Charles McClung (May 13, 1761 – August 9, 1835) was an American pioneer, politician, and surveyor best known for drawing up the original plat of Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1791.

While Knoxville has since expanded to many times its original size, the city's downtown area still roughly follows McClung's 1791 grid.

McClung also helped draft Tennessee's constitution in 1796, surveyed and planned what is now Kingston Pike in 1792, and served as Knox County's first court clerk.

[2] McClung later claimed that due to his mechanical aptitude, his father gave him an unfair amount of work on the family farm.

James White set aside land adjacent to the fort for a new town, named "Knoxville" after Secretary of War Henry Knox.

White employed McClung, who had acquired rudimentary knowledge of surveying while in Philadelphia, to draw up lots for the new town, which were sold at auction on October 3, 1791.

[2] For over a century after his death, McClung's descendants continued to play prominent roles in the cultural and economic affairs of Knoxville.