Rogersville, Tennessee
| Rogersville, Tennessee | |
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| Town | |
Sunset over Downtown Rogersville
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 Location of Rogersville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates: 36°25′N 83°0′W / 36.417°N 83.000°WCoordinates: 36°25′N 83°0′W / 36.417°N 83.000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Hawkins |
| Settled | 1775 |
| Founded | 1789 |
| Incorporated | 1903 |
| Named for | Joseph Rogers |
| Government | |
| • Type | Board of Mayor and Aldermen |
| • Mayor | Jim Sells (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.3 sq mi (8.6 km2) |
| • Land | 3.3 sq mi (8.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,286 ft (392 m) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 4,433 |
| • Density | 1,277.0/sq mi (493.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| ZIP code | 37857 |
| Area code(s) | 423 |
| FIPS code | 47-64820 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1300024 |
| Website | www |
Rogersville is a town in, and the county seat of, Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. It was settled in 1775 by the grandparents of Davy Crockett, and is the second-oldest town in the state. It is named for its founder, Joseph Rogers. Tennessee's second oldest courthouse, the Hawkins County Courthouse, first newspaper The Knoxville Gazette, and first post office are all located in Rogersville. The Rogersville Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Rogersville is part of the Kingsport–Bristol (TN)–Bristol (VA) Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.
The population living within the town's corporate limits was 5,240 at the 2010 census; the same census found 11,507 people living within 4 miles (6.4 km) of the town's center.
In 1775, the grandparents of Davy Crockett, a future member of the United States Congress from Tennessee and hero of the Alamo, settled in the Watauga colony in the area in what is today Rogersville near the spring that today bears their name. After an American Indian attack and massacre, the remaining Crocketts sold the property to a Huguenot named Colonel Thomas Amis.
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