Crossville, Tennessee
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 The Cumberland County Courthouse in Crossville |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1856 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Tennessee |
| County : | Cumberland County |
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 57 ′ N , 85 ° 2 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 8,981 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 235.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 39.1 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of which 38.2 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 575 m |
| Postal code : | 38555 |
| Area code : | +1 931 |
| FIPS : | 47-18540 |
| GNIS ID : | 1306203 |
| Website : | www.crossvilletn.gov |
| Mayor : | JH Graham, III |
 Crossville has long been an important crossroads between eastern and central Tennessee |
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Crossville is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County , Tennessee ( United States ). Crossville had 8,981 people at the 2000 census .
geography
The city is located on the Cumberland Plateau in the headwaters of the Obed River , which flows north of Crossville through a natural gorge on its way to the confluence with the Emory River to the northeast. Crossville is about halfway between the eastern edge of the plateau on the Walden Ridge and its western edge on the so-called Highland Rim. Several small lakes such as Lake Tansi to the south, Lake Holiday to the west, and Byrd Lake near Cumberland Mountain State Park can be found in the Crossville area.
True to its name, Crossville is located around the intersection of US Route 70, which crosses Tennessee from east to west, and US Route 127, which runs through the state from north to south. The Interstate Highway 40 , which runs approximately parallel to U.S. Route 127, tangent to the north of the city.
Crossville is approximately 50 kilometers east of Cookeville, 110 kilometers north of Chattanooga and 110 kilometers west of Knoxville .
history
Crossville has its roots in the junction of a junction of the Great Stage Road, which connected the Knoxville and Nashville areas, and the Kentucky Stock Road, a drover trail that ran from central Tennessee to Kentucky and was later extended to Chattanooga. The course of these two roads was roughly the same as that of today's U.S. Route 70 and U.S. Route 127 roads.
Around 1800, an early settler, Samuel Lambeth, opened a shop at this intersection, and the small community that developed around it was called Lambeth's Crossroads . The shop was south of the courthouse, at what is now Main Street and Stanley Street. When a post office opened in the 1830s, the parish had taken the name Crossville .
In the early 1850s, James Scott, a wholesaler from nearby Sparta, bought Lambeth's business and renamed it Scott's Tavern . When Cumberland County was formed in 1856, Crossville, which was in the center of the county, was designated the county seat. Scott initially allocated approximately 40 acres for the construction of the courthouse and town hall square.
Crossville and Cumberland Counties suffered savage looting during the American Civil War because the developed road network made the area easily accessible to both Northern and Confederate forces and marauding troops . The county was divided during the fighting, it sent an equal number of troops to both parties to the conflict.
During the Great Depression initiated Subsistence Homestead Division of the Federal Government to the east of town, the Cumberland Homesteads-housing project. The purpose of the project was to provide small farms for several hundred impoverished families. The project's recreation area would later become the core of Cumberland Mountain State Park.
Demographics
The 8,981 residents of Crossville, found in the 2000 census , lived in 3,795 households; including 2,440 families. The population density was 235 per km 2 . 4,268 residential units were recorded in the village. Among the population, 97.0% were White, 0.1% African American, 0.2% American Indian, 0.4% Asian, and 1.1% from other races; 1.2% said they belonged to several ethnic groups.
Of the 3,795 households, 27.4% had children under the age of 18; 45.2% were married couples living together. 31.3% of the households were single households. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.79.
The population was divided into 22.6% under 18 years of age, 9.3% from 18 to 24 years of age, 26.5% from 25 to 44 years of age, 21.8% from 45 to 64 years of age and 19.9% from 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years.
The median household income was $ 25,796 and the median family income was $ 33,207. The per capita income for Crossville was $ 18,066. 24.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.
Interesting
- The US Chess Federation moved its headquarters from New Windsor, New York State, to Crossville in 2005 to reportedly reduce labor costs.
- Highway 127 Corridor Sale - the world's largest flea market , annually in August.
- The Cumberland County Playhouse is the only performing arts not for profit in rural Tennessee and one of the top 10 professional theaters in rural America. With its two indoor and two outdoor stages, productions for young audiences, a comprehensive dance program, a concert series and hiking shows, it is visited by more than 165,000 spectators every year.
- Crossville calls itself the golf capital of Tennessee. The following 12 courses are available: Stonehenge, Heatherhurst Crag, Heatherhurst Brae, Deer Creek, River Run, Four Seasons, The Bear Trace, Dorchester, Mountain Ridge, Renegade, Druid Hills and Lake Tansi.
- The Cumberland County Fair, an award-winning agricultural fair , takes place annually in August.
- A free speech zone in the green space of the Cumberland County's courthouse is the site of various unofficial displays, including a statue of the Flying Spaghetti Monster , a memorial to Iraq and Afghanistan soldiers, a miniature Statue of Liberty and others Chainsaw carvings of a Christmas crib , Jesus carrying the cross, monkeys and bears.
sons and daughters of the town
- Michael Turner (1971–2008), comic artist
Web links
- Official website of the city of Crossville ( English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Crossville City, Tennessee , Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .