Dickson, Tennessee Dickson, Tennessee Location of Dickson, Tennessee Location of Dickson, Tennessee County Dickson Dickson is a town/city in Dickson County, Tennessee, United States.
Dickson was titled for Congressman William Dickson, as was Dickson County. Dickson is positioned in south-central Dickson County at 36 4 17 N 87 22 28 W (36.071485, -87.374539). It is bordered to the east by the town of Burns.
Route 70 passes through the north side of the town/city as Henslee Drive; it leads east 40 miles (64 km) to Nashville and west 62 miles (100 km) to Huntingdon.
Interstate 40 passes through the Dickson town/city limits 5 miles (8 km) south of the center of town, with access from Exit 172 (Tennessee State Route 46).
I-40 leads east 37 miles (60 km) to Nashville from Exit 172 and west 92 miles (148 km) to Jackson.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Dickson has a total region of 20.0 square miles (51.9 km2), of which 20.0 square miles (51.7 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.41%, is water. The town/city center sits on the Tennessee Valley Divide, with the southwest side of the town/city draining via the East Piney River to the Piney River, then to the Duck River, and then to the Tennessee River, while the northeast side drains via Turnbull Creek or Jones Creek to the Harpeth River and thence to the Cumberland River.
The 1922 Dickson County High School basketball team As of the census of 2000, there were 12,244 citizens , 4,934 homeholds, and 3,300 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 743.4 citizens per square mile (287.0/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 87.86% White, 8.83% African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.77% from other competitions, and 1.54% from two or more competitions.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $34,549, and the median income for a family was $42,632.
About 12.6% of families and 15.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 19.3% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dickson city, Tennessee".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 (PEPANNRES) Tennessee".
The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
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