CORRYTON, TENNESSEE

'Corryton', Tennessee is a small unincorporated community of about 700 people in northeast Knox County, Tennessee, about 15 miles north of Knoxville. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Corryton is situated near two mountains, House Mountain (the highest point in Knox County) and Clinch Mountain and includes a grade school, a public library, community center, and several churches including Corryton Church (formerly Corryton Baptist) and Rutherford Memorial United Methodist.
Gibbs High School in Corryton has several famous alumni, including country musicians Kenny Chesney, Phil Leadbetter, and Ashley Monroe.
On April 25, 1983, Thomas Knauff set an FAI world record flying a glider on an out-and-return course of 1646.68 km (1023 miles), releasing from tow over Williamsport Regional Airport in Pennsylvania, flying south along the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians to take a turn-point photograph of the Little Flat Creek Church in Corryton, then returning for a landing after a 10 hour flight. The photographs ended up in an edition of National Geographic Magazine. This world record stood for almost 20 years, and was only recently broken in Argentina, but still stands as a U.S. national record.[1]