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Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
The Chattanooga, TN-GA metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of six counties – three in southeast Tennessee (Hamilton, Marion, and Sequatchie) and three in northwest Georgia ( Catoosa, Dade, and Walker) – anchored by the city of Chattanooga. As of the 2020 census, the Chattanooga metropolitan area had a population of 562,647. This metropolitan area traverses two time zones. Counties *Catoosa County, Georgia (ET) * Dade County, Georgia (ET) *Hamilton County, Tennessee (ET) * Marion County, Tennessee (CT) * Sequatchie County, Tennessee (CT) * Walker County, Georgia (ET) Communities Places with more than 150,000 inhabitants *Chattanooga, Tennessee (Principal city) Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants *East Brainerd, Tennessee *East Ridge, Tennessee *Middle Valley, Tennessee ( CDP) * Red Bank, Tennessee * Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee *Collegedale, Tennessee *Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia Place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Time Zone (North America)
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar .... * Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00). Observed during standard time (late autumn/winter in the United States and Canada). * Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00). Observed during daylight saving time (spring/summer/early autumn in the United States and Canada). On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT, creating a 23-hour day. On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Bank, Tennessee
Red Bank is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 11,899 at the 2020 census. Red Bank is an enclave, being entirely surrounded by the city limits of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga. Red Bank is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan area. History Red Bank was originally known as "Pleasant Hill". When a post office was established in the community in 1881, however, it was asked to adopt a new name, since the name "Pleasant Hill" Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, was already taken. Red Bank is designated as a "Bird Sanctuary City" by the Red Bank Commission. Red Bank was home to the Tennessee State Champion Virginia Pine discovered by Don McKenzie (the tree died in 2023). Notable people * Bill Dedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, raised in Red Bank * Wendell Rawls, Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, raised in Red Bank * Kane Brown, Singer * Emma Bell Miles, Writer, poet, and artist. Her works capture the essence of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Valley, Tennessee
Middle Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 11,695 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN– GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Middle Valley is located at (35.189120, -85.191060). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.81%) is water. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 11,695 people, 4,362 households, and 3,413 families residing in the CDP. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 11,854 people, 4,294 households, and 3,572 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 4,459 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.90% White, 1.87% African American, 0.27% Native American, 1.04% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Ridge, Tennessee
East Ridge is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population was 22,167. East Ridge is bordered by Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga to the west, north, and east, and the Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia state line to the south. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Chattanooga metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name of the city comes from its location due east of Missionary Ridge. The Bachman Tubes beneath Missionary Ridge link East Ridge with downtown Chattanooga. History Early settlers of East Ridge include the Lomenicks, the Conners and the Greens (in the area around Greenslake Road). The town was incorporated in April 1921 via private act of the Tennessee Legislature. S.M. Hudlow was the first mayor. The first major public works project was to install electric lighting for the town. Bonds were issued, a construction contract was signed, and work began. Work was complete by Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Brainerd, Tennessee
East Brainerd is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 14,132 at the 2000 census and was not recorded at the 2010 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN– GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography East Brainerd is located at (35.013983, -85.108803). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (0.35%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 14,132 people, 4,839 households, and 4,151 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 4,982 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.38% White, 7.79% African American, 0.13% Native American, 2.26% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.46% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.37% of the population. There were 4,839 households, out of which 41.9% had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walker County, Georgia
Walker County is a County (United States), county in the Northwest Georgia, northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 67,654,US 2020 Census Bureau report, Walker County, Georgia down from 68,756 in 2010. The county seat is LaFayette, Georgia, LaFayette. The county was created on December 18, 1833, from land formerly belonging to the Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Indian Nation. Walker County is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan area, Chattanooga TN/GA metropolitan statistical area. History Walker County was named after Georgia's U.S. Senator, Freeman Walker (1780–1827). Civil War battles fought in Walker County were part of the Chickamauga Campaign fought between August 21 and September 20, 1863: * Second Battle of Chattanooga, August 21 * Battle of Davis's Cross Roads, September 10–11 * Battle of Chickamauga, September 19–20 In 2002, the Tri-State Crematory scandal in Noble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dade County, Georgia
Dade County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. It occupies the northwest corner of Georgia, and the county's own northwest corner is the westernmost point in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population is 16,251. The county seat and only incorporated municipality is Trenton. Dade County is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1860, residents of Dade County voted to secede from the state of Georgia and from the United States, but no government outside the county ever recognized this gesture as legal. In 1945, the county symbolically "rejoined" Georgia and the United States. History Dade County was established in 1837 and was named for Major Francis Langhorne Dade, who was killed in the Dade Massacre by Seminole Indians in December 1835. The first settlers of Dade County won the land in the Georgia Land Lotteries, held to encourage settlement after the Cherokee people were forced off the land. Many settlers worked in regional coke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catoosa County, Georgia
Catoosa County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2020 census, the population was 67,872. The county seat is Ringgold. The county was created on December 5, 1853. The meaning of the Cherokee language name "Catoosa" is obscure. "Catoosa" may come from the Cherokee words ''gatusi'' ("hill", "small mountain" or "high place") or ''gatu'gitse'' ("new settlement place"). Catoosa County is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History On March 14, 2002, due to a one-time sudden fog, about 125 vehicles crashed, causing a pileup in Interstate 75 that killed four people and injured 39. On April 27, 2011, a devastating tornado touched down in the town of Ringgold, located in Catoosa County, leaving a path of severe destruction. ; Elementary schools *Battlefield Elementary School *Battlefield Primary School *Boynton Elementary School *Cloud Springs Elementary School *Graysville Elementary School *Ringgold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sequatchie County, Tennessee
Sequatchie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,826. Its county seat is Dunlap. Sequatchie County is part of the Chattanooga, TN– GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Sequatchie County was created in 1857 from two districts of Marion County and one district of Bledsoe County. It was named for the Sequatchie Valley, which in turn had been named for a Cherokee chief. The word ''sequachee'' from in Cherokee means 'opossum' or 'he grins.' Settlers began arriving in what is now Sequatchie by the early 19th century, drawn to the area by the fertile land in the valley. At the outset of the Civil War, Sequatchie was divided over the issue of secession. On June 8, 1861, Sequatchie Countians voted in favor of Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession by a vote 153 to 100. In October 1863, Confederate General Joseph Wheeler led a raid into Sequatchie, burning nearly a thousand wagons and capturing livestock. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
