Friendsville, Tennessee

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Friendsville
In the center of Friendsville
In the center of Friendsville
Location in Tennessee
Friendsville, Tennessee
Friendsville
Friendsville
Basic data
Foundation : 1953 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Tennessee
County : Blount County
Coordinates : 35 ° 46 ′  N , 84 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 35 ° 46 ′  N , 84 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
913 (as of 2010)
698.030 (as of 2010)
Population density : 117.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 7.8 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 )
Height : 268 m
Postcodes : 37737, 37742
Area code : +1 865
FIPS : 47-28060
GNIS ID : 1284953

Friendsville is a small town (with the status " City ") in Blount County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 Friendsville had 913 residents, which increased to 920 by 2013.

Friendsville is located in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area , the metropolitan area around the city of Knoxville .

geography

Friendsville is located in eastern Tennessee on the upper Tennessee River , which over the Ohio belongs to the Mississippi basin.

The geographical coordinates of Friendsville are 35 ° 45'37 "north latitude and 84 ° 08'09" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​7.8 km².

Friendsville's neighbors are Louisville (11.6 km northeast), Maryville (16 km east), Alcoa (18.4 km in the same direction), Greenback (15.5 km south), and Lenoir City (17.6 km west-northwest) .

Knoxville city ​​center is located (37 km northeast). The nearest other major cities are Lexington , Kentucky (311 km northwest), Charlotte , North Carolina (383 km east-southeast), Greenville , South Carolina (282 km southeast), Atlanta , Georgia (281 km south), Chattanooga (163 km southwest) , Tennessee's capital, Nashville, 279 km west, Bowling Green in Kentucky, 319 km northwest, and Kentucky's largest city, Louisville, 417 km northwest.

traffic

The US Highway 321 leads in west-east direction as the main road through Friendsville and meets in the center on the southwestern end of the Tennessee State Route  333 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is McGhee Tyson Airport, 11 miles northwest of Knoxville.

population

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1960 606 -
1970 575 -5.1%
1980 694 20.7%
1990 792 14.1%
2000 890 12.4%
2010 913 2.6%
2013 estimate 920 0.8%
1960-2000 2010-2013

As of the 2010 census , Friendsville had 913 people in 368 households. The population density was 117.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in each of the 368 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.4 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

19.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 41,667  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,630. 15.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 20, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 20, 2014
  3. United States Census Buero - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved December 20, 2014

Web links

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