Jacksboro (Tennessee)
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 View from the Cumberland Mountains towards Jacksboro |
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| Location in Tennessee | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1806 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Tennessee | ||
| County : | Campbell County | ||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 20 ′ N , 84 ° 11 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
2,020 (status: 2010) 698,030 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 297.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.8 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 335 m | ||
| Postal code : | 37757 | ||
| Area code : | +1 423 | ||
| FIPS : | 47-37600 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1289177 | ||
| Website : | www.jacksboro.org | ||
| Mayor : | Jack Cannon | ||
 The Campbell County Courthouse in Jacksboro |
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Jacksboro is a small town (with the status of " Town ") and the administrative seat of Campbell County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 Jacksboro had 2020 residents, the number of which decreased to 1996 by 2013. The city is named after President Andrew Jackson .
Jacksboro is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area , the metropolitan area around the city of Knoxville .
geography
Jacksboro is located in northeast Tennessee on the southwestern edge of the Cumberland Mountains , part of the Appalachian Mountains . The city lies on both sides of Dog Creek , which forms part of the Mississippi River basin through the Cove Creek , Clinch River , Tennessee River and Ohio . The Tennessee- Kentucky border runs around 25 miles north.
The geographical coordinates of Jacksboro are 36 ° 19'48 "north latitude and 84 ° 11'02" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 6.8 km².
Neighboring towns and cities of Jacksboro are La Follette (8.4 km northeast), Fincastle (15.8 km in the same direction), Rocky Top (15.8 km south), Caryville (on the southwest city limits) and Pioneer (23.5 km km northwest).
Knoxville city center is 33 miles to the south-southeast. The closest other major cities are Charlotte in North Carolina (419 km east-southeast), Georgia's capital Atlanta (360 km south), Chattanooga (212 km southwest), Tennessee's capital Nashville (295 km west), Louisville in Kentucky (338 km north-northwest) and Lexington in Kentucky (233 km north).
traffic
The Interstate Highway 75 runs north-south along km in around 2 distance west of Jacksboro over. The US Highway 25 W and the Tennessee State Routes 9 and 63 , which run here on a common stretch of road, run in a north-west-south-east direction through the center of Jacksboro. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line for cargo traffic of CSX Transportation runs along the south-eastern outskirts of Jacksboro .
With the Campbell County Airport is located 6.4 km east of the center of Jacksboro a small airfield for general aviation . The nearest commercial airport is located 75 km south McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa , south of Knoxville.
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 178 | - | |
| 1880 | 274 | 53.9% | |
| 1890 | 374 | 36.5% | |
| 1900 | 621 | 66% | |
| 1910 | 834 | 34.3% | |
| 1920 | 638 | -23.5% | |
| 1930 | 834 | 30.7% | |
| 1970 | 689 | - | |
| 1980 | 1722 | 149.9% | |
| 1990 | 1568 | -8.9% | |
| 2000 | 1887 | 20.3% | |
| 2010 | 2020 | 7% | |
| 2013 estimate | 1996 | -1.2% | |
| 1870-2000 2010-2013 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , there were people in 834 households in Jacksboro in 2020. The population density was 297.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 834 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.
17.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,924 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,317. 6.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Henry R. Gibson (1837–1938), Republican Member of the US House of Representatives (1895–1905) - lived in Jacksboro for several years
- John Jennings (1880–1956), Republican Member of the US House of Representatives (1939–1951) - born and raised in Jacksboro
Individual evidence
- ↑ Town of Jacksboro - Board of Mayor and Aldermen.Retrieved February 18, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 18, 2015
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 18, 2015
- ↑ AirNav.com - Campbell County Airport Accessed of 18 February 2015
- ↑ US Decennial Census. Retrieved February 18, 2015
