Sango is an

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in the southeastern corner of

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, about 5 miles east of Clarksville. It is located near

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, 30 minutes northwest of

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. Once primarily a rural community consisting largely of prime farmland, many new housing developments have gone up in the past few years and has become very suburban. From before the

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to at least 1990, tobacco was the main cash crop in Sango. Besides burley and some flue-cured tobaccos, high-quality dark-fired (wood smoke-cured) tobacco was grown in Sango, as well as throughout Montgomery County. During the tobacco wars of 1904 to 1908 (between the farmers and the Duke tobacco monopoly), a key battle between the "Night Riders" (farmers) and agents of the tobacco monopoly took place at the intersection of Bagwell and Sango Roads, in eastern Sango. As Sango is neither an incorporated community nor a

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, it has no clearly defined boundaries. It roughly covers an area stretching from U.S. Route 41A to just beyond Interstate 24. Sango is considered to have a higher standard of living when compared to other similarly sized towns in middle Tennessee, such as Ashland City.

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