Wartburg, Tennessee

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Wartburg, Tennessee
settlement_type = City
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image_caption = Morgan County Courthouse in Wartburg


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map_caption = Location of Wartburg, Tennessee


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Tennessee
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Morgan

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area_total_km2 = 2.5
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 890
population_density_km2 = 358.8
population_density_sq_mi = 929.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 420
elevation_ft = 1378
latd = 36 |latm = 6 |lats = 15 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 35 |longs = 31 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 37887
area_code = 423
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blank_info = 47-78100GR|2
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Wartburg is a city in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 890 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Morgan CountyGR|6.

Geography

Wartburg is located at coor dms|36|6|15|N|84|35|31|W|city (36.104244, -84.591817)GR|1. The city is situated amidst the Crab Orchard Mountains, a sub-range of the Cumberland Mountains, near the eastern edge of the Cumberland Plateau. Bird Mountain dominates the area east of Wartburg, rising from its base at the edge of the city and stretching for some convert|10|mi|km to its convert|3142|ft|m|sing=on summit at Frozen Head State Park. The Emory River, its source near the summit of Bird, flows westwardly along the mountain's northern base, passing just north of Wartburg, and turning south before dropping off the plateau and emptying into the Watts Bar Lake impoundment of the Tennessee River. The Obed River flows eastwardly from Cumberland County through a scenic gorge before emptying into the Emory just west of Wartburg.

Wartburg is centered near the junction of U.S. Route 27, which connects the city to Kentucky to the north and Harriman and Interstate 40 to the south, and Tennessee State Route 62, which connects Wartburg to Oak Ridge to the east and Middle Tennessee to the west.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.5 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 890 people, 363 households, and 197 families residing in the city. The population density was 929.3 people per square mile (357.9/km²). There were 394 housing units at an average density of 411.4/sq mi (158.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.19% White, 0.67% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 1.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.46% of the population.

There were 363 households out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.5% were married couples living together, 16.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.7% were non-families. 43.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 27.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 72.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 62.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $19,722, and the median income for a family was $37,917. Males had a median income of $32,708 versus $22,143 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,252. About 24.5% of families and 29.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.1% of those under age 18 and 19.1% of those age 65 or over.

History

In 1805, the Cherokee ceded what is now Morgan County to the United States by signing the Third Treaty of Tellico. The first settlers arrived in the area shortly thereafter. [Donald Todd, " [http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=M122 Morgan County] ." "The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture", 2002. Retrieved: 20 January 2008.] Wartburg was founded in the 1840s by George Gerding, a land speculator who bought up large tracts of land in what is now Morgan County with plans to establish a series of German colonies in the Cumberland region. German and Swiss immigrants arrived at the site by traveling from New Orleans up the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Emory rivers. They named the settlement after Wartburg Castle in Germany. Wartburg was officially incorporated in 1851. [Wartburg Central High School, " [http://wchs.k12tn.net/community/wartburghistory/wartburghistory.html Wartburg History] ." 1998-2007. Retrieved: 20 January 2008.]

In 1870, Morgan County elected to move its county seat from the (now-defunct) town of Montgomery to Wartburg. [" [http://www.tngenweb.org/morgan/goodspeedhist.html The Goodspeed History of Morgan County] ," 1887. Transcribed for web content by Julie Cromwell. Retrived: 20 January 2008.] The arrival of the railroad in 1880 expanded logging and coal mining operations in the Cumberland region, moving Morgan County away from an economy based on subsistence agriculture to a wage-based economy. [Todd, " [http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=M122 Morgan County] ," (2002).]

Recreation and Nature

Today, Wartburg is the headquarters for the Obed Wild and Scenic River (managed by the National Park Service), Frozen Head State Park, and Lone Mountain State Forest. The Catoosa Wildlife Management Area is located immediately to the west, and the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is located several miles to the north.

References

External links

* [http://www.morgancountychamber.com/2k7/ Morgan County Chamber of Commerce]