Winchester, Tennessee Winchester, Tennessee Franklin County Courthouse in Winchester Franklin County Courthouse in Winchester Location of Winchester, Tennessee Location of Winchester, Tennessee Winchester is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Tullahoma, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The populace of Winchester as of the 2010 census was 8,530, showing an increase of 1,201 from 2000.
Winchester was created as the seat of justice for Franklin County by act of the Tennessee Legislature on November 22, 1809, and was laid out the following year. The town is titled for James Winchester, a soldier in the American Revolution, first Speaker of the Tennessee Legislature, and a brigadier general in the War of 1812.
It closed in 1896. During the 19th century, the institution helped make Winchester an educational center.
Other private schools in the town/city were Carrick Academy for male students (founded in 1809), Winchester Female Academy (founded in 1835), and Winchester Normal College. Winchester, along with the rest of Franklin County, seceded from the Union a several months before the rest of Tennessee, unofficially becoming a part of Alabama until the rest of the state seceded.
Recreation in Winchester received a momentous boost when the Tennessee Valley Authority started assembly of the Tims Ford Dam along the Elk River in 1966.
Winchester is positioned slightly north of the center of Franklin County, and is bordered to the north by the town/city of Decherd.
The town/city center is just south of Boiling Fork Creek, now an arm of Tims Ford Lake.
Dry Creek forms another arm of the lake along the boundary of the city, and the town/city limits extend as far as the Elk River arm of the lake 4 miles (6 km) north of downtown.
US 41 - A leads east 6 miles (10 km) to Cowan and 12 miles (19 km) to Sewanee, as well as north 6 miles (10 km) to Estill Springs and 14 miles (23 km) to Tullahoma.
Tennessee State Route 16 leaves southwest from the center of town as 1st Avenue and leads 19 miles (31 km) to the Alabama border.
Route 64 bypasses Winchester to the south and east, dominant northeast 16 miles (26 km) to Interstate 24 near Pelham and west 32 miles (51 km) to Fayetteville.
Tennessee State Route 50 leads west and northwest from Winchester 20 miles (32 km) to Lynchburg, and Tennessee State Route 130 leads northwest 6 miles (10 km) to Winchester Springs and 16 miles (26 km) to Tullahoma.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.7 square miles (30.3 km2), of which 10.7 square miles (27.8 km2) is territory and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), or 8.47%, is water. Winchester City Hall In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.6% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $41,183.
John Abernathy Smith, "Franklin County," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
Tennessee Blue Book, 2005-2006, pp.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Winchester city, Tennessee".
Middle Tennessee State University.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Winchester at a Glance, City of Winchester website, accessed December 1, 2008 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Winchester, Tennessee.
City of Winchester official website Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Tennessee, United States County seat: Winchester Cowan Decherd Tullahoma Winchester This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Cities in Tennessee - Cities in Franklin County, Tennessee - County seats in Tennessee - Tullahoma, Tennessee micropolitan region - Populated places established in 1809
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