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HISTORY CLOSEST FREEWAYS: I-75, I-40, I-81, & US 441 APPROXIMATE POPULATION: 4188 Leaving their homes in the Carolinas during the late 1700s, pioneers followed old Indian trails through the Smoky Mountains along Pigeon River. Progress came to the area when Isaac Love established his iron forge here in 1820 and his son, who had inherited his dad's entrepreneurial spirit, built a tub mill in 1830. Now a National Historic Site, the Old Mill is still operating. How did Pigeon Forge get its name? Besides the fact that it was a nice quite farming community, the town was known for two things: Isaac Love's forge and all of the passenger pigeons that fed on the nuts of beech trees along the banks of the river. ADD YOUR EXPERIENCES Copyright© 1998-2012 Wynmor Inc. with all rights reserved. American Journeys Terms & Conditions of Use