Caryville, Tennessee

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Caryville
View from the Cumberland Mountains of Caryville and Cove Lake
View from the Cumberland Mountains of Caryville and Cove Lake
Location in Tennessee
Caryville, Tennessee
Caryville
Caryville
Basic data
Foundation : 1968 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Tennessee
County : Campbell County
Coordinates : 36 ° 18 ′  N , 84 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 36 ° 18 ′  N , 84 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
2,297 (status: 2010)
698,030 (status: 2010)
Population density : 171.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 14.1 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of
which 13.4 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 333 m
Postcodes : 37714, 37757, 37766, 37847
Area code : +1 423
FIPS : 47-11360
GNIS ID : 1279837

Caryville is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Campbell County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , Caryville had 2,297 residents, which decreased to 2,257 by 2013.

Caryville is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area , the metropolitan area around the city of Knoxville .

geography

Caryville is located in northeast Tennessee on the southwestern edge of the Cumberland Mountains , part of the Appalachian Mountains . The city is located on Cove Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin through Cove Lake , Clinch River , Tennessee River and Ohio . The Tennessee- Kentucky border runs around 25 miles north.

The geographical coordinates of Caryville are 36 ° 17'56 "north latitude and 84 ° 13'24" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​14.1 km², which is spread over 13.4 km² of land and 0.7 km² of water.

Neighboring towns of Caryville are Jacksboro (on the northeastern city limits), La Follette (14.1 km northeast), Rocky Top (11.8 km southeast) and Pioneer (18.8 km north-northwest).

Knoxville city ​​center is 31 miles to the southeast. The nearest other major cities are Charlotte in North Carolina (415 km east-southeast), Georgia's capital Atlanta (356 km south), Chattanooga (192 km southwest), Tennessee's capital Nashville (288 km west), Louisville in Kentucky (334 km north-northwest) and Lexington in Kentucky (228 km north).

traffic

The Interstate Highway 75 runs in a north-south direction by the urban area of Caryville. The US Highway  25 W , and the Tennessee  State Highway  9 and 63 meet in the center of Caryville. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

In the urban area of ​​Caryville, two freight railroad lines for CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) meet.

The Campbell County Airport is located 12 km northeast of downtown Caryville, a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airport is McGhee Tyson Airport, 71 km south-southeast in Alcoa , south of Knoxville.

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1970 648 -
1980 2039 214.7%
1990 1751 -14.1%
2000 2243 28.1%
2010 2297 2.4%
2013 estimate 2257 -1.7%
1970-2000 2010-2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Caryville had 2,297 people in 908 households. The population density was 171.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 908 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 32,364  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,713. 15.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 20, 2015
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 20, 2015
  3. AirNav.com - Campbell County Airport Accessed on February 20, 2015
  4. US Decennial Census. Retrieved February 20, 2015

Web links

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