Chapel Hill, Tennessee | |
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Town | |
Motto: Moving forward with strong tradition | |
Location in Marshall County and the state of Tennessee. |
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Coordinates: 35°37′41″N 86°41′46″W / 35.62806°N 86.69611°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Tennessee |
County | Marshall |
Settled | 1808 |
Incorporated | 1849 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor and Board of Aldermen |
• Mayor | Danny Bingham |
Area | |
• Total | 1.4 sq mi (3.5 km2) |
• Land | 1.4 sq mi (3.5 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 692 ft (211 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,445 |
Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
ZIP code | 37034 |
Area code(s) | 931 |
FIPS code | 47-12880 |
GNIS feature ID | 1269440 |
Website | TownofChapelHillTn.com |
Chapel Hill is a town in northeastern Marshall County, Tennessee, United States. The town was named after Chapel Hill, North Carolina by settlers from that area. The population was 1,445 as of the 2010 census.
Chapel Hill is located at 35°37′41″N 86°41′46″W / 35.62806°N 86.69611°W (35.628154, -86.696203). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 944 people, 398 households, and 278 families residing in the town. The population density was 689.3 people per square mile (265.8/km²). There were 430 housing units at an average density of 314.1 per square mile (120.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.7% White, 2.7% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.6% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.7% of the population.
There were 398 households out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.88.