Editing Farragut, Tennessee (section)

==History==
The area was originally known as Campbell's Station after a fort and stage coach station erected by Captain David Campbell (1753&ndash;1832) in 1787. The brick Campbell's Station Inn was built in 1810 and still stands on [[Kingston Pike]] within sight of the Farragut Town Hall. The [[American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Battle of Campbell's Station]] was fought there on November 16, 1863.

The historic unincorporated village of [[Concord, Knox County, Tennessee|Concord]] (listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]) was founded in 1854 just east of what would become the eastern boundary of Farragut. Concord is located on the main rail line to [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] and main channel of the [[Tennessee River]], and was an important [[transloading]] center for the [[Tennessee marble]] industry in the late 19th century. Picturesque buildings, [[antebellum architecture|antebellum]] homes as well as several very old churches sit along the river.

The original [[Farragut High School]] was built by the community in 1904, and moved to its current location in 1976. Some parts of Farragut are zoned for [[Hardin Valley Academy]] in the neighboring suburb of [[Hardin Valley, Tennessee|Hardin Valley]], built in 2008.

In early December 1979, the Knoxville City Council would vote to [[Municipal annexation in the United States|annex]] [[Right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]] acreage of I-40 in the Farragut area, prompting community residents to petition an [[municipal corporation|incorporation]] election.<ref name="ahillen"/> On January 16, 1980, Farragut would vote to incorporate as a town preventing further annexation by Knoxville, which was trying to shore up its tax base by annexing [[affluent]] communities along Kingston Pike.<ref name="ahillen">{{cite news |last1=Ahillen |first1=Steve |title=Farragut, Knoxville finally bury the ax on annexation |url=https://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/farragut-knoxville-finally-bury-the-ax-on-annexation-ep-360005067-356614751.html/ |access-date=March 13, 2021 |work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |date=September 30, 2012}}</ref> The effort was led by a group of citizens who called themselves the Farragut Community Group.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Heather.|first=Mays|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/867175193|title=Full speed ahead : the story behind the founding of the town of Farragut, Tennessee|date=2013|publisher=Farragut Community Group|isbn=978-0-9911905-0-8|oclc=867175193}}</ref> The first [[mayor]], Bob Leonard, was elected April 1, 1980, along with four aldermen. Alderman Eddy Ford became mayor in 1993<ref>"Farragut's Ford Named Mayor of the Year," ''[http://www.tml1.org/pdf/up/2007_-_July_2.pdf Tennessee Town & City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128153324/http://www.tml1.org/pdf/up/2007_-_July_2.pdf |date=January 28, 2016 }}'', July 2, 2007</ref> and served in that position until April 2009, when he failed to win re-election, losing to Dr. Ralph McGill, another of the original founders of the town government.<ref>[http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/apr/08/mcgill-ousts-ford-in-farragut/ Ralph McGill ousts Eddy Ford as mayor in Farragut; Newcomer bests longtime mayor by 2-to-1 margin], ''[[Knoxville News Sentinel]]'', April 8, 2009</ref>