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Cookeville
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city in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Putnam
- Named after
- Richard F. Cooke
- Type
- Council-manager
- Mayor
- Laurin Wheaton
- City manager
- James Mills
- City council
- List of Councilmembers List Laurin Wheaton (also Vice Mayor) Mark Miller Eric Walker Charles Womack
- City
- 35.95 sq mi (93.10 km )
- Land
- 35.77 sq mi (92.64 km )
- Water
- 0.18 sq mi (0.46 km )
- Elevation
- 1,089 ft (332 m)
- Density
- 974.0/sq mi (376.08/km )
- Urban
- 44,207
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 38501–38503, 38505–38506
- Fips code
- 47-16920
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Cookeville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Putnam County
- Population
- 34842
- Area
- 85.092803
- Elevation
- 350
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Putnam County
- Shares border with
- Algood
- Official website
- www.cookeville-tn.org
- Image
- Cookeville-tennessee-at-sunset-tn1.jpg
- Households
- 13912
- Dialing code
- 931
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cookeville, Tennessee
- postal code
- 38501
- Commons category
- Cookeville, Tennessee
- inception
- 1854-00-00
- P8168
- Radical 155
- water as percent of area
- 0.5382
- per capita income
- 23863
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Encyclopedic overview
Cookeville is the county seat of and the largest city in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was reported to be 34,842. It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, smaller cities that function as significant regional economic hubs. Of Tennessee's 20 micropolitan areas, Cookeville is the largest.
At the 2020 census, the Cookeville micropolitan area's population was 141,333. The U.S. Census Bureau ranked the Cookeville micropolitan area as the 4th largest-gaining micropolitan area in the country between 2022 and 2023, with a one-year gain of 2,748 and a 2023 population of 148,226. The city is a college town, home to Tennessee Technological University.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cookeville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.