Harrogate is the largest city in

Claiborne County, Tennessee Claiborne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,043. Its county seat is Tazewell and its largest city is Harrogate. History Claiborne County was established on October 29, 18 ...

, United States. It is adjacent to

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park The Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at the border between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, centered on the Cumberland Gap, a natural break in the Appalachian Mountains. The park lies ...

. The community has been known as "Harrogate" since the 19th century, but did not incorporate by that name until 1993.City of Harrogate website
Retrieved on March 28, 2010 As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,389. It is considered a

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with

Lincoln Memorial University Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) is a private university in Harrogate, Tennessee and Knoxville, Tennessee. Its Harrogate main campus borders on Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. , it had 1,605 undergraduate and 4,200 graduate and profe ...

's main campus located entirely within Harrogate. Before incorporation, the

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treated Harrogate as a

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(CDP) called Harrogate-Shawanee. At the time of the 2000 census the CDP had a population of 2,865.

History

In 1974, the population of Harrogate continued to grow at a fast pace, leading to the construction of a new middle school serving both students of Harrogate and the adjacent town of

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. In 1993, Harrogate was incorporated into a city, and continued to see the fastest population growth of all in Claiborne County.

saw growth as new dorms, an athletic arena, new classrooms, a medical program, and a partnership with

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's Kanto International Senior High School enhanced the Harrogate campus. By the late 2000s, the city would construct a sewage treatment system following increased contaminations of groundwater and instances of human waste surfacing from failing

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systems.

Geography

Harrogate is located at (37.811324, -82.806780). According to the

, the city has a total area of , all land. The

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of Shawanee, is located east inside of the

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of Harrogate.

Demographics

CDP

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,865 people, 1,032 households, and 747 families residing in the Harrogate-Shawanee CDP. The population density was . There were 1,091 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.73%

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, 0.94%

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, 0.42% Native American, 0.94% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 2.79% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 0.52% of the population. There were 1,032 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were

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living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.83. The age distribution was 20.5% under 18, 14.7% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,227, and the median income for a family was $44,492. Males had a median income of $36,000 versus $25,036 for females. The

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for the CDP was $15,585. About 7.2% of families and 20.2% of the population were below the

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, including 17.0% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

City

When Harrogate first incorporated the city population was approximately 2,700, but since that time the population has increased as a result of

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s. As of 2003, the

estimated the city population at 3,974. In 2006 the estimated population was 4,425,Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service
(accessed July 21, 2007) making Harrogate the largest city in Claiborne County.

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,400 people, 1,678 households, and 1,039 families residing in the city.

Education and culture

, a private four-year co-educational

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founded in 1897, is located in Harrogate. Its Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum houses a large collection of memorabilia relating to the school's namesake,

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and the

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. Lincoln Memorial is the parent institution of the Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, the first

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medical school in Tennessee. Public schools in Harrogate are Ellen Myers Elementary, H.Y. Livesay Middle School, and Forge Ridge Consolidated School. Cumberland Gap High School is located in Harrogate but has a

address. This is also where Tri-State Christian Academy is located. The town's Daniel Boone Arboretum contains over 50 labeled species of native trees.

Town twinning

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References

External links

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Claiborne County Chamber of Commerce
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