Back كلاركسفيل (تينيسي) Arabic كلاركسفيل (مونتجومرى) ARZ کلارکاسویل، تنسی AZB Кларксвіл (Тэнесі) Byelorussian Кларксвил (Тенеси) Bulgarian Clarksville (Tennessee) Breton Clarksville (Tennessee) Catalan Кларксвилл (Теннесси) CE Clarksville (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Tennessee) CEB کڵارکسڤیڵ CKB
Clarksville, Tennessee | |
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Downtown Clarksville | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nicknames: | |
 Location of Clarksville in Montgomery County, Tennessee. | |
  Clarksville  Clarksville | |
| Coordinates: 36°31′47″N 87°21′34″W / 36.52972°N 87.35944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Montgomery |
| Founded: | 1784 [4] |
| Incorporated: | 1808 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Mayor | Joe Pitts (D)[5] |
| Area | |
• City | 100.28 sq mi (259.72 km2) |
| • Land | 99.58 sq mi (257.91 km2) |
| • Water | 0.70 sq mi (1.81 km2) |
| Elevation | 476 ft (145 m) |
| Population | |
• City | 166,722 |
| • Rank | US: 159th TN: 5th |
| • Density | 1,674.29/sq mi (646.44/km2) |
| • Urban | 200,947 (US: 192nd)[7] |
| • Urban density | 1,776.9/sq mi (686.1/km2) |
| • Metro | 328,304 (US: 159th) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | $16.209 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 37040-37044 |
| Area code | 931 |
| FIPS code | 47-15160[11] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1269467[8] |
| Website | cityofclarksville.com |
Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States.[12] It is the fifth-most populous city in the state, after Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.[13] The city had a population of 166,722 as of the 2020 census.[14]
It is the principal central city of the Clarksville metropolitan area, which consists of Montgomery and Stewart counties in Tennessee and Christian and Trigg counties in Kentucky. The city was founded in 1785 and incorporated in 1807,[15] and named for General George Rogers Clark, frontier fighter and Revolutionary War hero,[2] and brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.[16]
Clarksville is the home of Austin Peay State University; The Leaf-Chronicle, the oldest newspaper in Tennessee; and neighbor to the Fort Campbell, United States Army post. The site of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell is located about 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Clarksville and straddles the Tennessee-Kentucky state line.
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- ^ "Clarksville unveils new "Brand" as "Tennessee's Top Spot!"". April 12, 2008.
- ^ "The History of Clarksville-Montgomery County". Visit Clarksville.
- ^ "Vote Smart | Facts For All". Vote Smart. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarksville
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- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
- ^ Clarksville, TN QuickFacts, United States Census website. Retrieved: July 30, 2018.
- ^ "City of Clarksville (Montgomery County)". Municipal Technical Advisory Service – City Information. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-253-33984-3.