|
Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton Combined Statistical Area
The Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton, TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area covers a total of fourteen counties – seven in southeast Tennessee, six in northwest Georgia and one in northeast Alabama. The combined statistical area consists of three metropolitan statistical areas – Chattanooga, Cleveland, and Dalton – as well as the Athens, Scottsboro, and Summerville micropolitan statistical areas. At the 2023 estimate, the CSA had a population of 1,003,363. Counties * Bradley County, Tennessee * Hamilton County, Tennessee * Marion County, Tennessee * McMinn County, Tennessee * Meigs County, Tennessee * Polk County, Tennessee * Sequatchie County, Tennessee * Catoosa County, Georgia * Chattooga County, Georgia * Dade County, Georgia * Murray County, Georgia * Walker County, Georgia * Whitfield County, Georgia * Jackson County, Alabama Communities Places with more than 150,000 inhabitants * Chattanooga, Tennessee (principal city) Places with 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polk County, Tennessee
Polk County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 17,544. Its county seat is Benton. The county was created on November 28, 1839, from parts of Bradley and McMinn counties, after final removal of most Cherokee from the region that year. The county was named after then-governor (and future president) James K. Polk. Polk County is included in the Cleveland, Tennessee Metropolitan Area Statistical Area, which is also included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton, TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area. History Prior to the settlement of the Europeans, Polk County was inhabited by the Cherokee, and before them, thousands of years of indigenous cultures. The portion of Polk County north of the Hiwassee River was ceded by the Cherokee Nation to the US in the Calhoun Treaty of 1819. The rest of the county was part of the Ocoee District. The Cherokee were forcibly removed from he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meigs County, Tennessee
Meigs County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,758. Its county seat is Decatur. It is a component of the Athens, Tennessee Micropolitan Area. History Before 1819, the area that is now Meigs County was part of the Cherokee nation. It had been inhabited for thousands of years by succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples. European trades had interacted with the Cherokee since the late 17th century, coming from colonial settlements in Virginia and South Carolina. Following the American Revolutionary War, American settlers began to enter the territory in greater numbers. They established ferries across the Tennessee River from Rhea County as early as 1807. Colonel Return J. Meigs, a Revolutionary veteran and namesake for the county, was appointed as the United States Indian agent, based in Rhea County until 1817. He supervised trade with the Cherokee. That year, the agency was moved to an area in what is now Mei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion County, Tennessee
Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,837. Its county seat is Jasper. Marion County is part of the Chattanooga, AL– TN– GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Marion County is in the Central time zone, while Chattanooga proper is in the Eastern time zone. History Marion County was established in 1817. In 1779 Cherokee chief Dragging Canoe moved down the Tennessee River from Chickamauga Creek to Running Water creek, and he helped establish the town of Nickajack at the entrance of Nickajack Cave. In 1794, the town was attacked and burned by militiamen commanded by Colonel James Orr of Nashville, Tennessee. The town was rebuilt and the Chickamauga Indians continued to live here until 1838, when all of the remaining Indians were removed from Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia by the Trail of Tears. During the spring of 1861, early in the American Civil War, Robert Cravens of Chattan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton County, Tennessee
Hamilton County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in the southern part of East Tennessee on the border with Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 366,207, making it the fourth-most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga, located along the Tennessee River. The county was named for Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, secretary of the treasury. Hamilton County is one of List of Tennessee counties, 95 counties within Tennessee. Hamilton County is part of the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN-Georgia (U.S. state), GA Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county was created on October 25, 1819. Hamilton County expanded to meet the state line with Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia after absorbing parts of three different counties including Bledsoe County, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley County, Tennessee
Bradley County is a County (United States), county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 108,620, making it the thirteenth most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Cleveland, Tennessee, Cleveland. It is named for Edward Bradley (colonel), Colonel Edward Bradley of Shelby County, Tennessee, who was colonel of Hale's Regiment in the American Revolution and the 15th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers in the War of 1812. Bradley County is included in the Cleveland, Tennessee Cleveland, Tennessee metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, Georgia, Dalton, TN-Georgia (U.S. state), GA-Alabama, AL Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, Combined Statistical Area. History Indigenous peoples occupied this territory, especially along the waterways, for thousands of years befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, economy. The U.S. Census Bureau is part of the United States Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce and its Director of the United States Census Bureau, director is appointed by the president of the United States. Currently, Ron S. Jarmin is the acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau's primary mission is conducting the United States census, U.S. census every ten years, which allocates the seats of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives to the U.S. state, states based on their population. The bureau's various censuses and surveys help allocate over $675 billion in federal funds every year and it assists states, local communities, and businesses in making informed decisions. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chattooga County, Georgia
Chattooga County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,965. The county seat is Summerville. The county was created on December 28, 1838. Chattooga County comprises the Summerville, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Rome-Summerville Combined Statistical Area. Summerville is the site of the Chattooga County Courthouse. The county is home to several properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History Chattooga County is named for the Chattooga River, which flows through it. It was originally settled by the " mound builder" culture. A few small mounds can be found throughout the Alpine and Menlo areas. Sometime in the pre-European settlement era, the county was settled by at first the Creek Native Americans and later the Cherokee Native Americans. The principal Cherokee towns in Chattooga were Rivertown (Trion) and Broomtown in Shinbone valley. With the onset of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson County, Alabama
Jackson County is the northeasternmost County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 52,579. The county seat is Scottsboro, Alabama, Scottsboro. The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States of America. Jackson County is a prohibition or dry county, but three cities within the county (Bridgeport, Alabama, Bridgeport, Scottsboro, Alabama, Scottsboro, and Stevenson, Alabama, Stevenson) are "wet", allowing alcohol sales. Jackson County comprises the Scottsboro, Alabama Micropolitan Statistical Area, and Jackson county is included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton combined statistical area. It is the site of Russell Cave National Monument, an archeological site with evidence of 8,000 years of human occupation in the Southeast. History Jackson County was established on December 13, 1819, after the federal government arran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McMinn County, Tennessee
McMinn County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in East Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 53,794. The county has a total area of . Most of the county is within the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, Ridge and Valley area of the Appalachian Mountains. Its county seat is Athens, Tennessee, Athens. McMinn County, along with Meigs County, Tennessee, Meigs County comprises the Athens, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. History McMinn County was created in 1819 from Indian lands and was named in honor of Joseph McMinn (1758–1824). McMinn was a militia commander during the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, a member of the territorial legislature, speaker of the state senate, and eventually governor of the state of Tennessee. McMinn died on October 17, 1824, and is buried at Shiloh Presbyterian Cemetery in Calhoun, Tennessee, Calhoun. The first railroad in East Tennessee, the Hiwasse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
