Cheatham County, Tennessee

Cheatham County is a county located in the state of Tennessee in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Ashland City.

Geography

The County is located north-west of the geographic center of Tennessee, is located in the north about 40 miles from Kentucky and has an area of 795 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Robertson County, Davidson County, Williamson County, Dickson County and Montgomery County.

Towns and Citys

• Ashland City
• Kingston Springs
• Pegram
• Pleasant View
• Joelton

Unincorporated communities

• Bell castle
• Belltown
• Chapmansboro
• Cheap Hill
• Craggie Hope

History

Cheatham County was formed on February 28, 1856 from parts of Davidson County, Dickson County, Montgomery County and Robertson County. It was named after Edward Cheatham, a politician from Tennessee.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Cheatham County 35 912 people in 12,878 households and 10,160 families. The population density was 46 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 96.86 percent White, 1.48 percent African American, 0.38 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.36 percent from other races groups; 0.70 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.22 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 12,878 households out of which 39.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 64.9 percent were married couples living together, 9.6 percent were single mothers and 21.1 percent were non-families. 16.9 percent of all households and 5.3 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average household size was 3.08 people.

27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.3 percent between 18 and 24, 33.5 percent between 25 and 44, 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 8.6 percent were older than 65, the average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 100.3 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there 97.4 males.

The median income for a household was $ 45,836, and the median income for a family was $ 49,143. Males have a median income of $ 34,476, women $ 25,191. The per capita income was $ 18,882. 5.3 percent of families and 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.