Tusculum, Tennessee

Coordinates: 36°10′30″N 82°44′43″W / 36.17500°N 82.74528°W / 36.17500; -82.74528
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Tusculum
City
Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Tusculum
Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Tusculum
FIPS code
47-75560[7]
GNIS feature ID2405615[5]
Websitewww.tusculumcity.org

Tusculum is a city in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 3,298 at the 2020 census.[8] It is the site of Tusculum University, the oldest university in Tennessee and the 28th oldest in the United States. Tusculum is a suburb of nearby Greeneville. The population of both Greeneville and Tusculum combined was approximately 18,777 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12.5 km2), all land.[9]

Neighborhoods

  • Afton
  • Tusculum Place
  • Twin Oaks

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19601,433—
19701,180−17.7%
19801,2425.3%
19901,91854.4%
20002,0044.5%
20102,66332.9%
20203,29823.8%
Sources:[10][11][6]

2020 census

Tusculum racial composition[12]
Race Number Percentage
White
(non-Hispanic) 		2,632 79.81%
Black or African American
(non-Hispanic) 		199 6.03%
Native American
 19 0.58%
Asian
 55 1.67%
Pacific Islander
 1 0.03%
Other/Mixed
 114 3.46%
Latino
 278 8.43%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,298 people, 641 households, and 461 families residing in the city.

2000 census

At the 2000

Latino
of any race were 0.30% of the population.

There were 590 households, of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.8% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.66.

12.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 18.3% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.2 males.

The

poverty line
, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Tusculum is the site of the main campus of Tusculum University.

Greene County Public Schools operates one elementary school in Tusculum, Doak Elementary School, serving grades Pk-5. Chuckey-Doak Middle School and Chuckey-Doak High School are also located in Tusculum city limits but both have an Afton address. They are also operated by Greene County Public Schools.

Postal service

Tusculum has a branch post office located on the college campus. The main zip code for Tusculum is 37745, although some portions of the city are in Afton's zip code, 37616.

Tusculum shares the zip code 37745 with Baileyton and Greeneville.

Recreation

The City of Tusculum operates and manages Tusculum City Park and Tusculum Linear Park Trail (Greenway)

Transportation

US Route 321 on the north side of the city and on a new alignment of SR-107 on the east side of the city, titled Tusculum Bypass. US-11E and US-321 run concurrently on the north side of the city. SR-351
also junctions with SR-107 on the southeast side of the city. The main road through downtown is Erwin Highway (the former SR-107).

References

  1. ^ "Homepage". City of Tusculum. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Tennessee Blue Book, 2005-2006, pp. 618-625.
  3. ^ Nancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Tennessee (North American Book Distributors, 2000), p. 226.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  5. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tusculum, Tennessee
  6. ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  8. ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Tusculum city, Tennessee". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  9. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Tusculum city, Tennessee". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  10. ^ "Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  11. ^ "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  12. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 27, 2021.


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