Surgoinsville, Tennessee

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Surgoinsville is a town in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,484 at the 2000 census. In 2003 the estimated population was 1,691. The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 3. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 1.8 per 1,000 people.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Schools
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Surgoinsville is located at 36°28′27″N, 82°51′15″W (36.474172, -82.854126)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 10.6 km² (4.1 mi²). 10.5 km² (4.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.98%) is water.

Named for Frenchman James Surgine, Surgoinsville(the misspelling was never corrected) is located between Church Hill and Rogersville on Highway 394 near the Holston River. Nearby unincorporated communities, many with a Surgoinsville address, including Stony Point, Carters Valley, Stanley Valley, Tuckers Knob and Big Creek.

Although chartered in 1815, as indicated in the Tennessee Blue Book, the town for a time had no local government. Interested citizens in the early decades of the 20th Century restarted the municipality, which is governed by a board of mayor and aldermen. A private water system serves the town and outlying areas, but the city has no public sewer connections or sewage treatment plant.

It has an annual Riverfront festival each September and a local music venue called Bellamy's, in an old hardware store.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,484 people, 614 households, and 453 families residing in the town. The population density was 141.8/km² (367.2/mi²). There were 674 housing units at an average density of 64.4/km² (166.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.18% White, 0.34% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.27% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.55% of the population.

There were 614 households out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.4% 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 2.85.

In the town the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,391, and the median income for a family was $41,055. Males had a median income of $32,969 versus $20,739 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,015. About 5.6% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Schools

Volunteer High School (Shared by Surgoinsville & Church Hill); mascot Falcons
Surgoinsville Middle School (formally Surgoinsville High School); mascot Eagles
Surgoinsville Elementary School

[edit] External links

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