Tiptonville, Tennessee

47-74540

Tiptonville is the administrative seat of Lake County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The town with 2,439 inhabitants, is located between the Mississippi and the Reelfoot Lake. The city was founded in 1857.

Tiptonville is the birthplace of the musician Carl Perkins and former Commandant of the Marine Corps Clifton B. Cates.

In the American Civil War, the city was in 1862 the scene of the defeat of the Confederate forces in the Battle of Iceland Number Ten. Three miles north of Tiptonville, on State Route 22, now stands a monument to this battle, while the then embattled island is now completely gone by the erosion of the Mississippi.

Geography

Tiptonville is located at 36 ° 22 ' 39 " north latitude and 89 ° 28' 34 " west longitude on a small survey, known as the Tiptonville Dome. This is set in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which was known by the New Madrid earthquake of 1811. The city area is 3.7 km ².

Demography

In the census of 2000 a population of 2,439 was determined. These were distributed among 918 households in 570 families. The population density was 658.5 / / km ². There were 992 buildings, which corresponds to a density of 267.8 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 62.57 % White, 36.16 % African American, 0.33 % Native Americans, 0.08 % Asian, and 0.12 % other. 0.74 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.82 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

20.7% were under the age of 18, 9.4 % from 18 to 24, 28.3 % 25-44, 23.2% from 45 to 64 and 18.4 % 65 and older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females were statistically 102.7 men in the over 18 year olds 103.9.

The median income of $ 19,475, the average family income at $ 24,929. Men's income averaged $ 25,089, and for women about $ 18,333. The per capita income was $ 11,843. Around 21.1 % of families and 26.5 % of the total population were income below the poverty line.