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Lewisburg
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city in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Marshall
- Named after
- Meriwhether Lewis
- Mayor
- Jim Bingham
- Total
- 14.05 sq mi (36.39 km )
- Land
- 14.04 sq mi (36.37 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 738 ft (225 m)
- Density
- 875.0/sq mi (337.83/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 47-41860
- Website
- www .lewisburgtn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Lewisburg
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Marshall County
- Population
- 12288
- Area
- 34.598773
- Elevation
- 225
- Capital of
- Marshall County
- Headquarters
- Lewisburg
- Official website
- www.lewisburgtn.gov
- Image
- Lewisburg Tennessee square.jpg
- Households
- 4295
- Dialing code
- 931
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- postal code
- 37091
- Commons category
- Lewisburg, Tennessee
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- P8168
- Xestia ditrapezium
- water as percent of area
- 0.0414
- per capita income
- 21300
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Encyclopedic overview
Lewisburg is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 12,288 in 2020. Lewisburg is located in Middle Tennessee, fifty miles south of Nashville and fifty-two miles north of Huntsville, Alabama. Residents have access to the larger cities via nearby I-65 and U.S. 431, the latter of which connects Lewisburg to downtown Huntsville via Fayetteville.
Lewisburg was named for the explorer Meriwether Lewis. By 1838, the town was supporting a newspaper and a bank. The downtown area is similar to many other small southern towns, with a courthouse on a square, surrounded by retail and commercial businesses. Shopping centers are located on the east and west ends of town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lewisburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.