Meek would resettle near the banks of the Holston River in present-day Strawberry Plains following conflicts with inhabiting Native Americans.

The conspirators failed in their efforts to burn the Strawberry Plains bridge, but succeeded in their attacks of some of their other targets.

[8] By the 1920s and 1930s, Strawberry Plains would emerge as an unincorporated town, with an established downtown area consisting several general stores, a gristmill, auto repair shops, several restaurants, gas stations, a bank, a train depot, and a post office.

Immediate access to Knoxville, Dandridge, and Mascot courtesy of U.S. Route 11E (Andrew Johnson Highway), and the Southern Railroad would influence this growth of the community.

[12] Strawberry Plains is located on the bank of the Holston River on the tri-county border of Jefferson, Knox, and Sevier counties.

In September 2007, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced plans to build an office facility and crime lab in Strawberry Plains at Interstate 40 exit 398, having an estimated cost of more than $10 million.

[18] Plans for a mixed-use town centre in the Carter area of Strawberry Plains have been proposed by the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission to provide a community hub space for eastern Knox County as the area's population grows.