| Thorn Grove, Tennessee | |
| Official Name: | Thorn Grove |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Tennessee#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Thorn Grove |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tennessee and the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tennessee |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Knox |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1001 |
| Elevation M: | 305 |
| Coordinates: | 36.004°N -83.695°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 37871 |
| Area Code: | 865 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 47093 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1304089[1] |
Thorn Grove is an unincorporated community in eastern Knox County, Tennessee, United States. It is located east of Knoxville and north of Midway. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Thorn Grove is located adjacent to the Interstate 40 interchange at Midway Road, with I-40 connecting the community to Downtown Knoxville, and Midway Road connecting the community to Midway.
The interchange, along with tracts of land on Thorn Grove Pike and Midway Road were annexed by the City of Knoxville.[2]
Throughout its existence, Thorn Grove has been predominantly rural, residents of the community have cited to keep preserve bucolic lifestyle despite the construction of I-40 in the mid-20th century.[3]
Since its earliest proposals in the 2000s, Thorn Grove is the location of the long-argued Midway Business Park, a 345acres commercial development project.[4]
The project, blocked by a 2008 lawsuit, was eventually approved for construction in 2015 by the Knox County Commission.[5] In late 2018, the business park broke ground, with a estimated completion date of its first phase in mid-2020.[6]
The first phase of the Midway Business Park is expected to have the potential to create an estimated 1,800 to 2,000 jobs in the region.[6]