Editing White Pine, Tennessee

{{short description|Town in Jefferson and Hamblen counties in Tennessee, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = White Pine
| official_name            = 
| settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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| image_skyline            = White Pine Tennessee 25E.jpg
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = S. State St./[[U.S. Route 25E|US 25E]], facing north
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = Town of White Pine, TN Seal.webp

<!-- Other information -->
| nickname                 = 
| named_for                = [[Eastern White Pine]] tree once prominently located in town's center<ref name="official"/>
| motto                    = "Deeply Rooted in Heritage & Proudly Growing Toward the Future"<ref name="townwelcome">{{cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://whitepinetn.gov/ |website=Town of White Pine |access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref>

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| image_map                = File:Jefferson County Tennessee Incorporated and Unincorporated areas White Pine Highlighted 4780360.svg
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location of White Pine in Jefferson and Hamblen counties in Tennessee
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| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Tennessee|Counties]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Tennessee]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Jefferson County, Tennessee|Jefferson]], [[Hamblen County, Tennessee|Hamblen]]

<!-- Government -->
| established_title        = Settled
| established_date         = 1780s<ref name=official />
| established_title2       = Founded
| established_date2        = 1870<ref name=official />
| established_title3       = Incorporated
| established_date3        = 1915<ref>''[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/48-data.pdf Tennessee Blue Book]'', 2005-2006, pp. 618-625.</ref>
| government_footnotes     = <ref name="mtas">{{cite web |title=White Pine |url=http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/city/white-pine |website=Municipal Technical Advisory Service |access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref>
| government_type          = [[Council-mayor government|Mayor-aldermanic]]
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Glen Warren
| leader_title1            = Aldermen
| leader_name1             = {{Collapsible list
|title = List of Aldermen
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|1 = Josh Sinard
|2 = Tyler Marshall
|3 = Lisa Arwood
|4 = Whitney Woods
|5 = Pam Walker
}}

<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
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| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 7.44
| area_total_sq_mi         = 2.87
| area_land_km2            = 7.44
| area_land_sq_mi          = 2.87
| area_water_km2           = 0.00
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00

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| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name="GNIS"/>
| elevation_ft             = 1148
| elevation_m              = 350
| population_total         = 2471
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
| population_density_km2   = 332.16
| population_density_sq_mi = 860.38

<!-- General information -->
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 37890
| area_code                = [[Area code 865|865]]
| website                  = {{URL|https://whitepinetn.gov/}}
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| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = -5
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| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 47-80360<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2406879<ref name="GNIS"/><ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
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'''White Pine''' is a [[town]] in [[Jefferson County, Tennessee|Jefferson]] and [[Hamblen County, Tennessee|Hamblen]] counties in [[Tennessee]], United States.<ref name="GNIS">{{cite web |url= {{GNIS3|2406879}} |title= Town of White Pine |work= [[Geographic Names Information System]] |publisher= [[United States Geological Survey]] |access-date= September 12, 2020}}</ref> It is part of the [[Morristown metropolitan area]]. The population was 2,471 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4780360| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): White Pine town, Tennessee| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=January 26, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213094118/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4780360| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
Before the settlement of the area by [[European colonization of the Americas|European settlers]], the White Pine area was inhabited by an early group of [[Woodland Indians]]. The area was used by the group as a site for several large burial grounds and a trail used later by settlers of the community.<ref name="thenandnow"/>
 
European settlers first arrived in present-day White Pine during the final years of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The community was originally known as "Dandridge Crossing", based on its proximity to the Jefferson County seat, [[Dandridge, Tennessee|Dandridge]].<ref name="thenandnow">{{cite web |title=White Pine, TN: Then and Now |url=https://whitepinetn.gov/historical-look-white-pine-tn/ |website=Town of White Pine |access-date=August 29, 2020 |date=January 14, 2020 }}</ref> After the [[American Civil War]], a [[Rail transport|railroad]] route was constructed in the area, crossing a prominent stagecoach path.<ref name="thenandnow"/> The town was later founded in 1870 due to the growth of the area.<ref name="thenandnow"/> The town was renamed to White Pine in 1873, after a large pine tree that once stood along Main Street.<ref name=official>David Noonkesser, "[http://www.whitepinetn.com/history.asp White Pine History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606003951/http://www.whitepinetn.com/history.asp |date=2012-06-06 }}," Town of White Pine website. Retrieved: March 1, 2013.</ref> Twenty years later, White Pine was officially incorporated.<ref name="thenandnow"/>

In 1905, a major portion of the town's downtown district was lost in a major fire, leading to the later dissolution of the town,<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.whitepinetn.com/history/ |website=Town of White Pine}}</ref><ref name="thenandnow"/> In 1915, White Pine incorporated once again into a town after the completion of rebuilding efforts in the [[central business district]].<ref name="thenandnow"/> During the 19th and early 20th century, several businesses were established in the downtown area, including a medical clinic, a pharmacy, a hardware store, and a grocery store.<ref name="thenandnow"/>

In 1926, White Pine High School was built in the town. It remained operational until 1976.<ref name="thenandnow"/>

In 1963, construction began on [[Interstate 81 in Tennessee|Interstate 81]] in White Pine. The later completion of I-81 prompted the relocation of businesses from White Pine's central business district to along the exits of I-81.<ref name="thenandnow"/>

==Geography==
White Pine is located in northeastern Jefferson County. The town limits extend north to the [[Hamblen County, Tennessee|Hamblen County]] line, crossing into Hamblen County at [[Interstate 81]] exit 8.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|6.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

It is about {{convert|40|mi|km}} east of [[Knoxville]].<ref>Botelho, Greg and Victor Blackwell. "[https://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/07/us/tennessee-girl-killed-puppy/index.html Boy accused of fatally shooting girl after she wouldn't let him play with puppy]." ''[[CNN]]''. October 7, 2015. Retrieved on October 9, 2015.</ref>
The Southern and Southeastern border of White Pine runs along the Douglas Lake.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 421
|1930= 516
|1940= 497
|1950= 780
|1960= 1035
|1970= 1532
|1980= 1900
|1990= 1771
|2000= 1997
|2010= 2196
|2020= 2471
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 2584
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-47.xlsx |date=May 16, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+White Pine racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4780360&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 27, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,998
| 80.86%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 31
| 1.25%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 4
| 0.16%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 21
| 0.85%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 8
| 0.32%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 97
| 3.93%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 312
| 12.63%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,471 people, 852 households, and 509 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,997 people, 828 households, and 579 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|786.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 886 housing units at an average density of {{convert|349.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 95.74% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.90% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.20% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.20% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.20% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.75% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.50% of the population.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $25,078, and the median income for a family was $31,464. Males had a median income of $26,944 versus $22,989 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $12,605. About 14.7% of families and 19.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.4% of those under age 18 and 20.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
[[Old Dominion Freight Line]] operates a regional [[logistics center]] in White Pine near exit 4 on [[Interstate 81 in Tennessee|I-81]].<ref name="business">{{cite web |title=Business |url=https://whitepinetn.gov/business/ |website=Town of White Pine |access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref>

White Pine is also home to the [[Walters State Community College]] Great Smokies Mountain Expo Center. The Expo Center includes a 98,000 square-foot pavilion with a 300' x 150' show ring, seating for 3,900. Opened in 1996, the Expo Center hosts over 60 events each year, including horse and livestock shows, BMX racing, boat and RV shows, concerts, high school and college graduation ceremonies and rodeos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ws.edu/expo/|title=About &ndash; Expo Center &ndash; Walters State Community College}}</ref>

==Arts and culture==
From 2019 to 2022, the town hosted the annual Lakeside of the Smokies Balloonfest, a [[hot air balloon]] [[Hot air balloon festival|festival]] dedicated to promoting the sport of [[hot air ballooning]] and the area's significant agriculture and heritage.<ref name="balloon">{{cite web |title=About the Festival |url=https://lotsballoonfest.com/about-the-festival/ |website=Lakeside of the Smokies Balloonfest |date=February 27, 2020 |access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> It is considered to be the largest hot air balloon festival in Tennessee.<ref name="balloonfest">{{cite news |title=Smokey Bear Balloon coming to White Pine balloon fest |url=https://www.citizentribune.com/news/local/smokey-bear-balloon-coming-to-white-pine-balloon-fest/article_422bc9e6-e91c-11e9-8767-a7d8aa94261d.html |access-date=August 5, 2020 |work=Citizen Tribune |date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> Beginning in 2023 it moved to Dandridge.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lotsballoonfest.com/schedule-of-events/ | title=Schedule + Map - Lakeside of the Smokies Balloonfest | date=February 27, 2020 }}</ref>

==Education==
===Public school===
White Pine School (K-8) in White Pine is operated by the Jefferson County Schools District. White Pine high school students attend Jefferson County High School in neighboring [[Dandridge, Tennessee|Dandridge]] along with other students in the [[Jefferson County Public Schools (Tennessee)|Jefferson County Schools District]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jefferson County School District |url=https://www.jc-tn.net/ |website=jc-tn.net |access-date=June 25, 2020}}</ref>

===Private school===
White Pine is also the location of Lakeway Christian Academy, a [[Private school|private]] [[Christian school|Christian academy]] for students in grades 6–12. It opened in the summer of 2020.<ref name="lakeway">{{cite news |last1=Inman |first1=Katie |title='It's been quite a challenge." Lakeway Christian Academy starts first school year during pandemic |url=https://www.wbir.com/article/news/education/its-been-quite-a-challenge-lakeway-christian-academy-starts-first-school-year-during-pandemic/51-1ab231e2-d77f-4322-beaf-0af205013149 |access-date=August 4, 2020 |work=[[WBIR-TV]] |date=July 26, 2020}}</ref>

==Transportation==
White Pine has two exits on [[Interstate 81 in Tennessee|Interstate 81]] (Exits 4 and 8). I-81 leads northeast {{convert|73|mi}} to [[Bristol, Tennessee|Bristol]] and southwest {{convert|6|mi|0}} to its southern terminus at [[Interstate 40]]. Via I-81 and I-40, [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]] is {{convert|41|mi}} southwest of White Pine.<ref name="thenandnow"/>

[[Tennessee State Route 113]] is White Pine's Main Street, runs northeast to US 25E and southwest {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Dandridge, Tennessee|Dandridge]]. [[Tennessee State Route 341]] (also known as White Pine Road, Roy Messer Highway and Old Airport Road) runs west to east through the western and southern parts of the town, connecting I-81 at Exit 4 with US 25E.

[[U.S. Route 25E]]/[[Tennessee State Route 32]] runs south to north through the town and is known as State Street. US 25E leads north {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Morristown, Tennessee|Morristown]] and south {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Newport, Tennessee|Newport]]. [[Tennessee State Route 66]] runs through a small portion of the western part of the town.

==Media==
*''Jefferson County Post'' &ndash; County paper published online daily
*''The Standard Banner''&ndash; County paper published bi-weekly

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|White Pine, Tennessee}}
*{{Official website|https://whitepinetn.gov/}}

{{Hamblen County, Tennessee}}
{{Jefferson County, Tennessee}}
{{Morristown Metro}}

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[[Category:Towns in Hamblen County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Towns in Jefferson County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Towns in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Morristown metropolitan area, Tennessee]]