Comments on: Where the Hell is West Knoxville?!

By: Doug McCaughan

Doug McCaughan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:04:30 +0000

There’s a Welcome to Knoxville sign just west of my West Knoxville house in Rocky Hill but I’m in the county. Does that make me me just east of West Knoxville?

It takes me 10-15 minutes to drive from that Welcome to Knoxville sign to get to the Alcoa Highway West Knoxville. It’s all very screwy. I think there is difference between “West of Knoxville” and “West Knoxville”

My point was that the description “West Knoxville” in a news story about a robbery is wasted words. They might as well just call it “A Knoxville Robbery” and save a little ink.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:12:37 +0000

I wish I could remember what my historical archaeology professor told me about the original boundaries of the city of Knoxville. Its something like the river, 3rd creek, another creek and maybe some certain railroad lines. I’m not sure but it was a pretty small area compared to today. So that is why I think Alcoa highway or the edge of campus is appropriate as “West,” even if it has spread for miles and miles. Wherever the western most “Welcome to Knoxville” sign is where it ends, lol.

By: Doug McCaughan

Doug McCaughan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:41:44 +0000

You know when I first looked at a map of Knoxville, I thought it looked like someone was building an Interstate from Nashville to Asheville and when they got to Knoxville declared, “Oh look! There’s a city here!”

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:05:40 +0000

They don’t know where East Knoxville is either.

Teh media es stoopid.

By: paula

paula — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:24:41 +0000

I thought when you bought a house out west a bag of money came with it..imagine my disappointment