Farragut (Tennessee)
Knox County Loudon County
47-25760
Farragut is a town which lies partly in Knox County and partly in Loudon County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is a suburb of the nearby Knoxville and is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2000, Farragut had 17,720 inhabitants.
The city was named after the American naval officer David Glasgow Farragut, who was born in 1801 in Campbell 's station east of Farragut.
Geography
Farragut's geographic coordinates loud 35 ° 53 'N, 84 ° 10' W35.8775 - 84.173611111111 ( 35.877511, -84.173548 ). The unincorporated historic village of Concord was founded in 1854 just east of the present city limits. Concord is located on the main rail route to Atlanta, Georgia, and the main arm of the Tennessee River. Picturesque building with Antebellum architecture standing on the shore of the river, whose historic center was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 42.1 km ², of which 41.7 km ² of land and 0.4 km ² omitted ( = 1.05 %) to water. A small portion of the building built in the late 1990s, the shopping center Turkey Creek is in the field Farragut. By Farragut lead as Kingston Pike the highways U.S. 11 and U.S. 70, in conjunction with the Tennessee State Route 1; the I-40/I-75 highway runs north past the town.
History
1787 built David Campbell in the area where today Farragut, a fort and a stagecoach station, which became known as Campbell 's Station. The Campbell's Station Inn was built in 1810 of brick and still stands on Kingston Pike, in sight of the town hall. The Battle of Campbell 's Station was on November 16, 1863 held here during the Civil War.
The citizens of the village built a high school in 1904. On January 16, 1980 Farragut was incorporated. On 1 April of the same year Bob Leonard was elected the first mayor of the city. 1993 Eddy Ford succeeded him and exercised this office until he was defeated Ralph McGill in April 2009.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 17,720 people Farragut. The population density was 425.2 people per km ². There were 6628 housing units at an average 159.0 per km ². The population consisted of Farragut 93.88 % White ( White ), 1.80% Black or African American ( Black or African American), 0.15 % Indians ( Native American), 3.16 % Asian (Asian ) and 0 % Pacific Islander. 0.33 % reported from other races, and 0.69 % from two or more races. 1.07 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Farragut distributed to 6333 households out of which 39.4% were living in children under 18 years. 76.0 % married couples living together, 5.0 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.4 % were non-families. 15.2% of households were made up of individuals, and someone who lived in 5.5 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size is 3.08.
The population was spread out with 26.7 % under the, 5.3 % 18 -24- year-old, 24.4% 25-44 year olds, 32.2% of 45-64 year olds and 11.4 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 94.4 men.
The median household income in Farragut was 82 726 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached a height of 91 423 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 70 873 U.S. dollars compared to 34 955 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 35 830 U.S. dollars. 2.9 % of the population and 2.6% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 2.9 % of minors and 4.1 % of those age 65 or over.
Historical Buildings
- Campbell Station Inn
- Avery Russell House ( on the National Register of Historic Places registered )
Personalities
- Robert Ben Garant, actor, grew up here
- Archibald Roane, the second governor of Tennessee is buried here