Hollow Rock is a town in Carroll County,

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, United States. The population was 718 at the 2010 census. Hollow Rock is just west of, and adjacent to, the town of Bruceton and is northeast of

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Geography

Hollow Rock is located at (36.035530, -88.274916). According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and 0.56% is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 963 people, 379 households, and 277 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 432 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 90.24%

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, 8.62%

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, 0.10% Native American, 0.10% Asian, and 0.93% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.62% of the population. There were 379 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were

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living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.9% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.01. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.7 males. The median income for a household in the town was $27,431, and the median income for a family was $33,421. Males had a median income of $28,269 versus $16,429 for females. The

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for the town was $14,119. About 11.3% of families and 13.9% of the population were below the

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, including 12.9% of those under age 18 and 16.9% of those age 65 or over.

Media

Radio Stations

* WRQR-FM 105.5 "Today's Best Music with Ace & TJ in the Morning" * WTPR-AM 710 "The Greatest Hits of All Time" * WTPR-FM 101.7 "The Greatest Hits of All Time"

Newspapers

*Carroll County News-Leader

Notable people

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, Pro Bowler

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for the

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(2007–14).

In popular culture

*On the Disney television show, ''

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'', Beau Landry is mentioned being from Hollow Rock.

References

External links

* {{authority control Towns in Carroll County, Tennessee Towns in Tennessee