Lynchburg, Tennessee

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Lynchburg is a community in south-central Tennessee. It is governed by a consolidated city-county government unit whose boundaries coincide with those of Moore County, Tennessee.

Lynchburg is best known as the location of the Jack Daniel's distillery, whose famous whiskey is marketed world-wide as the product of a city with only one traffic light. Despite the operational distillery, Lynchburg's home county of Moore is a dry county. The aforementioned law dates from the time of prohibition and can only be repealed if at least 1,000 resident voters sign an appropriate petition.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Government 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Geography

Lynchburg is located at 35°17′3″N, 86°21′27″W¹.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Moore County has a total area of 337.7 km² (130.4 mi²). 334.6 km² (129.2 mi²) of it is land and 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²) of it (0.93%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,740 people, 2,211 households, and 1,686 families residing in Moore County. Lynchburg itself has been estimated to have around 350 residents.^[1] The population density was 17.2/km² (44.4/mi²). There were 2,515 housing units at an average density of 7.5/km² (19.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the County was 95.84% White, 2.72% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.51% from other races, and 0.61% from two or more races. 0.78% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,211 households out of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.1% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the County the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.

The median income for a household in the County was $36,591, and the median income for a family was $41,484. Males had a median income of $31,559 versus $20,987 for females. The per capita income for the County was $19,040. 9.6% of the population and 7.8% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.7% are under the age of 18 and 12.1% are 65 or older.

[edit] Government

In 1988, Metropolitan Lynchburg Moore County was voted into law as the governing body of Moore County, including Lynchburg. ^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Moore County in the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
2. ^ Lynchburg Metro Utility Department

[edit] External links

• The web site of Lynchburg, Tennessee
• Lynchburg at the Open Directory Project (suggest site)