Spurgeon is a

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(CDP) in

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and

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counties in the

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. The population was 3,957 at the 2010 census. The Washington County portion of Spurgeon is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Sullivan County portion is part of the

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area Kingsport is a city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It lies along the Holston River and had a population of 55,442 at the 2020 census. It is the largest city in the Kingsport–Bristol metropolitan area, w ...

. Those two metropolitan areas are components of the larger

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– commonly known as the " Tri-Cities" region. During the American Civil War, a small conflict known as the

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happened here.

Geography

Spurgeon is located at (36.443236, -82.461335). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 4.2 square miles (10.9 km²), of which 4.1 square miles (10.6 km²) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.3 km²) (2.38%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,460 people, 1,425 households, and 1,061 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,502 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.98%

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, 0.55%

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, 0.20% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.06%

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, 0.06% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.52% of the population. There were 1,425 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were

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living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.81. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,316, and the median income for a family was $41,899. Males had a median income of $30,512 versus $21,703 for females. The

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for the CDP was $17,004. About 8.5% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the

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, including 14.1% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The portion in Washington County is in the Washington County School District. The portion in Sullivan County is in the Sullivan County School District.
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References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Sullivan County, Tennessee Census-designated places in Washington County, Tennessee Census-designated places in Tennessee Johnson City metropolitan area, Tennessee Kingsport–Bristol metropolitan area