Clarksville Tennessee : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

Clarksville, Tennessee

Official name

Clarksville, Tennessee

Settlement type

Country

State

County

Founded:

1785

Incorporated:

1808

Government

Mayor

Kim McMillan

Geography

Total Area

95.5 sq mi (247.3 km2)

Land Area

94.9 sq mi (245.8 km2)

Water Area

0.7 sq mi (1.8 km2)

Elevation

509 ft (155.1 m)

Demography

Total Population

123564 (U.S. Census Bureau)

Other information

Time zone

CST (UTC-6)

- Summer (DST)

CDT (UTC-5)

ZIP codes

37040-37044

Area code

931

FIPS code

47-15160

GNIS feature ID

1269467

Home | City | Clarksville Tennessee

Clarksville is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States, and the fifth largest city in the state. The population was 124,565 in 2009 United States Census. Clarksville is the principal central city of the Clarksville, TN-KY metropolitan statistical area, which consists of Montgomery County, Stewart County, Tennessee, Christian County, Kentucky and Trigg County, Kentucky.

The city was incorporated in 1785, and named for General George Rogers Clark, frontier fighter and Revolutionary War hero, brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Clarksville is the home of Austin Peay State University; The Leaf-Chronicle, the oldest newspaper in Tennessee; and neighbor to the Fort Campbell, United States Army base. Fort Campbell is the home of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Clarksville, straddling the Tennessee-Kentucky state line. It is officially Fort Campbell, Kentucky due to the fact the base U.S. Post Office is on the Kentucky side of the base; the majority of Fort Campbell is within the state of Tennessee.