Fincastle (Tennessee)

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Fincastle
Fincastle (Tennessee)
Fincastle
Fincastle
Location in Tennessee
Basic data
State : United States
State : Tennessee
County : Campbell County
Coordinates : 36 ° 25 ′  N , 84 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 36 ° 25 ′  N , 84 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
1,618 (status: 2010)
698,030 (status: 2010)
Population density : 171 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 9.46 km 2  (about 4 mi 2 )
Height : 344 m
Postal code : 37766
Area code : +1 423
FIPS : 47-26120
GNIS ID : 1284257

Fincastle is a settlement on community-free area in Campbell County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 Fincastle had 1618 inhabitants.

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

geography

Fincastle is located in northeast Tennessee on the southwestern edge of the Cumberland Mountains , part of the Appalachian Mountains . The city is located on Cedar Creek , which forms part of the Mississippi River basin across the Powell River , Clinch River , Tennessee River and Ohio . The Tennessee- Kentucky border runs around 25 miles north.

The geographical coordinates of Fincastle are 36 ° 24'35 "north latitude and 84 ° 02'52" west longitude. The local area extends over an area of ​​9.46 km².

Neighboring towns and cities are La Follette (7.4 km southwest) and Jacksboro (15.8 km in the same direction).

Knoxville city ​​center is 70 km south. The nearest other major cities are Charlotte in North Carolina (435 km east-southeast), Georgia's capital Atlanta (376 km south), Chattanooga (212 km southwest), Tennessee's capital Nashville (308 km west), Louisville in Kentucky (336 km northwest) and Lexington in Kentucky (230 km north).

traffic

The Tennessee  State Route 63 runs in northeast-southwest direction by Fincastle. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Campbell County Airport is located 14 km southwest of Fincastle a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airport is 90.5 kilometers south to McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa , south of Knoxville.

population

According to the 2010 census , Fincastle had 1,618 people in 648 households. The population density was 171 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 648 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.9 percent white, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 47,568  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,944. 12.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 21, 2015
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 21, 2015
  3. AirNav.com - Campbell County Airport Accessed on February 21, 2015

Web links

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