Wartrace

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Wartrace
Wartrace (Tennessee)
Wartrace
Wartrace
Location in Tennessee
Basic data
Foundation : 1853
State : United States
State : Tennessee
County : Bedford County
Coordinates : 35 ° 32 ′  N , 86 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 35 ° 32 ′  N , 86 ° 20 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 651 (as of 2010)
Population density : 361.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.8 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 254 m
Postal code : 37183
Area code : +1 931
FIPS : 47-78120
GNIS ID : 1304389
Mayor : Ron Stacy
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 468 -
1890 686 46.6%
1900 642 -6.4%
1910 659 2.6%
1920 619 -6.1%
1930 606 -2.1%
1940 552 -8.9%
1950 545 -1.3%
1960 545 0%
1970 616 13%
1980 540 -12.3%
1990 494 -8.5%
2000 548 10.9%
2010 651 18.8%
2012 estimate 649 -0.3%
1880-2000 2010 2012

Wartrace is a small town (with the status of " Town ") and the administrative seat of Bedford County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , Wartrace had 651 residents.

geography

Wartrace is located in south-central Tennessee on Garrison Fork , which forms part of the Mississippi River basin across the Duck River , Tennessee River and Ohio .

The geographical coordinates of Wartrace are 35 ° 31'38 "north latitude and 86 ° 20'01" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​1.8 km².

Wartrace neighbors are Bell Buckle (5.5 miles north-northwest), Manchester (16.5 miles east), Tullahoma (15.5 miles southeast), and Shelbyville (9.7 miles southwest).

The closest major cities are Tennessee's capital, Nashville (94.8 km northwest), Louisville , Kentucky (346 km north), Knoxville (268 km east-northeast), Chattanooga (142 km southeast), Atlanta , Georgia (327 km in the same direction), Birmingham , Alabama (269 km south) and Tennessee's largest city, Memphis (402 km west).

traffic

The Tennessee State Highway 64 and 269 intersect in the center of Wartrace. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line for freight traffic for CSX Transportation runs through Wartrace . In the city center branches off to the southwest, the only route of the Walking Horse on Easter Railroad , a local railroad that runs from Wartrace to Shelbyville.

With the Bomar Field-Shelbyville Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 20 km northwest. The nearest major airport is Nashville International Airport, 86.8 km northwest .

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 651 people in 258 households in Wartrace. The population density was 361.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 258 households.

The racial the population was composed of 86.6 percent white, 7.1 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and 2.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.7 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 37,794  USD . The per capita income was $ 17,790. 16.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wartrace Chamber of Commerce - Town of Wartrace.Retrieved August 14, 2014
  2. ↑ United States Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses.Retrieved August 14, 2014
  3. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 14, 2014
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Population Estimates.Retrieved August 14, 2014
  5. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 14, 2014

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