Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA. Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County and is Tennessee's fifth largest city. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 166,722.[8] Clarksville is the central city of the Clarksville metropolitan area, which is made up of Montgomery and Stewart counties in Tennessee, and Christian and Trigg counties in Kentucky.
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 Location of Clarksville in Montgomery County, Tennessee. | |
| Coordinates: 36°31′47″N 87°21′34″W / 36.52972°N 87.35944°WCoordinates: 36°31′47″N 87°21′34″W / 36.52972°N 87.35944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Montgomery |
| Founded: | 1784 [4] |
| Incorporated: | 1808 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| Area | |
| • City | 100.28 sq mi (259.72 km2) |
| • Land | 99.58 sq mi (257.91 km2) |
| • Water | 0.70 sq mi (1.81 km2) |
| Elevation | 476 ft (145 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 166,722 |
| • Rank | US: 159th |
| • Density | 1,677.3/sq mi (647.6/km2) |
| • Urban | 200,947 (US: 190th)[6] |
| • Urban density | 1,776.9/sq mi (686.1/km2) |
| • Metro | 320,535 (US: 164th) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 37040-37044 |
| FIPS code | 47-15160[9] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1269467[7] |
| Website | cityofclarksville.com |
The city has several nicknames: "The Queen City", "Gateway to the New South", and "Clarksvegas" (The name of a former bar in town).
Clarksville, Tennessee Media
The Transylvania Purchase, bought from the Cherokee tribe, stretches from Sycamore Shoals in Elizabethton, Tennessee, to the Wilderness Road into Kentucky.
Clarksville Museum and Cultural Center, built 1898
Mural painted on the only remaining wall of a building destroyed by the '99 tornado.
Montgomery County Courthouse
American Queen steamboat docked at Cumberland riverfront in Clarksville, 2016.
References
- ↑ Queen City Lodge #761 – Free & Accepted Masons, accessed October 11, 2008.
- ↑ Clarksville, Tennessee: Gateway to the New South Archived October 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Fort Campbell website, accessed October 11, 2008.
- ↑ "Clarksville unveils new "Brand" as "Tennessee's Top Spot!"". April 12, 2008.
- ↑ "The History of Clarksville-Montgomery County". Visit Clarksville.
- ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ↑ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarksville
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "QuickFacts: Clarksville city, Tennessee". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
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