Big Sandy (Tennessee)
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Location in Tennessee
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1903 (incorporated) | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Tennessee | ||
| County : | Benton County | ||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 14 ′ N , 88 ° 5 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 557 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 309.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 1.8 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 113 m | ||
| Postal code : | 38221 | ||
| Area code : | +1 731 | ||
| FIPS : | 47-05860 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1277379 | ||
| Website : | bigsandytn.com | ||
| Mayor : | Ron Lane | ||
Big Sandy is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Benton County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , Big Sandy had 557 residents, the number of which had decreased to 548 by 2013.
geography
Big Sandy is located in the central northwest of Tennessee at the confluence of the Big Sandy River with the Tennessee River , which is dammed up here to Kentucky Lake and which over the Ohio belongs to the Mississippi basin . The border with the neighboring states of Missouri and Arkansas runs around 140 km to the west and is formed by the Mississippi. The Kentucky border runs approximately 25 miles north.
The geographical coordinates of Big Sandy are 36 ° 14'05 "north latitude and 88 ° 05'07" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 1.8 km².
Neighboring towns to Big Sandy are Eva (16 miles south-southeast), Camden (14 miles south), Mansfield (16 miles west-southwest), and Paris (16 miles west-northwest).
The nearest major cities are Evansville , Indiana (253 km northeast), Tennessee's capital Nashville (157 km east), Chattanooga (387 km southeast), and Tennessee's largest city, Memphis (254 km southwest).
traffic
The Tennessee State Route 69A leads the main road through the city of Big Sandy. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Benton County Airport there is a small airfield 28 km south. The nearest commercial airport is Nashville International Airport (172 km east).
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 380 | - | |
| 1920 | 603 | 58.7% | |
| 1930 | 603 | 0% | |
| 1940 | 601 | -0.3% | |
| 1950 | 621 | 3.3% | |
| 1960 | 492 | -20.8% | |
| 1970 | 539 | 9.6% | |
| 1980 | 650 | 20.6% | |
| 1990 | 505 | -22.3% | |
| 2000 | 518 | 2.6% | |
| 2010 | 557 | 7.5% | |
| 2013 estimate | 548 | -1.6% | |
| 1910-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Big Sandy had 557 people in 249 households. The population density was 309.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.24 people lived in each of the 249 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.9 percent Native American and 0.2 percent Asian; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.2 percent of the population.
20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 23,125 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,138. 32.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Town of Big Sandy - Board of Mayor and Alderman.Retrieved December 15, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 15, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 15, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Benton County Airport Retrieved on December 15, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved December 15, 2014