Zone 100 is located in Northwest Knox County, between Clinton Highway and I-75. Ā This Zone includes the Powell and Heiskell Communities
In 1931 to tap the market newly created by the evolution of transportation and mobility of Americans, brothers Henry and Elmer Nickle of Powell, Tennessee, opened a gasoline filling station in the unusual shape of an airplane. The airplane is one of Tennessee’s finest examples of mimetic design, a novelty type architecture, which takes the form of buildings that resemble the product sold there or some other novel design to attract drive-by customers. The Airplane Filling Station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
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The Powell Communityāsname is derived from the Powell Station train stop, which was in turn named for Columbus Powell, a prominent local resident.The train station remains in the communityās”downtown” area. The railroad was essential to economy of early 20th century Powell as bricks were made with the mud from Beaver Creek and were transported to various locations via the railroad. It is now part of Norfolk Southern Railroad.
Powell is home to Weigelās Farm, established in 1931. The Weigelās brothers established their first store in 1958 as a way for patronās to exchange their returnable milk jugs.
On July 20, 1985 the burned body of Betty Joyce Brown,aka Simmons, was found in the woods at 3805 Maloney Road in South Knox County. The 29 year old Austin-East graduate had been stabbed before being burned. Ms. Brown was last seen on July 14, 1985 between midnight and 1:00am in front of the Bread Box at Magnolia Ave and Spruce Street. It is believed that Ms. Brown was offered and accepted a ride from an unknown subject. Ms. Brown’s last know address was 2737 Tarleton Ave. Initial investigation indicated that when Ms. Brown’s body was found, she had been dead approximately 1 week. Family members described Ms. Brown as being a “very sweet and loving mother.”
If you have any information please call the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit at (865)-215-3520/3590 or e-mailĀ coldcase@knoxsheriff.org.