Cheatham County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Founded
- February 28, 1856
- Named after
- Edward Saunders Cheatham or Benjamin F. Cheatham
- Seat
- Ashland City
- Largest city
- Pleasant View
- Mayor
- Kerry McCarver ( R )
- Total
- 307 sq mi (800 km )
- Land
- 302 sq mi (780 km )
- Water
- 4.6 sq mi (12 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 42,778
- Density
- 136/sq mi (52.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 615 , 629
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- cheathamcountytn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Capital
- Ashland City
- Population
- 41072
- Area
- 795
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Montgomery County
- Official website
- www.cheathamcountytn.gov
- Image
- Cheatham-county-courthouse-tn1.jpg
- Households
- 15317
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- native label
- Cheatham County
- Commons category
- Cheatham County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Cheatham County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1856-02-28
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- per capita income
- 29302
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Encyclopedic overview
Cheatham County (/ˈtʃiːtəm/ CHEE-təm) is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,072. Its county seat is Ashland City. Cheatham County is located in Middle Tennessee, and is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cheatham County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.