ZIP Code 37040

Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is the fifth-largest city in the state behind Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. The city had a population of 166,722 as of the 2020 United States census. Clarksville is home of Austin Peay State University; The Leaf-Chronicle, the oldest newspaper in Tennessee; and neighbor to the Fort Campbell, U.S. Army post. It was founded in 1785 and incorporated in 1807, and named for General George Rogers Clark, frontier fighter and Revolutionary War hero, and brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The area now known as Tennessee was first settled by Paleo-Indians nearly 11,000 years ago. As European colonists spread into the area, the native populations were forcibly displaced to the south and west, including all Muscogee and Yuchi peoples, the Chickasaw, and Choctaw. In 1775, land speculator and North Carolina judge Richard Henderson met with more than 1,200 Cherokees at Sycamore Shoals, including Cherokee leaders such as Attakullakulla, Oconostota, and Dragging Canoe. The land thus delineated, encompassed 20 million acres (2.2 million km²), encompassed an area half as large as the present state of Kentucky. The Cherokee moved south from the area now called Virginia in what came to be known as the Trail of Tears.

History

The area now known as Tennessee was first settled by Paleo-Indians nearly 11,000 years ago. The names of the cultural groups that inhabited the area between first settlement and the time of European contact are unknown. As European colonists spread into the area, the native populations were forcibly displaced to the south and west. From 1838 to 1839, nearly 17,000 Cherokees were forced to march from "emigration depots" in Eastern Tennessee, such as Fort Cass, to Indian Territory west of Arkansas. This came to be known as the Trail of Tears; as an estimated 4,000 Cherokee people died along the way. All of present-day Tennessee was once recognized as Washington County, North Carolina. In 1777, Washington County had as a precursor a Washington District of 177576, which was the first political entity named for the Commander-in-Chief of American forces in the Revolution. At the end of the American Revolutionary War, the federal government designated the lands west of the state line as the federal line of Parson's Creek, near Port Royal's Creek. The land thus delineated, 20 million acres (81,000 km²), encompassed an area half as large as the present state of Kentucky. The area around Clarksville was first surveyed by Thomas Hutchins in 1768. It was named for Red Paint Hill, a rock bluff at the confluence of the Cumberland and Red Rivers, as a navigational landmark. The name of the town of Clarksville, Tennessee, was first used in the 19th century.

Geography

Clarksville is located on the northwest edge of the Highland Rim, which surrounds the Nashville Basin, and is 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Nashville. It contains most of the housing for the Fort Campbell Army base. The climate is humid subtropical (Köppen: Cfa) with hot summers and cold winters but interspersed with milder times due to its location between the warmer climates of the Gulf of Mexico and the colder ones of the Midwest. The city has a total area of 95.5 square miles (247 km²), of which 94.9 sq miles (246 km²) is land and 0.7sq miles (1.8km²) (0.71%) is covered by water. Fort Campbell North is part of the Clarksville, TNKY Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,338 at the 2000 census, up from 12,816 at the 1990 census. The area is home to the U.S. Army's Fort Campbell, which is based in Christian County, Kentucky. The base is one of the largest Army bases in the United States, with more than 100,000 troops stationed in the area. It is the home of the Army's 2nd Battalion, the 3rd Regiment, the 4th Infantry Regiment, and the 7th Ranger Regiment, among other units. The Fort Campbell base was founded in 1864 and is located in the heart of the Kentucky Bootheel, a region known as the "Bootheel of the South".

Demographics

The 2017 population estimate for Clarksville was 153,205. Of that total, 66.6% were white, 23.1% were African-American, 10.8% were Hispanic or Latino. The 2010 census estimated that 51.3% of the population in Clarksville were female, while 48.7% were male. The median income for a household in the city was $48,679, and for a family was $56,295. The city was listed as one of the top five cities with a population of under 250,000 that would attract creative class jobs over the next 10 years in the June 2004 issue of Money. The per capita income for the city is $23,722 (4th highest per capita personal income in Tennessee). About 12.4% of families and 16.5% of those under age 18 were below the poverty line, including 23.4%, 11.5%, and 14.5%. The city is located on the Cumberland River, which flows into the Tennessee River. The Tennessee River runs through the city, which runs into the Blue Ridge Mountains, which run through the eastern part of the city. The Blue Ridge River is a tributary of the Cumberlands River, and runs through Clarksville. The Clarksville River flows through the East Tennessee River and into the Mississippi River, where it runs through a suburb of Knoxville. It is the only city in Tennessee that has a river that flows through both the East and the West.

Economy

Major industrial employers in Clarksville include: Agero, Inc., driver assistance services; Atlas BX; Bridgestone Metalpha USA; Convergys Corporation; Google; Nyrstar Clarksville (zinc refinery) Trane is Clarksville's largest private employer. Clarksville is home to the U.S. Air Force Academy and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The town has a population of about 6,000. It is located in the eastern part of the county. The city is located on the banks of the Tennessee River. It was founded in 1881. The Clarksville area was once known as the town of the same name. It has been known as Clarksville since the 19th century. The area is now known as a suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee, and the town's population has grown to more than 6,500. It also has a reputation for being a good place to live and raise a family. The community has a high percentage of African-American residents and a low percentage of white residents. The majority of the city's residents live in or near the towns of Fort Campbell, Clarksville, and Clarksville and Cleveland, Tennessee. The county's largest employer is Trane, which employs more than 1,000 people. It's also home to a number of other companies, including: American Standard, Jostens, Hankook Tires, Multi-Color Corporation, Conversgys Corp, FedEx,  and Amazon.

Arts and culture

The city of Clarksville, Tennessee is home to the University of Austin Peay. Clarksville is also the home of the Clarksville City Arboretum and the F&M Bank Arena. The city is located on the Cumberland River and is known for its arts and culture. The town is also home to a number of historic sites and places of interest. It is located in Montgomery County, one of the oldest parts of European civilization in the U.S. and the site of the first recorded European settlement in the area in the 16th century. The area is also known as the birthplace of the 19th-century town of Collinsville and the town of Clarksville, which was named after the town's founder, William Collins. It also is the location of the F &M Bank arena, which will open in 2023, and the Governor's Square Mall, home to Clarksville's largest shopping mall. The community also has a history of being home to many historic sites, including the Port Royal State Park and the historic Collinsville village. It has also been home to some of America's most outstanding Olympic athletes, such as Wilma Rudolph, who was born in Clarksville in 1878. In the early 1900s, the town was known as "Clarks County" and was known for being a center for music and dance. It was also the site of the first African-American settlement, and is now known as a popular tourist destination in the state.

Government

In 1907, Clarksville was among several cities in Tennessee that gained legislative approval to adopt a board of commission form of government. The result of this change favored election of candidates favored by the majority in each city. It closed out minorities from being able to elect candidates of their choice to represent them in local government. In the 21st century, the city has a 12-member city council elected from single-member districts. In 2015, four of the members are African American and eight are white. The mayor is elected at-large. Mayor Joe Pitts was elected in 2019 and defeated former Mayor Kim McMillan who was the first woman mayor of any Tennessee city with more than 100,000 population. The new mayor will take office on January 1, 2019. He will be the first African American mayor of a Tennessee city in more than a century. The current mayor of Clarksville, Tennessee, is a Democrat, and his predecessor was a Republican. The next mayor will be a Republican, and the city will have a female mayor for the first time in its history, on January 2, 2020. The city will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2020. It has a population of 9,000 and has a city council of 12 members. The council is made up of four African American members and eight white members, with four of them being African American. It is the largest city in Tennessee with a black mayor in the history of the city, followed by Knoxville, Nashville, Chattanooga and Jackson.

Education

The city consolidated its school system with that of the county, forming the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System. It operates a total of 39 public schools to serve about 37,666 students, including eight high schools, seven middle schools, 24 elementary schools, and one magnet school for K5. There is also a Middle College on the campus of Austin Peay State University. The county also has private schools for K8 through PK12 students and for pre-schoolers. The city has a population of 1,912, with a population growth rate of 1.7% in the last five years. It has a high school graduation rate of 9.7%. The county has a low school graduation rates of 9%. The city's high school enrollment rate is 9.8%. The local high school average is 1,500 students (grades 912 to 912). The county's high schools have an average enrollment of 2,935 students (grades 912-912) and a median enrollment rate of 2.3%. The school system has 39 schools, including 8 high schools and 7 middle schools. It also has 24 elementary and K5 schools, as well as a magnet school. There are no private schools in the county. It is the only city in Tennessee with more than 1,000 students in a single school district. The area has a higher education rate than any other in the state, with an average of 8.9% in 2010. The state has a lower unemployment rate than the national average.

Infrastructure

Clarksville is served commercially by Nashville International Airport but also has a small airport, Outlaw Field, located 10 miles (16 km) north of downtown. Cobb Field was a small private airfield that measured 1,752 ft (534 m) It is no longer suitable for landing aircraft due to runway encroachment by nearby trees and brush, as well as fencing across the former runway. Clarksville Transit has 11 bus routes, and the service operates Mondays-Saturdays. The town is home to a pilot training school and a few small aircraft companies. It is also home to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, which has a chapter of the American Association of Universities and Colleges of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AAERONAC) The town has a population of 3,000, with 2,000 of whom live in the downtown area. The city is located on the Tennessee Turnpike, which is one of the busiest highways in the United States. It also has the nation's second busiest airport, Nashville International, with 32,000 private and corporate flight operations per year. It has two asphalt runways, one 6,000 by 100 ft (1,829 by 30 m) and the other 4,004 by 100ft (1,220 by 30m) A new terminal building was built in 2011-2012 and the airport has received a $35,000 grant. It was not open to the public and is now no longer displayed on VFR sectional charts available from the FAA.

Sports

Clarksville was home to several Minor League Baseball teams that played in the KentuckyIllinoisTennessee League during the first half of the 20th century. They were called the Clarksville Villagers (1903), Grays (1904), Volunteers (1910 and 1916), Billies (1911), Rebels (1912), Boosters (1913-1914), Owls (1916), and Colts (1947-1949) It also hosted a team of the independent Big South League and Heartland League from 1996 to 1997 called Clarksville Coyotes. The town is located on the banks of the Ohio River. It was once home to the Ohio Valley League, which is now the Ohio League. It is also home to a number of other minor league teams, including the Louisville Crawfrogs and the Knoxville Crawflegs, which were in the Tennessee Valley League and the Kentucky Valley League respectively. Clarksville has a population of about 2,000. The city was founded in 1903 and was named after the town of Clarksville, Tennessee, which was once the site of the town's first post-bellwether school, Clarksville High School, which opened in 1903. The current Clarksville City Hall was built in 1906. It has a history of being home to many minor league baseball teams, as well as one of the oldest minor league leagues in the United States, the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee-Louisiana League (KY-IL-TL).

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee = 22.3. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 101. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 99. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Clarksville = 4.5 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 166,722 individuals with a median age of 31.5 age the population grows by 19.56% in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,674.29 residents per square mile of area (646.44/km²). There are average 2.62 people per household in the 45,630 households with an average household income of $46,634 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 8.80% of the available work force and has dropped -4.76% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 21.68%. The number of physicians in Clarksville per 100,000 population = 141.8.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Clarksville = 50.9 inches and the annual snowfall = 6 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 123. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 210. 91 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 26.2 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 33, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee which are owned by the occupant = 53.25%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 18 years with median home cost = $135,730 and home appreciation of 1.77%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $10.09 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $3,740 per student. There are 17.2 students for each teacher in the school, 799 students for each Librarian and 482 students for each Counselor. 7.94% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 13.71% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 6.90% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).