Louisville (Tennessee)

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Louisville
Louisville (Tennessee)
Louisville
Louisville
Location in Tennessee
Basic data
Foundation : 1795 (first created) 1990 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Tennessee
County : Blount County
Coordinates : 35 ° 49 ′  N , 84 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 35 ° 49 ′  N , 84 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
2,439 (status: 2010)
698,030 (status: 2010)
Population density : 80.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 35.0 km 2  (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of
which 30.4 km 2  (approx. 12 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 257 m
Postal code : 37777
Area code : +1 865
FIPS : 47-43820
GNIS ID : 1652481
Website : townoflouisville.com
Mayor : Tom Bickers
Louisville-tennessee-postoffice1.jpg
Louisville Post Office

Louisville is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Blount County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 Louisville had 2,439 residents, the number that increased to 2,461 by 2013.

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

geography

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

The geographical coordinates of Louisville are 35 ° 49'18 "north latitude and 84 ° 02'53" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​35.0 km², which is spread over 30.4 km² of land and 4.6 km² of water.

Neighboring towns to Louisville are Rockford (12 km east), Alcoa (on the southeastern city limits), Maryville (10.8 km southeast), Friendsville (11.3 km southwest), and Farragut (16.6 km northwest).

Knoxville city ​​center is located 14 miles northeast. The nearest other major cities are Lexington , Kentucky (300 km northwest), Charlotte , North Carolina (378 km east-southeast), Greenville , South Carolina (276 km southeast), Atlanta , Georgia (291 km south), Chattanooga (179 km southwest) , Tennessee's capital Nashville (292 km west), Bowling Green in Kentucky (324 km northwest) and Kentucky's largest city Louisville (405 km northwest).

traffic

The Interstate 140 , a feeder of I 40 , has its runs in a northwest-southeast direction along the north-east city limits of Louisville. Furthermore, Tennessee State Routes 333 and 334 meet in the city of Louisville . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

Along the eastern city limits of Louisville runs a railroad line for the freight traffic of CSX Transportation (CSXT).

The nearest airport is McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville's southeastern city limits .

population

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
2000 2001 -
2010 2439 21.9%
2013 estimate 2461 0.9%
2000 2010-2013

According to the 2010 census , Louisville had 2,439 people in 1001 households. The population density was 80.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.4 people lived in 1001 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 1.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.

18.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.9 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 58,456  USD . The per capita income was $ 35,467. 12.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Louisville, Tennessee  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files