the westernmost junction of 11W and 25E in Bean Station. In 1995, US-11W and US-25E were relocated and widened into a four-lane controlled-access highway, bypassing Bean Station's central business district and prompting several businesses to relocate onto the new bypass. In the mid-1990s, rumors regarding portions of southern Bean Station being possibly annexed into neighboring Morristown spread throughout the community, leading residents to petition an incorporation election in 1994. In 1996, community members voted by referendum to incorporate Bean Station into a city with a population of 2,171 residents. On May 23, 2013, Down Home Pharmacy, a pharmacy located in downtown Bean Station, would be the site of an armed hostage and robbery. The act would be committed by an ex-police officer for the town, who would kill two in an execution-style shooting, and injure two others after robbing the pharmacy for opioids. The following day, a vigil at the Bean Station town hall would be held for the four victims with an estimated attendance of 300 individuals. Geography Bean Station is located in rural easternmost Grainger County, 45 miles northeast of Knoxville, where it borders the unincorporated community of Mooresburg at the line between Grainger and Hawkins counties. The town is situated in the Richland Valley (also known as Mooresburg Valley) with Clinch Mountain to the north and Cherokee Lake to the south. In the western of portion of Bean Station adjacent to Kingswood Home for Children on the Tate Springs resort site, two major highways merge, with U.S. Route 25E entering from the northwest, and U.S. Route 11W entering from the southwest. From this point, US-25E leads over Clinch Mountain to Tazewell in Claiborne County, while US-11W runs west through the Richland Valley to Rutledge, the seat of Grainger County. The highways split again just south of Bean Station's central business district, with 11W bypassing the business district and continuing northeastward to Rogersville, and 25E continuing southward across Cherokee Lake into Hamblen County, to Morristown. Tennessee State Route 375 (also known as Lakeshore Drive) also intersects US-25E south of the business district, which traverses into several of Bean Station’s affluent outskirt lakefront neighborhoods and subdivisions. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bean Station has an area of , of which , or 0.01%, are water. The town limits include Wyatt Village, located next to an arm of Cherokee Lake along US-25E south of downtown, and portions of Tate