Rocky top
| Rocky top | |||
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Location in Tennessee
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1856 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Tennessee | ||
| Counties : |
Anderson County Campbell County |
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| Coordinates : | 36 ° 13 ′ N , 84 ° 9 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,781 (status: 2010) 698,030 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 434.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.1 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 264 m | ||
| Postal code : | 37769 | ||
| Area code : | +1 865 | ||
| FIPS : | 47-40240 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1290479 | ||
| Website : | lakecitytn.com | ||
| Mayor : | Timothy L. Sharp | ||
Rocky Top (formerly Coal Creek until 2014 Lake City ) is a small town (with the status " City ") in Anderson County and a small part in Campbell County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , Rocky Top had 1,781 residents.
Rocky Top is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area , the metropolitan area around the city of Knoxville .
geography
Rocky Top is located in eastern Tennessee in the southwestern Appalachian Mountains . The city lies on both sides of Coal Creek , which forms part of the Mississippi River basin via the Clinch River , the Tennessee River and the Ohio .
The geographical coordinates of Rocky Top are 36 ° 13'04 "north latitude and 84 ° 09'17" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 4.1 km².
Neighboring towns to Rocky Top are Norris (11.6 km east-southeast), Clinton (14.4 km south), Briceville (6.7 km southwest), and Caryville (11.8 km north-northwest).
Knoxville city center is 26 miles to the southeast. The nearest other major cities are Lexington , Kentucky (235 km north), Charlotte , North Carolina (407 km east-southeast), Atlanta , Georgia (356 km south), Chattanooga (204 km southwest), Nashville (282 km west), and Louisville , Kentucky (343 north-northwest).
traffic
The Interstate Highway 75 extends in a northwest-southeast direction along the city limits of Rocky Top. At the same time, US Highway 25 W runs through Rocky Top as the main road and meets US Highway 441 and Tennessee State Routes 9 , 71 and 116 in the center . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In the urban area of Rocky Top, several railway lines of the Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation meet for freight traffic .
The nearest airport is 63 km south to McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa , south of Knoxville.
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1940 | 1520 | - | |
| 1950 | 1827 | 20.2% | |
| 1960 | 1914 | 4.8% | |
| 1970 | 1923 | 0.5% | |
| 1980 | 2335 | 21.4% | |
| 1990 | 2166 | -7.2% | |
| 2000 | 1888 | -12.8% | |
| 2010 | 1781 | -5.7% | |
| 2012 estimate | 1778 | -0.2% | |
| 1940-2000 2010 | |||
population
According to the 2010 census , Rocky Top had 1,781 people in 734 households. The population density was 434.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in each of the 734 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.
21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.1 percent were 65 years or older. 54.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 22,407 USD . The per capita income was $ 14,519. 29.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ WBIR.com - Lake City changes name to Rocky Top ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 17, 2015
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 15, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 15, 2014
- ↑ US Decennial Census.Retrieved February 15, 2014
