, is a nice family oriented park, but due to the unfortunate other aspects of this neighborhood I would not suggest raising a family here. Some residents here tend to be low end income families.

The Halls neighborhood is oftentimes called Halls Crossroads, which is a small community within the North Knoxville area. Halls is located just north of the Fountain City area and was named for Thomas Hall, who was one of the first settlers to come to the ares from North Carolina in 1796. He had been a prisoner war held by the British, but was given a parcel of land in East Tennessee by the government of the United States for recognition of his service in the military.

Hall and his wife settled and raised their family in what is now known as the Halls community, where they raised eleven children, which were also the areas first baseball team. Pulaski Hall, who was the grandson of Thomas Hall, opened up a small general store and inn generations later to become one of the first businesses within the area. During the Civil War, this store was an outpost for both the Union and the Confederate troops and was known as Halls Crossroads.

The center of the Halls neighborhood is located near three junctions by three major roads, which conveniently form a giant asphalt capital “A”. Many residents here feel that the intersection of Norris Freeway, Emory Road, and Maynardville Highway is where Halls Crossroads gets its puzzling name, but that is not so. However, this fork in the road is known as a dangerous epitome of suburban sprawl, where some are headed to an unpleasant land and others are headed to economic bliss.

Some areas of the Halls neighborhood are nothing more than residential areas with high end subdivisions here and there, but other parts are filled with concrete businesses plastered up all over the place. The price range for a home in one of these high end subdivisions can cost as much as four hundred thousand.

In the Farragut neighborhood technically considered to be its own town, but is still part of the greater Knoxville area. The Farragut has a huge reputation its massive, beautiful homes, strong and excellent schools, well maintained parks, and fabulous outdoor recreation areas. However, the Farragut neighborhood is more popular for families who want to relocate to a better upper class area in which to bring up their families, which is typically professional residents.

The Farragut neighborhood was named after Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, who was born in 1801 at Lowe’s Ferry, which is just southeast of what is now known as the town of Farragut. The Admiral Farragut had a reputation as being a very aggressive naval commander. Farragut became a hero after defeating the Confederates at the Battle of Mobile Bay, which shut down one of the rebel’s last ports. When told by his men that the port waters were heavily mined, it was here that Admiral Farragut exclaimed, “Damn the torpedoes — full speed ahead!”

The Farragut neighborhood is located just west of Knoxville and south of Karns and Hardin Valley. The entire area was originally known as Campbell’s Station, which was where the Battle of Campbell’s Station in the Civil War was fought during the year 1963. The neighborhood as well as the town incorporated in 1980.

Today, the Farragut neighborhood is an upscale residential town that has a suburban feel. In fact, in one of the 2007 issues of Business Week, Farragut was named as one of the twenty-five best affordable suburbs in the South. The schools here have always been top ranked nationally.

The Cedar Bluff neighborhood is a sister neighborhood to West Hills where the shopping is always awesome and easily accessible. This neighborhood is located just west of West Hills, north of Bluegrass, east of Farragut, and south of Karns, with Hardin Valley close by to the northwest.

Unfortunately, this neighborhood can be quite congested at time, especially during peak hours of the day, but Cedar Bluff has it own amenities that makes it completely unique. Cedar Bluff is encircled by Kingston Pike, Middlebrook Pike, and Lovell Road, which will all take you anywhere you want to go in the Knoxville area without ever getting on the Interstate. Pellissippi Parkway is only a few minutes away as is the airport and the Great Smoky Mountains.

The Cedar Bluff neighborhood offers its residents and visitors a like plenty of shopping with the North Peters Road area being home to several top notch restaurants. There is an unique selection of nighttime entertainment from nearby clubs such as Prince Deli and Sports Bar featuring live bands and karaoke. There is also the famous Cotton Eyed Joes, which is a popular dance spot with everything from a mechanical bull to country-music concerts to bikini contests.

The Baker Peters Jazz Club located in the Cedar Bluff neighborhood is not only a restaurant, but is also a comfortable place to hear jazz music and a historical home that is said to be haunted. The house was once the residence of Dr. James Harvey Baker, a well-known 19th century physician. In 1864, he treated wounded Confederate soldiers, when Union soldiers burst inside and shot him through a secured bedroom door, which today still bares the bullet scars.

The Alcoa neighborhood, which was formerly known as North Maryville, is located twelve miles south of the city of Knoxville and has a population of 7,734 and was officially incorporated under the name of Alcoa in 1919. The neighborhood of Alcoa gets its name from the large aluminum smelting plant located in its midst known as the Alcoa Corporation. Knoxville McGhee Tyson is the nearest major airport, which is also located in Alcoa. Nearby institutions that offer higher education include The University of Tennessee, Roane State Community College, Walters State Community College, and Lee University.

This neighborhood is located at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains with the outermost rising just a few miles to south known as the Chilhowee Mountain. The Great Smoky Mountain, which is the most visited national park in the country, is about a thirty minute drive from Alcoa. Hiking, horse-back riding, and fishing are just a few of the activities that can be enjoy around this neighborhood. There are also many native plants, wildlife, and beautiful scenery at every turn surrounding the neighborhood of Alcoa.

From Alcoa Highway large sections of both the north central and north eastern parts of the mountain range are clearly visible. Through the eastern section of Alcoa flows the Little River, which comes out of the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains, prior to reaching the Tennessee River. There are a number of fun and convenient places to spend leisure time such as public parks and sporting events.

Visitors to Alcoa can utilize the lovely public parks and green ways throughout this beautiful neighborhood. The Alcoa-Maryville Greenway is the best place to enjoy biking, walking, and hiking with its well-maintained walk ways that includes over fifteen miles of paved trails that wind through the cities of Alcoa and Maryville. Fort Loudon and Tellico Lakes are located just minutes from Alcoa with both of them offering a variety of opportunities for fishing and boating.

The Old Sevier neighborhood is located on the south side of the Tennessee River and directly across from downtown Knoxville. There are three bridges that link this neighborhood with downtown and Interstates 40 and 75. The Old Sevier neighborhood is a little over an hour from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and just to the west and across the river is the University of Tennessee. A mile east of the Old Sevier neighborhood is the Island Home Airport and Ijams Nature Center.

Many of the residents here have lived in the neighborhood all their lives and the homes are mostly owner occupied and often have front porches where residents can be seen any given evening sitting with a glass of sweet tea watching the sun set. Homeowners enjoy remodeling their houses and working in their yards. This beautiful neighborhood consists of sixty-eight businesses, twenty apartment buildings and complexes, two of which are occupied by UT students, four churches, an elementary school, two day-cares, and a fire hall. This small community is diverse in every way - racially, economically, educationally, and as to age.

Two ridges, three valleys, and the old flood plain of the river make up this small, but unique neighborhood. It is bounded on the north by the river, on the east and south by James White Parkway, and on the west by Chapman Highway and Old Martin Mill Pike East. Despite the metropolitan location of the Old Sevier neighborhood there is still that hometown feeling of a small town.

The Fort Sanders neighborhood is located west of the Downtown area and north of the University of Tennessee campus. In 1888, this neighborhood was originally incorporated as the separate city of West Knoxville, but area was annexed by Knoxville in 1897. Since that time, it has been renamed for the nearby Civil War era fort that played a prominent role in the 1863 Knoxville Campaign. The neighborhood's architecture is a mixture of 19th century Victorian houses, apartment complexes, and a few university related buildings. The majority of the larger homes in the neighborhood have been split into numerous apartments to serve the University as well as the high population density of the area.

To residents here this area is known as the “The Fort,” who are mostly in their twenties and many go home during the summer term leaving “The Fort” virtually empty compared to its very active, and sometimes belligerent, feel during the school year. Due to the area's younger population and proximity to a large university, The Fort is a hotbed for house parties and bars alike. The neighborhood is infamous for its party atmosphere and residents have been known throw multi-street block parties that attract thousands.

During the fall football season at the University of Tennessee, the Fort Sanders neighborhood is used as headquarters, along with the actual campus itself, for Tennessee Vols fan's tailgating and pre-game activities. The Fort Sanders neighborhood is patrolled jointly by the Knoxville Police Department as well as the The University of Tennessee's Police Department. UT operates a fully armed and operational police force that protects students both on campus and in “The Fort” due to its proximity to Downtown and the surrounding lower income area's to the East and South. Unfortunately, this neighborhood is plagued by many break-ins, robberies, and other violent crimes including numerous shootings and stabbings.

Parkridge neighborhood is one of the oldest in Knoxville, Tennessee is located in East Knoxville just northeast of downtown. It It roughly encompasses an area south of Interstate 40 and the Knoxville Zoo, west of North Beaman Street and South Castle Street, north of Wimpole Avenue, Biddle Street, Brooks Avenue, Dandridge Avenue, McCalla Avenue, and Williow Avenue, then on the west by Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Harriet Tubman Street, and Hall of Fame Drive.

This neighborhood features some of the best beautiful architecture in the city as it is filled with Victorian style homes. This is a must see neighborhood with its vast selection of homes designed by one of the most popular architects of the era, George F. Barber. It was one of the original streetcar suburbs, and is still very walkable. In fact, downtown's Old City is just a short walk or bike ride away. Renovation abounds in the area and keeps this unpretentious neighborhood buzzing.

Back when many of the homes here were built, they were part of an area called Shieldstown, which was a very small small town established in the 1850s east of Knoxville. The Parkridge neighborhood is now dedicated to providing recreation and exploring horticulture, permaculture, and local food production, while conveying their sense of community with open minds of acceptance, respect, and inclusion.

The Old North Knoxville neighborhood is the sister neighborhood to the Fourth & Gill neighborhood. This neighborhood is characterized by older historic homes with its residents who have a pedestrian friendly nature in this close knit community. The Old North Knoxville neighborhood is located right off Broadway and north of Downtown Knoxville and 4th & Gill. It is boarded by Central Avenue Pike and Woodland Avenue to the west and Cecil Avenue, Sixth Avenue, and Glenwood Avenue to the east. This neighborhood is conveniently located to St. Mary's Regional Hospital, Downtown, and the University of Tennessee.

This neighborhood is one of Knoxville’s oldest historic neighborhood and dates back to the 1880s when it was a streetcar suburb. The neighborhood was made a historic district in 1922 and since that time restoration and renovations have been ongoing. Old North Knoxville, Inc. and Knox Heritage have both worked earnestly to save homes in the neighborhood, which would have been demolished otherwise.

This area is an architecture lover’s dream come true as it has been built over the course of several decades. It features several late 19th century and early 20th century home styles, including Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Neoclassical, and French Eclectic. Sidewalks align almost every street and is a great neighborhood of those looking for a walkable lifestyle.

The Morningside neighborhood is a beautiful area and is the historical home to Knoxville's black professional class. The homes here are beautiful surrounded with large yards, but it is a neighborhood where residents require some sort of alarm system due to the subsidized neighborhoods located nearby. Some of the bigger homes in this neighborhood are located on Riverside Drive and Delrose Avenue as are some of its older homes.

Within the Morningside neighborhood is the gorgeous Morningside Park known best for its disc golf and beautiful greenery. Nearby is a rock quarry, which at times can be quite loud during the hours of operation. The area on Hazen Street is one of the worst within this beautiful neighborhood due to residents roaming the streets at all hours of the night and day. This would not be a good place to raise a family, but singles tend to enjoy it.

The Marble City neighborhood is located along a stretch of Sutherland Avenue from Concord Street West to Bearden. During 1911, the area now known as the Marble City neighborhood, which is located between Mechanicsville and Bearden was named. The neighborhood was annexed in 1917 by the city of Knoxville.

The entire city of Knoxville was once proud to be known as 'The Marble City,” but that was been fifty years ago when Knoxville was known as a marble industry with quarries to the east and south. However, by the late 1890s the 'Marble City' title was so popular that many businesses began using it almost in a mockery. All the historical events concerning this were located in the downtown area, but not in the west neighborhood currently known as Marble City. By the 1930s, it was clear when Marble City was mentioned that it concerned the neighborhood and not Knoxville as a whole.

This was originally known as a working man's neighborhood with less than one hundred homes listed. The majority of these homes were associated with the marble industry in one form or another as residents here did not own private cars and felt it was important for them to be within walking distance of their work.

The older homes in here are beautiful as they filled with wonderful architectural design and a rustic feel as many of them date back almost one hundred years. Many of the homes have undergone modernizing renovations. However, the entire area is somewhat secluded compared to other areas in the downtown region with Sutherland Avenue being its main street through and is somewhat less congested than others around it. The area does not offer many restaurants or shops, but is in close enough proximity to offer anything you could desire.

The Sequoyah Hills neighborhood is the best of the best in neighborhoods as far as Knoxville is concerned. In fact, it is oftentimes known as the flagship neighborhood and is one of the most prestigious and oldest residential areas available in Knoxville. It is connected to the Fort Loudon Lake and located in the central of this beautiful neighborhood is Cherokee Boulevard, which stays impeccably manicured year round. Cherokee Boulevard is one of the best well known places to walk and bike as well as for its accessibility to kayaking, canoeing, dog parks, and vast park area for best in relaxation for its residents within its 87 acres.

Sequoyah Hills was annexed in 1917 by the city of Knoxville, but throughout the ages this neighborhood has not lost any of its grandeur. The neighborhood is filled with a large variety of homes in different styles and sizes such as Italianate, Colonial Revival, Tudor, Craftsman and Ranchers, but they have have a whopping price tag attached to them. Sequoyah Hills gives the appearance that its residents have to qualify for its postal code as the homes here will have you gawking as you drive though. It is safely nestled in the southern part of the Tennessee River with the campus of the University of Tennessee to the northeast, and Kingston Pike to the west.

The Old City neighborhood is a wealth of condominiums and loft built within the buildings and high rises of this neighborhood. This ancient neighborhood is situated in the northeast corner of downtown Knoxville in the Jackson Avenue Warehouse District. This is an urban neighborhood filled with nightlife and home to some of the best bars, clubs, shops, and restaurants in Knoxville.

This neighborhood is filled with old warehouses and buildings that surround a tiny commercial strip with its historical beauty. This was a neighborhood where in the earlier days of Knoxville that it was the very heart of the rail road industry. In fact, it was here that Kid Curry from the Butch Cassidy Hole in the Wall Gang had a notorious fight.

In 1919, the Old City saw a mob of people breaking into several warehouses as the act of a race riot, which resulted in the National Guard having to be called in to set up machine guns in the streets. This was an important point in time for Knoxville as it led to the emigration of many African Americans out of the town and into many of the surrounding suburbs.

When the industrial boom ended, the Old City saw many its warehouses abandoned or lost to demolition and fire. However, there are still a few of these abandoned buildings left throughout the neighborhood. After decades of decline in this neighborhood, the 1980s saw new advances to the neighborhood as many of these buildings began to be transformed into bars, lofts, offices, retail stores, and restaurants. Once again, the Old City came alive as developers gained confidence in the area once again and began opening new businesses.

Many single adults are attracted to the area now due to the closeness of nightlife and entertainment creating such an attractive place. The biggest problem this neighborhood has is from the panhandling of the area's homeless.

The South Knoxville neighborhood is considered to be the scenic gateway into the Smoky Mountains as Chapman Highway, which is part of US Highway 441, runs through the middle of it. South Knoxville is separated from the main city of Knoxville and the busy traffic from the Tennessee River, but connects through either Henley Street Bridge or Gay Street Bridge. Within this vast neighborhood is Alcoa Highway, Governor John Sevier Highway, and Chapman Highway.

South Knoxville is considered to be one of the biggest areas in Knoxville, but does not have the same feeling as the rest of Knoxville. Instead has its own subtle feeling that makes it unique in its own way. As soon as you cross the Tennessee River on its southern banks, you instantly feel a looming presence of this area. This neighborhood is quiet and is less crowded than any neighborhood located on the northern side of the Tennessee River.

The southwest section of South Knoxville flows onto Alcoa Highway toward McGhee Tyson Airport toward Blount County and Maryville. This highway consists of large areas of forest and provides spectacular view of the river. It is here that the famed University of Tennessee Body Farm is located right behind the University of Tennessee Medical Center, which is where anthropologists study bodies decomposing under various conditions.

This neighborhood has many boat access docks, fishing, mountain trails, biking trails, and many areas in which families can go and enjoy nature at it its best especially when you consider Ijams Nature Center is right in the heart of it. Ijams Nature Center is a hundred acre wildlife sanctuary with the most beautiful trails and scenery in Knoxville.

The University of Tennessee neighborhood is filled with the official colors of the University of Tennessee Volunteers, which happens to be a huge deal in Knoxville, Tennessee. As New York is known as the Big Apple and Atlanta is sometimes called the Big Peach, Knoxville is known by those adoring University of Tennessee fans as Big Orange Country and this neighborhood is the capital of the that country within the city of Knoxville.

This flagship campus neighborhood attracts football fans like bees to honey during football season and this tiny neighborhood swells inside its city walls. It is at these times when tailgating fans can be found sitting in camping chairs while sizzle delicious burgers over an open grill and students covered in body paint proudly displaying their home colors of orange and white.

Within this neighborhood by the banks of the Tennessee River sits Neyland Stadium, which is the biggest stadium within the South and the second biggest stadium in the nation sitting over 104,000. Running down the middle of this neighborhood is what is known to locals as, 'The Strip,' which is a busy thoroughfare filled on both sides with bars and restaurants.

During the weekends as well as on week nights, this area is kept crowded with eager students looking to for the best in what Knoxville has to offer. As a result, a redeveloping plan for this neighborhood is in order to widen the sidewalks and to allow more space for retail shops, trees, and benches. This area is filled with entertainers, artists, speakers, professionals, and a bit of every private sector is represented in its residents.

Located to the east of this neighborhood is the World's Fair Park where the 1982 World's Fair was held, which now is home to an interactive fountain, lush park, and the Knoxville Convention Center. To the southwest of the University of Tennessee neighborhood is Volunteer Landing, which is a three-acre park featuring scenic walkways along the river, marina, playground, fishing docks, and fountains for children to splash in. To the west is a 27 acre park known as Tyson Park that features tennis courts, baseball fields, a playground, and a the city’s first skate park.

The Lyons View neighborhood is nestled comfortably between Kingston Pike, South Northshore Drive, Lyons View Pike, and Westland Drive. This neighborhood dates all the back to the earlier days of the history of Knoxville. While the majority of the buildings located on Lyons View Pike are a great representation of the national trends in architectural designs in the neighborhood, they also show the financial leadership of the status of the residents in the early twentieth century. The majority of these homes have been designed by architect Charles I. Barber, whose designs focus on his skills by reviving popular styles during this time frame.

In 1786, after the construction of the James White Fort this neighborhood continued expanding westward as other forts were developed along the old horseback trail, which was eventually rebuilt to a wagon road in 1795, then much later known to Knoxville as Kingston Pike, which happened to be the first improved roadway within the Knox County area. With the construction of Kingston Pike, settlers began to move into this neighborhood and from there the roads began to link along the settlements.

The Lyons View neighborhood began when Captain William Lyon, who was of Scottish decent from Baltimore, purchased several hundreds of acres between the Tennessee River and Fourth Creek in 1809 where he built a beautiful log cabin that was later expanded into a quite substantial two story log residence. Later he constructed a mill along Fourth Creek near the Lowe’s Ferry Road, which is located at the intersection of Northshore Drive and Westland Drive still to this day.

Through the nineteenth century the area all along Fourth Creek continued to prosper and has continued to do so today. With the increased traffic and new developments the roads, shops, and schools have greatly improved. The area is now filled with the best parks and recreational facilities available in the Knoxville areas. In fact, Lakeshore Park is nestled within this neighborhood on sixty acres and features six baseball/softball fields, two soccer fields, paved hiking and biking trails, and a playground for kids.

The Lonsdale neighborhood was named for the parents of William Ragsdale, Lonas and Dale Ragsdale. It is encompassed by Interstate 75, Interstate 640, and Interstate 275 South as well as Western Avenue and Beaumont Avenue. It is also bordered by Heiskell Avenue on the north and Texas Avenue to the west. The homes within this neighborhood are influenced in the Victorian and Craftsman style. Each street has been named after either Union states or Civil War generals.

This inner center neighborhood has a commitment from the City of Knoxville to be revitalized in hopes of providing a new framework as a sort of catalyst for the Lonsdale neighborhood. The hopes is that the neighborhood will reach new creative approaches in renovation of the properties in the area and future developments. Many of the homes within this small inner city community are in need of rehabilitation. Currently, there are no buffers between neighborhoods and the existing industrial uses as commercial activity is limited.

The majority of the Lonsdale neighborhood consists of many blighting influences where buildings have become dilapidated, obsolescence, overcrowded, faulty design, lack of light or ventilation, sanitary facilities, deleterious land use, obsolete layout, and other factors that have been detrimental to the safety, health, morals, and welfare of the community as a whole. Many of the buildings and homes here have been determined to be unsafe or unhealthy for the people who either live or work there due to building code violations, deterioration, serious exterior maintenance, or defective construction and design.

With these renovations the Lonsdale neighborhood does have hope for the future. There is a mixture of individuals here in this area that call this neighborhood home, but the majority are older couples. This neighborhood does suffer from a high crime rate and has had to deal with serious drug trafficking issues in the past. Lonsdale Elementary School is rated very highly among parents and has made vast improvements in recent years for their student body.

Mechanicsville is a neighborhood that has been separated into two parts, which are known as Old Mechanicsville and New Mechanicsville due to its vast growth in recent years. The entire neighborhood of Mechanicsville is located west of downtown Knoxville and can be accessed quite easily by either Western Avenue, Fifth Avenue, Interstate 40, or University Avenue.

The smaller community of Old Mechanicsville is filled with a mass of history and is where the once budding neighborhood got its name from. In fact, this area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. All the way back from the late eighteenth century up until the early twentieth century, factories surrounded this community and it was here that those factory workers settled and began raising their families around 1880. Currently, this area contains one of the largest collections in Knoxville of nineteenth century architecture, which includes Italianate and Queen Anne houses. Many of these historical homes either have been or are currently being restored to their former beauty.

Just north of this historical area is New Mechanicsville where newer developments continue to be constructed with the help of a rather large grant to restore the area. This portion of Mechansville is were the revitalization is occurring and Knoxvillians are standing up and taking notice. Even though the changes within this area have been slow, they have made a positive impact on the entire neighborhood. With Knoxville College located within the neighborhood and the University of Tennessee close by, many college students are making this neighborhood their home. Traffic does tend to get hectic at times as well.

The Lincoln Park neighborhood is a small community within the neighborhood of Oakwood, which is oftentimes referred to as the Oakwood – Lincoln Park neighborhood. It is located between Broadway, Sharp's Ridge, Woodlawn Avenue, and Interstate 275 North. Even though the Lincoln Park neighborhood had existed since before the 20th century, it because an official neighborhood in 1917 as a part of Knoxville.

Lincoln Park is a neighborhood filled with unique homes where residents have easy access to anything they may need. The neighborhood itself is older, but quite charming and lovely. The older homes within this area are all nice, neat, and tidy with nothing too flashy or fancy, but all nice and simple. The yards are clean and kept. Driving through the Lincoln Park neighborhood allows beautiful pictures to keep forever of older couples working together on their flowers while kids play happily next door.

At night, the call of a lonesome train can be heard as one of the few trains pass along the train tracks that runs through the neighborhood. Residents who live here know this sound like a baby knows the sound of a lullaby. This beautiful neighborhood is located in one of the oldest parts of Knoxville and is convenient to Downtown. As in any neighborhood there is crime in Lincoln Park, but here the residents do tend to look out for one another and it is an established neighborhood that appreciates the character within it.

In 1899, Lincoln Park neighborhood actually began as mineral spring resort. At the time, there were three springs located where the Lincoln Park Elementary School now stands known as Chalybeate, Lithia, and Epsom.

The Edgewood neighborhood is one of the most attractive neighborhoods in Knoxville simply because it is full of potential. Edgewood Park, which is located in the heart of the neighborhood comes complete with all the amenities including playground, shady benches, huge lawn, gazebo, and tennis courts. The neighborhood itself is a walkable community consisting of moderately priced homes and apartments with beautiful greenery and many sidewalks.

The Edgewood neighborhood began back in the early 1900s, but today, Fords, Chevys, and Toyotas have replaced the old streetcars that once ran through this beautiful neighborhood. This neighborhood desperately tries to hold on to its history as best it can by restoring the homes here instead of having them torn down and rebuilt. The residents here strive for preservation through zoning amendments within the neighborhood itself.

The residents are highly active in their neighborhood and want to see it restored to its once beautiful state. Some of the newer homes being built within this neighborhood look like monsters compared to beautiful historical homes. Watching these homes being restored to their former state is pure pleasure for anyone who lives in the area and simply amazing to view in the finished state.

They were true treasures of their time. However, once the homes are restored and renovated they do tend to be quite costly, but they also helps to bring in a better class of neighbors as well. The neighborhood is still lush with beautiful trees decades old. Some of the finer attractions are Caswell Park and Edgewood Park. The traffic in the area is fairly light and Knoxville's finest are always around to be sure the speed limits are kept to protect children and walkers.

The Downtown neighborhood of Knoxville has seen considerable growth in recent years as well as an increase in the restoration of its historical buildings. Many amenities have arrived in Knoxville, which has caused this neighborhood to become much more livable and as as a result changed the desirability of the homes within downtown Knoxville.

This neighborhood has now became a wealth of condominiums, loft apartments, and stunning penthouses thanks to the massive renovations that have taken place in recent years to save the historical building here. Some of the most treasured architectural gems can be found in the Downtown neighborhood, which is situated in the heart of the thriving theater district.

Not too long ago the Downtown neighborhood was somewhat of a ghost town after the end of regular business hours, but not anymore. It has once again began thrive and come alive with life after hours and at night. This is due to the myriad of developments within the area, which has become impossible to keep track of due the amount current happenings.

In the center of it all is Market Square, where on any given weekend morning you are sure to forget you are in the midst of small Southern city. Market Square has turned into a fabulous little village of its own, where individuals can go to enjoy an outdoor patio that line the square and watch others as they splash through the sidewalk fountains, watch lovers walk arm in arm strolling through the park, and listen to side walk musicians play their hearts out for a few quarters.

The College Hill neighborhood is s paradise for students at the University of Tennessee. In fact, the apartments located within the neighborhood of College Hill just happen to be some the best within the Knoxville area and are always in high demand no matter what semester the University of Tennessee might be in.

The majority of the homes within this neighborhood are historic homes that date back over a hundred years, which only add to the characteristic of this budding community. These homes have been getting new face lifts and the renovations are restoring the architectural designs to reestablish them as they once stood over a hundred years ago. In addition to these historical homes, the College Hill neighborhood also offers some newly build apartments, which are always in high demand.

College Hill is a great neighborhood for college students since it is a walkable neighborhood that offers easy access to all the necessities any college student might need and is nearby the University of Tennessee campus. Within walking distance is some of the best night life, restaurants, grocery stores, convenient stores, tanning salons, shops, parks, recreation, and so much more.

For the individual just leaving home to start out in life, College Hill is the perfect neighborhood to begin their life on their own. This area is a highly marketable area, which means housing is not cheap, but it well worth the price and the security in which it offers. With college life being close by, it does tend to be quite noisy and over crowded during Tennessee Football Season, but college life is like that at times. This neighborhood seems to have been designed with college students in mind as it offers easy walking and bicycle access to anywhere on the University of Tennessee campus.

The Burlington neighborhood use to be the most popular place to live in Knoxville and consists of some historical homes built from 1939 and earlier as well as many well established older homes that were built form 1940 to 1969. However, this neighborhood has really gone down hill in recent years and as a result so many of these older homes that still hold some architectural characteristics, but really need some renovating.

The biggest problems that has contributed to the demise of the fabulous neighborhood is the increasing high crime rate, prostitution, and drug trafficking. As you drive through the streets of this neighborhood it is not unusual to see Knoxville's finest blue and white out in full force. Magnolia Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard are the two main streets within this neighborhood and it is here that the most action occurs.

Many individuals who live in the surrounding area do not even feel comfortable driving through this area and will avoid it at all cost. Oftentimes, individuals are taunted as they drive through by residents here with foul language and other obscene gestures, which is sad because there are a few great places here to visit close by such as the Knoxville Zoological Gardens.

The streets here have to be carefully driven due to the unattended children and adults who use them as walkways for socializing and distribution centers for their illegal substances. It is not unusual to find unattended cars parked in the street either, which can be a hazard. This neighborhood is not meant for anyone with children or families, but is much better suited for single males.

The Burlington neighborhood is located near Interstate 40 and downtown Knoxville. There are some shady clubs within the area, but that is about it as far as the neighborhood itself. The majority of restaurants and shops close up with bars on their windows and doors due to crime rate, which is sad since this area use to be such a thriving and beautiful area.

The Belle Morris neighborhood is a hit or miss neighborhood, but overall it is not a bad area and happens to be an up and coming neighborhood with LOTS of potential. It is located in the center of North Knoxville between North Broadway and Whittle Springs Road, where in the last couple of years there has seemed to be an increase in population.

The Belle Morris area is currently being restored with several renovations to help this neighborhood become a popular place for new couples looking to get a start in life. As a result, these couples who seem to be teachers, grad students, musicians, and an all round variety of professionals are restoring these old homes to their original beauty.

The cost of living in this area is very affordable, which helps draw new couples as well. It is a highly family oriented neighborhood and Belle Morris Elementary School is fantastic school and the teachers really care about the children and making sure they learn and understand what they are learning as well. There are several parks within the Belle Morris neighborhood and it is is close to the Knoxville Zoo as well.

Morning and afternoon traffic can be hectic at times, but nothing that gets out of hand and that is too hard to deal with. However, the streets do seem to be quiet at all other times. It located in close proximity and conveniently to Interstate 40.

In recent years, Belle Morris was considered to be a neighborhood where you did not want to live, but things in this area have changed. There was a long trend where the housing in this area were purchased quite cheaply. As a result, individuals purchased them, restored them, and resold them for a profit, which flipped the neighborhood into a much better neighborhood with its beautiful background still there shinny beautifully.

The Beaumont neighborhood is a beautiful area in Knoxville where years married couples have chosen to bring up their children and have welcomed their grandchildren into their homes. The homes within the Beaumont neighborhood date back as far as a century old and are characterized with luscious history of the Knoxville area.

Some of the homes within the Beaumont neighborhood have been let go, which is a shame to see these fabulous architectural masterpieces being destroyed due to lack of love. Over the past several years, the Beaumont neighborhood has seen quite a bit of renovation, but still there are homes here that still need to be renovated. These homes are perfect for young couples looking for a new home to fix up and pour their love into.

The homes are a collection of stylish Victorian homes, which are perfect for renting and owning. Many of the Victorian homes here have been restored to their natural beauty. Some of these homes are owned by families, but many college students are now making it a popular area for themselves. The Beaumont neighborhood is close the University of Tennessee campus and downtown Knoxville. The Beaumont neighborhood is filled with some of the most beautiful trees that have been saved throughout the years.

The Vestal neighborhood is adjacent to the South Knoxville community and together they share many similar qualities. This neighborhood is overly abundant with greenery and narrow winding streets that oftentimes shroud with charter homes, which give this neighborhood an air of remoteness and exclusivity.

For years the Vestal neighborhood has been misrepresented, but now is it slowly beginning to be challenged as more and more newcomers have began to move into the area and with it they have brought new awareness into the neighborhood. It is a small town within a huge town that is well known for its high community spirit that often brings its neighbors together for many community events.

The biggest event in this neighborhood is the Arts and Heritage festival that celebrates the community and re-introduces the transforming neighborhood to other South Knox communities. Vestal is proud of their distinct identity from other neighborhoods in the Knoxville area. Regardless of the residents social backgrounds, they still have a strong bond.

There is a friendly atmosphere with an unique hometown feeling that has become the main attraction for the Vestal neighborhood for many newcomers who are searching for a welcoming community. The strategic location of this south Knoxville neighborhood cannot be overstated either and Vestal has an distinct advantage of open space and lots of nature areas.

Proximity to the riverfront, the greenway systems, and pristine wilderness grants residents of this area lots of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. Vestal is efficiently connected to the city center via highways and bridges, which can access all the amenities and creature comforts available downtown at their convenience.

This neighborhood is part of the Knoxville's urban renewal play, which is to bring new residential developments, retail spaces, and office spaces to the area, not to mention revitalize the riverfront. With the promising future that the Vestal neighborhood has close at hand, this area has become a hot market.

The Oakwood neighborhood is just minutes from downtown Knoxville and has a casual front porch aura that many neighborhoods in the south still hold dear to their hearts. The majority of the homes here were built between the 1920s and the 1950s. From block to block the ethnicity and politics between neighbors in this neighborhood can vary, which gives Oakwood a nice diversity that other neighborhoods lack.

In 1903, Oakwood began as a residential development. Many of the early residents in this neighborhood were employed by the Southern Railroad. By 1913, Oakwood had grown one block east and several blocks southward toward Woodland Avenue, which was the northern boundary of the City of Knoxville. At this time, the citizens petitioned the Tennessee Legislature for a municipal charter.

The first, and only, election was held in December. It had its own school system and built the first part of the Oakwood School building in 1914. Oakwood was annexed into the City of Knoxville in 1917, along with several other small cities on the fringe of Knoxville. In the 1930’s, Oakwood was expanded eastward to Broadway.

The willingness of neighborhood residents to become involved in the activities within this area have helped keep their community beautiful and helped kept its solidarity.

There are not too many neighborhoods in the Knoxville area where neighbors do not know one another. In the South, this is an area where porches are much larger than any other area of the country and people have the reputation for being simply friendlier than anywhere else. However, North Knoxville is a neighborhood where neighbors find they do not know the names of those living next door to them.

This is not a thing that people here complain about, it is just simply that this is an area that is constantly changing as are the neighbors. Its siblings, Old North Knoxville and Fourth & Gill are characterized by their historic homes, pedestrian-friendly nature, and their close-knit community.

North Knoxville began to be developed back in the 1880s and continued up through the 1940s as one of few streetcar suburbs of Knoxville. In the early days, many neighborhood residents rode streetcars to their favorite shop or walked instead of driving cars. Due to that fact, in this area the sidewalks here are much wider than in other neighborhoods, but there are fewer driveways and garages.

North Knoxville was hit by the Depression hard and as a result, many homeowners had to take on boarders in order to survive. Other homeowners divided their larger homes into apartments. Soon, the neighborhood began to see a decline and since then has continued to do so. The addition and the importance of the automobile in the lives of so many has not helped either, especially when suburban living became popular after World War II.

You will not find a lot going on here on the surface and there still is not much in the of big box stores or crowd-gathering attractions, unless you travel further north on Broadway towards Fountain City. However, there is parking space, and plenty of institutions such as Three Rivers Market Food Co-op and the century old Greenlee Bike Shop.

While driving around Knoxville individuals will discover some beautiful neighborhoods and Forest Heights is one those. This little private nook is located in the Bearden area just west of Sequoyah Hill in West Knoxville. Longtime Knoxvillians call Forest Heights their home and there is a very low turnover in real estate in this neighborhood for these university professors and professionals.

Forest Heights instant access to Sutherland Avenue on the south, Hollywood Road to the east, Weisgarber Road to the west, Kingston Pike towards the south, and is surrounded by the concurrent Interstates 40 and 75 to the north. It is the home to a large array of ethnic shops, groceries, and businesses as well as restaurants.

Forest Heights was constructed initially in the middle of the 1920s. However, most of the construction was done after World War II. It was annexed by the city of Knoxville in 1960 when Interstates 40 and 75 bisected the community, which was much to the protestation of the neighborhood residents.

This hilly, but heavily wooded neighborhood called Forest Heights has been a stable, attractive, and desirable residential area for over seventy years. The present day neighborhood is made up of four separate subdivisions known as Forest Hills, Forest Heights, Highland Hills, and Highland Hills Addition.

The residents of this neighborhood are a diverse group of individuals who discovered it for the natural beauty and the friendliness of neighbors as an enticement to move here, raise their families, and to remain in hopes of welcoming future generations.

Forest Heights has had to adjust to the changing conditions as Knoxville grows, especially towards the west and around the Interstates of 40 and 75 until they were completed. Forest Heights Drive still bears the majority of the sometimes heavy traffic to and from the Interstate overpass.

The houses in Forest Heights range from lovely cottage to Tudor and many are accented with stone. The entire neighborhood is walkable, which is not too common in many Knoxville neighborhoods. The post office, grocery store, Panera Bread, and several other businesses are all within walking distance.

If you are the type of individual who enjoys charming and quaint bungalow style homes, then you will adore the Island Home area. Island Home has to be one of the hidden gems that Knoxville keeps secret.
Island Home neighborhood is located south across the Gay Street Bridge and down Sevier Avenue Island Home, which is an easy drive to both downtown and the University of Tennessee Campus. It is also easily accessible by Interstate 40 and the South Knoxville Connector Interchange.

The Island Home neighborhood was named for the model farm and second home of Perez Dickinson, who was a Massachusetts born merchant, banker, and educator prominent in the Knoxville and Knox County area, who owned the land from 1875 to 1899. Mr. Dickinson, who maintained a large, elegant home in downtown Knoxville as his primary residence, used his "Island Home" as a summer cottage, a guest residence, and an agricultural and horticultural center.

The citizens of Knoxville became interested in Island Home after the Gay Street Bridge was constructed in 1898. Before the bridge was complete, a trolley company had been granted an easement to install tracks across the Gay Street Bridge. Prior to installation of the trolley, South Knoxville had always been fairly isolated from the developing city on the north side of the Tennessee River.

It began its life as a simply streetcar suburb when it was founded in 1899. The median what now divides Island Home Boulevard was once where the streetcar tracks ran through the very neighborhood. The median is now a grassy strip with intermittent mature landscaping and trees. However, rounded curb cuts that allowed the streetcars to cross intersecting streets are still visible in the roadway.

Currently, the Island Home neighborhood consists of eight-one historical homes and thirty-seven historical out buildings. It seems that almost everything within this neighborhood has a colorful history. There is low turnover within this neighborhood as well, which is why choice homes will often sell simply by word of mouth even before they have a chance to be listed on the market.

The architectural styles in the neighborhood reflects styles prevalent in the early 1900s such as Craftsman, Bungalow, Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival, and Minimal Traditional. The dominance of the Bungalow styling contributes greatly to the significance of Island Home Park Historic District. Also, the use of cobblestone contributes to their significant character detailing in foundations, balustrades, porch posts, and columns.

Island Home is best known by nature lovers due to the wonderful parks as well as Island Home Park and Ijams Nature Center. Ijams Nature Center is an hundred sixty acre wildlife sanctuary within the Island Home Park Neighborhood complete with walking trails. Ijams has regular events such as Owl Prowls, Concerts, and Bat Nights. Island Home Park is a three acre city park which features picnic tables, tennis courts, playground, water access for launching canoes, and access to the Will Skelton Greenway.