Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of the U.S. state of Tennessee that composes roughly the middle portion of the state. [1] Middle Tennessee contains the state's capital and biggest city which is Nashville It also has Clarksville, the state's fifth-biggest city, and Murfreesboro, the state's sixth-biggest city and largest suburb of Nashville. The Nashville metropolitan area which is located entirely within the region, is the most populated metropolitan area in the state. The Clarksville metropolitan area is the state's sixth-most populous. Middle Tennessee is both the biggest, in terms of land area, and the most populated of the state's three Grand Divisions.
Images, from top down, left to right: Skyline of Nashville, the Tennessee State Capitol, the Ryman Auditorium, Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro, Vanderbilt University, Fall Creek Falls, Cedars of Lebanon State Park | |||||||||
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 The counties of Tennessee highlighted in red that are designated part of Middle Tennessee. | |||||||||
| Country |  United States | ||||||||
| State |  Tennessee | ||||||||
| Largest city | Nashville | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Land | 44,054.2 km2 (17,009.41 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population (2020) | 2,883,086 | ||||||||
| • Density | 65.44/km2 (169.50/sq mi) | ||||||||
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Counties
There are 41 counties in Middle Tennessee:
- Bedford
- Cannon
- Cheatham
- Clay
- Coffee
- Davidson
- DeKalb
- Dickson
- Fentress
- Franklin
- Giles
- Grundy
- Hickman
- Houston
- Humphreys
- Jackson
- Lawrence
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Macon
- Marshall
- Maury
- Montgomery
- Moore
- Overton
- Perry
- Pickett
- Putnam
- Robertson
- Rutherford
- Sequatchie
- Smith
- Stewart
- Sumner
- Trousdale
- Van Buren
- Warren
- Wayne
- White
- Williamson
- Wilson
| Rank | County | Pop. | |||||||
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1 | Nashville | Davidson | 689,447 |  Murfreesboro  Franklin | ||||
| 2 | Clarksville | Montgomery | 166,722 | ||||||
| 3 | Murfreesboro | Rutherford | 152,769 | ||||||
| 4 | Franklin | Williamson | 83,454 | ||||||
| 5 | Hendersonville | Sumner | 61,753 | ||||||
| 6 | Smyrna | Rutherford | 53,070 | ||||||
| 7 | Spring Hill | Maury | 50,005 | ||||||
| 8 | Brentwood | Williamson | 45,373 | ||||||
| 9 | Gallatin | Sumner | 44,431 | ||||||
| 10 | Columbia | Maury | 41,690 | ||||||
Middle Tennessee Media
Postcard with an illustration of the reconstruction of Fort Nashborough
The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864
Ryman Auditorium, known as the "Mother Church of Country Music"
Interior of the terminal of the Nashville International Airport
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References
- ↑ "Tennessee Blue Book 2015-2016" (PDF). sos.tn.gov. Nashville: Tennessee Secretary of State. 2015. p. 639. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ↑ "City and Town Population Totals: 2010-2019". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved May 21, 2020.