Ooltewah, Tennessee Ooltewah, Tennessee Location of Ooltewah, Tennessee Location of Ooltewah, Tennessee Ooltewah is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States.
The populace was 687 at the 2010 census. Ooltewah is an enclave in the town/city of Collegedale.
Ooltewah was once the governmental center of county of James County, a former Tennessee county that went bankrupt in 1919 and was later incorporated into Hamilton County.
The former James County Courthouse positioned in the square in downtown Ooltewah is the community's primary landmark. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Alfred Cate (1822 1871), a resident of Ooltewah, was a prominent Southern Unionist and prestige in the East Tennessee bridge-burning conspiracy.
Ooltewah is positioned at 35 4 1 N 85 4 53 W (35.066834, -85.081421). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), all land.
The word, Ooltewah is possibly derived from ultiwa, a Cherokee cognate of the Muscogee word italwa, meaning "principal ground" Alternatively, it is perhaps derived from the Creek (Muscogee) words uwv-tawa (OO-U-TA-WA) "water town." There were 2,153 homeholds out of which 32.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 59.6% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families.
In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the Ooltewah CDP was $92,243, and the median income for a family was $105,439.
The Ooltewah zip code is the site of Ooltewah High School, East Hamilton Middle/High School, Ooltewah Middle School, Hunter Middle School, Ooltewah Elementary School, Snow Hill Elementary School, Wolftever Creek Elementary School, and Wallace A.
East Hamilton Middle/High School split from Ooltewah High School due to a large student body.
East Hamilton Middle/High School competes in Division 4 - A of the TSSAA, while Ooltewah competes in Division 5 - A of the TSSAA.
About Ooltewah and Chattanooga Area, St.
Municipalities and communities of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States Apison Fairmount Falling Water Flat Top Mountain Harrison Middle Valley Mowbray Mountain Ooltewah Sale Creek This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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