Ridgetop, TN

Ridgetop, Tennessee
City
Highland Chapel Union Church, a historic site in the city
Location of Ridgetop in Robertson County, Tennessee.
Ridgetop Location within the state of Tennessee
Coordinates: 36°23′47″N 86°46′22″W / 36.39639°N 86.77278°W / 36.39639; -86.77278Coordinates: 36°23′47″N 86°46′22″W / 36.39639°N 86.77278°W / 36.39639; -86.77278
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Counties	Robertson, Davidson
Government
• Mayor	Darrell Denton
Area
• Total	2.9 sq mi (7.5 km2)
• Land	2.9 sq mi (7.5 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	899 ft (274 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,874
• Estimate (2016)	2,076
• Density	650/sq mi (250/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	37152
Area code(s)	615
FIPS code	47-63140
GNIS feature ID	1299405

Ridgetop is a city in Davidson and Robertson counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 1,874 at the 2010 census.

Ridgetop 36°23′47″N 86°46′22″W / 36.39639°N 86.77278°W / 36.39639; -86.77278 (36.396306, -86.772654), is located in Robertson County except for two small portions of the city that fall in Davidson County.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km²), all land.

There is a small man-made lake built to draw in tourism in the early 1900s. Underneath the town is "Ridgetop Tunnel", a railroad tunnel bored in the early 1900s. When completed in 1905, it was the longest free-standing (i.e., with no columnar supports) tunnel in the world.

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,083 people, 385 households, and 314 families residing in the city. The population density was 678.3 people per square mile (261.3/km²). There were 399 housing units at an average density of 249.9 per square mile (96.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.12% White, 1.48% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.55% Asian, 0.18% from other races, and 1.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.02% of the population.