Clifton is a city in Wayne County,

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, on the state's south central border with Alabama. It developed as a river port along the

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in the 19th century. Its historic districts listed on the

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are associated with this period. The population was 2,694 at the 2010 census.

Overview

The city operates the T. S. Stribling Museum in honor of its most famous resident,

T. S. Stribling Thomas Sigismund Stribling (March 4, 1881 – July 8, 1965) was notable as an American writer who published under the name T. S. Stribling. Although he passed the bar and practiced law for a few years, he quickly began to focus on writing. First k ...

. Highly popular in the 1920s and 1930s, this author won the

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in 1933 for

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, his second work of the Vaiden trilogy. The house is located in the Water Street Historic District, associated with the port past, and is listed on the

. The state's

South Central Correctional Facility :''not to be confused with the South Central Correctional Center, Missouri'' South Central Correctional Facility is a privately run, medium-security prison located in Clifton, Wayne County, Tennessee. This prison is operated and administered by ...

is located in Clifton. A privately run medium-security prison, it has capacity for 1700 adult male offenders. South Central Correctional Facility
2011-2022], PrisonPro.com

Geography

Clifton is located at (35.382777, -87.992060). According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (7.75%) is water.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 2,651 people, 450 households, and 268 families residing in the city.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,699 people, 353 households, and 223 families residing in the city. The

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was 420.1 people per square mile (162.3/km²). There were 392 housing units at an average density of 61.0 per square mile (23.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 59.69%

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, 39.42%

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, 0.11% Native American, 0.04%

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, 0.44% from

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, and 0.30% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.85% of the population. There were 353 households, out of which 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were

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living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 34.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.93. In the city, the population was spread out, with 7.0% under the age of 18, 13.3% from 18 to 24, 56.2% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 5.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 561.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 684.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $22,500, and the median income for a family was $35,000. Males had a median income of $36,848 versus $19,318 for females. The

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for the city was $13,780. About 15.4% of families and 22.0% of the population were below the

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, including 26.5% of those under age 18 and 21.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

* Frank Hughes College ''(No longer in operation)'' * Frank Hughes School *

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Radio station

There is one radio station located in Clifton (106.5 FM, "Kix 106.5") WLVS-FM. The station rebroadcasts the country music station "Kix 96"

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which is located in

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Notable people

, notable as an American writer, is known for ''The Vaiden Trilogy'', of which the second novel, ''

'', won the

in 1933. *

Robert Selph Henry Colonel Robert Selph Henry (October 20, 1889 – August 19, 1970) was an American lawyer, railroad executive and historian. He was an executive of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway from 1921 to 1934, and the vice president of the As ...

, railroad executive and historian.

Businesses

''This is an incomplete list''

Banks

*Peoples Bank *Wayne County Bank

Stores

*Clifton One Stop (

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) *Cross-eyed Cricket (

) *Country Girls Truck Stop (

and Restaurant) *

Dollar General Dollar General Corporation is an American chain of variety stores headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. As of April 11, 2022, Dollar General operates 18,216 stores in the continental United States. The company began in 1939 as a family-own ...

Medical and related

*Clifton Medical Associates *Lifespan Health *Willoughby Drugs

Other businesses

*Advanced Plastics *American Telephone Exchange *Clifton Game Room *Craft Book Binding *Burns

Trucking Company A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster, or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a HGV driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Union, a lorry driver, or driver in ...

*Bear Inn (Lodge) *United States Postal Service *Clifton RV & Marina (Restaurant & Bar) https://www.cliftonmarina.com/ *Commodore Inn at Clifton (Historical B&B) https://www.commodoreinnclifton.com/

Manufacturing

*American Whirlpool *Brown Foreman (A Stave Mill) *Cross Brand Leather *Clifton Motel

Transportation

Highways

* (U.S. Route 641 and unsigned State Route 114) * (State Route 128) * (State Route 228)

Aviation

References

External links

* {{authority control Cities in Tennessee Cities in Wayne County, Tennessee Tennessee populated places on the Tennessee River