Soddy-Daisy City Hall Soddy-Daisy City Hall Location in Hamilton County and state of Tennessee.
Location in Hamilton County and state of Tennessee.
Website City of Soddy-Daisy Soddy-Daisy is a town/city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States.
The town/city was formed in 1969 when the communities of Soddy (to the north) and Daisy (to the south), along with close-by developed areas along U.S.
Soddy-Daisy is an incorporated city, comprising the Tennessee metros/cities Soddy and Daisy.
Soddy-Daisy was home to Hamilton County's first courthouse and government seat, Poe's Tavern. The tavern, assembled in 1819, was the home of Soddy-Daisy resident, Hasten Poe.
During the Civil War, Poe's Tavern served as a hospital for both Union and Confederate troops. Although the initial Poe's Tavern was torn down in 1911, the City of Soddy Daisy has reconstructing a replica of the building a block away from the initial site. There are two prominent stories about how the town/city of Soddy got its name.
The first is that the word "Soddy" is an anglicization of "Tsati," a shorter Cherokee form of the Cherokee word (Ani-Kusati-yi), referring to the Muskogean Koasati citizens who lived there in the 18th century before to Cherokee migration to the region after 1776.
The second theory is that Soddy was titled for William Sodder, who ran a trading post in the city.
The two metros/cities incorporated in April 1969 along a 9-mile stretch of U.S.
Soddy-Daisy is positioned at 35 15 31 N 85 10 37 W (35.258538, -85.176996). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 23.8 square miles (62 km2), of which 23.0 square miles (60 km2) is territory and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2) (3.32%) is water.
The town/city is situated at the base of the Cumberland Plateau in northwestern Hamilton County.
State Route 111, which crosses the Cumberland Plateau, intersects US-27 in the northern part of the city.
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,530 citizens , 4,511 homeholds, and 3,392 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $37,163, and the median income for a family was $41,394.
The City Manager is presently Janice Cagle and the Finance Director and Recorder is presently Burt Johnson.
The town/city judge is presently Marty Lasley.
In 2009, Soddy-Daisy became the home of Tennessee's first, and presently only, outside charter school, Ivy Academy.
"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".
City of Soddy-Daisy Municipalities and communities of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
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Cities in Tennessee - Cities in Hamilton County, Tennessee - Cities in the Chattanooga urbane region - Populated places established in 1969 - 1969 establishments in Tennessee - Coal suburbs in Tennessee - Populated places on the Tennessee River
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