Crossville, Tennessee
| Crossville, Tennessee | |
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| City | |
Cumberland County Courthouse in Crossville
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 Location of Crossville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates: 35°57′15″N 85°1′53″W / 35.95417°N 85.03139°WCoordinates: 35°57′15″N 85°1′53″W / 35.95417°N 85.03139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Cumberland |
| Established | 1856 |
| Incorporated | 1901 |
| Named for | Intersection of two early roads |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | James Mayberry |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.3 sq mi (52.7 km2) |
| • Land | 20.0 sq mi (51.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,854 ft (565 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 10,795 |
| • Density | 541/sq mi (208.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 38555, 38557, 38558, 38571, 38572 |
| Area code(s) | 931 |
| FIPS code | 47-18540 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1306203 |
| Website | crossvilletn |
Crossville is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Crossville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 10,795 at the 2010 census.
Crossville developed at the intersection of a branch of the Great Stage Road, which connected the Knoxville area with the Nashville area, and the Kentucky Stock Road, a cattle drovers' path connecting Middle Tennessee with Kentucky and later extending south to Chattanooga. These two roads are roughly paralleled by modern US-70 and US-127, respectively.
Around 1800, an early American settler named Samuel Lambeth opened a store at this junction, and the small community that developed around it became known as Lambeth's Crossroads. The store was located at what has become the modern intersection of Main Street and Stanley Street, just south of the courthouse. By the time a post office was established in the 1830s, the community had taken the name of "Crossville". In the early 1850s, James Scott, a merchant from nearby Sparta, purchased the Lambeth store and renamed it Scott's Tavern.
When Cumberland County was formed in 1856, Crossville, being nearest the center of the county, was chosen as county seat. Scott donated the initial 40 acres (160,000 m2) for the erection of a courthouse and town square.
Crossville and Cumberland County suffered rampant pillaging throughout the Civil War as the well-developed roads made the area accessible to both occupying Union and Confederate forces and bands of renegade guerrillas. With divided communities and families, there was vicious guerrilla warfare, and residents suffered as if there were major battles in the area. The county was divided throughout the conflict, sending a roughly equal number of troops to both sides.
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