Dickson, Tennessee facts for kids
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Dickson, Tennessee
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Downtown business district of Dickson
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Location of Dickson in Dickson County, Tennessee.
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| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Dickson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.41 sq mi (52.85 km2) |
| • Land | 20.32 sq mi (52.64 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.21 km2) |
| Elevation | 804 ft (245 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 16,058 |
| • Density | 790.10/sq mi (305.06/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes |
37055-37056
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| Area code(s) | 615 |
| FIPS code | 47-20620 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1303436 |
Dickson is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Located in Dickson County. It is part of the Nashville metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Dickson's population was 16,058.
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History
Dickson was named for Congressman William Dickson, as was Dickson County. The City started as a stop on the railroad line between Nashville and the Tennessee River. When Union Troops had finished the supply line during the Civil War, the area was known as Mile 42 post.
It is disputed on what the community was known as prior to being named Dickson. Dr. Robert Corlew's book A History of Dickson County makes the claim that the community was named Sneedsville in honor of a railroad engineer named Sneed who helped complete the tracks under the orders of General Ulysses S. Grant. Various other sources also state that the city was at one point named Sneedsville. Other sources claim that the community was named Smeedsville rather than Sneedsville. One claim comes from a series of writings for the Dickson Free Press by former mayor Robert S. Clement From Mile Post 42… To City of Dickson 1980. In article 7 "Was it called Sneedsville or Smeedsville?" Clement writes about a 1867 Chancery Court decree that was brought to his attention by historian Henry Ragan that refers to the land as "Smeedsville, Dickson County, Tennessee.", and that Ragan interviewed various locals who remembered the town being named Smeedsville. Corlew claimed that he had found Chancery Court documents from the same year that incorporated the area as Sneedsville or Smeedsville, and that it's hard to interpret it being an "n" or an "m" due to the handwriting.
Geography
Dickson is located in south-central Dickson County at 36°4′17″N 87°22′28″W / 36.07139°N 87.37444°W (36.071485, -87.374539). It is bordered to the east by the town of Burns. U.S. Route 70 passes through the north side of the city as Henslee Drive; it leads east 40 miles (64 km) to Nashville and west 62 miles (100 km) to Huntingdon. Interstate 40 passes through the Dickson city limits 5 miles (8 km) south of the center of town, with access from Exit 172 (Tennessee State Route 46). I-40 leads east 37 miles (60 km) to Nashville from Exit 172 and west 92 miles (148 km) to Jackson.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Dickson has a total area of 20.0 square miles (51.9 km2), of which 20.0 square miles (51.7 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.41%, is water. The city center sits on the Tennessee Valley Divide, with the southwest side of the city draining via the East Piney River to the Piney River, then to the Duck River, and then to the Tennessee River, while the northeast side drains via Turnbull Creek or Jones Creek to the Harpeth River and thence to the Cumberland River.
Climate
| Climate data for Dickson, Tennessee (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1900–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 80 (27) |
82 (28) |
93 (34) |
95 (35) |
98 (37) |
109 (43) |
110 (43) |
110 (43) |
108 (42) |
95 (35) |
88 (31) |
78 (26) |
110 (43) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 47.5 (8.6) |
52.3 (11.3) |
61.1 (16.2) |
70.9 (21.6) |
77.4 (25.2) |
84.1 (28.9) |
86.9 (30.5) |
86.9 (30.5) |
81.3 (27.4) |
71.0 (21.7) |
59.5 (15.3) |
50.4 (10.2) |
69.1 (20.6) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 37.5 (3.1) |
41.4 (5.2) |
49.4 (9.7) |
58.6 (14.8) |
66.1 (18.9) |
73.5 (23.1) |
76.9 (24.9) |
76.1 (24.5) |
69.9 (21.1) |
59.0 (15.0) |
48.0 (8.9) |
40.5 (4.7) |
58.1 (14.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 27.5 (−2.5) |
30.4 (−0.9) |
37.7 (3.2) |
46.2 (7.9) |
54.9 (12.7) |
62.9 (17.2) |
66.8 (19.3) |
65.4 (18.6) |
58.5 (14.7) |
46.9 (8.3) |
36.5 (2.5) |
30.6 (−0.8) |
47.0 (8.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −23 (−31) |
−14 (−26) |
−1 (−18) |
16 (−9) |
29 (−2) |
38 (3) |
48 (9) |
42 (6) |
32 (0) |
20 (−7) |
−3 (−19) |
−13 (−25) |
−23 (−31) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 4.33 (110) |
4.90 (124) |
5.44 (138) |
4.93 (125) |
5.79 (147) |
4.02 (102) |
4.62 (117) |
3.45 (88) |
3.45 (88) |
4.04 (103) |
3.97 (101) |
5.13 (130) |
54.07 (1,373) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.8 (2.0) |
0.6 (1.5) |
0.5 (1.3) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.6 (1.5) |
2.5 (6.4) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 10.3 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 111.9 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
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Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1890 | 938 | — | |
| 1900 | 1,363 | 45.3% | |
| 1910 | 1,850 | 35.7% | |
| 1920 | 2,263 | 22.3% | |
| 1930 | 2,902 | 28.2% | |
| 1940 | 3,504 | 20.7% | |
| 1950 | 3,348 | −4.5% | |
| 1960 | 5,028 | 50.2% | |
| 1970 | 5,665 | 12.7% | |
| 1980 | 7,040 | 24.3% | |
| 1990 | 8,791 | 24.9% | |
| 2000 | 12,244 | 39.3% | |
| 2010 | 14,538 | 18.7% | |
| 2020 | 16,058 | 10.5% | |
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2020 census
| Race | Number | Percentage |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 12,464 | 77.62% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,224 | 7.62% |
| Native American | 57 | 0.35% |
| Asian | 170 | 1.06% |
| Other/Mixed | 866 | 5.39% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,277 | 7.95% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 16,058 people, 5,842 households, and 3,690 families residing in the city.
Media
Television
- WDHC-LD Channel 6 (The Family Channel)
Radio
AM
- WDKN 1260 AM, Country, Gospel, Talk
FM
- WLTD-LP 103.9 FM 3ABN Radio, Religious
- WNRZ 91.5 FM Bott Radio Network
Notable people
- Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee
- Francis Craig, songwriter, bandleader
- Trevor Daniel, American Football punter for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League
- Walter S. Davis, educator.
- John Mitchell, baseball player
- Craig Morgan, country singer
- Anson Mount, actor
- Sunita Mani, Indian-American actress
- Anthony Wayne Van Leer, entrepreneur
See also
In Spanish: Dickson (Tennessee) para niños
