Editing Dandridge, Tennessee

{{short description|County seat of Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Dandridge
|official_name            = 
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = “We Saved a Place For You.”

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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Tennessee]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Tennessee|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Jefferson County, Tennessee|Jefferson]]

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|government_footnotes     = <ref name="mtas">{{cite web |title=Dandridge |url=http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/city/dandridge |website=Municipal Technical Advisory Service |access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>
|government_type          = [[Mayor-council]]
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = George Gantte
|leader_title1            = [[Vice Mayor]]
|leader_name1             = Todd Kesterson
|leader_title2            = [[Town Council]]
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|title = Aldermen
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|1 = Todd Kesterson
|2 = Mike Chambers
|3 = Jeffrey Depew
|4 = Jessica Elder
|5 = Colton Runyon
|6 = Marianne Reese
}}
|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         = 1783
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = 1799<ref>''[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/48-data.pdf Tennessee Blue Book]'', 2005-2006, pp. 618-625.</ref>
|named_for                = [[Martha Dandridge Washington]]

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
|population_total         = 3341
|population_density_km2   = 214.48

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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 37725
|area_code                = [[Area code 865|865]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 47-19380<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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|blank1_info              = 1282016<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL| http://www.dandridgetn.gov/}}                
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'''Dandridge''' is a town in and the county seat of [[Jefferson County, Tennessee]]. It had a population of 3,341 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4719380| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Dandridge town, Tennessee| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=November 28, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213113232/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4719380| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="GR6">{{cite web |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The town is part of the [[Morristown, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which consists of Jefferson and [[Hamblen County, Tennessee|Hamblen]] counties.

It is considered a [[suburb]] of [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]] based on its proximity to the city, and the connection between the two via [[Interstate 40 in Tennessee|Interstate 40]].<ref name="welcome">{{cite web |title=Welcome to Dandridge, Tennessee |url=http://www.dandridgetn.gov/ |website=Town of Dandridge |access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>

Dandridge bills itself as the "second oldest town in Tennessee" (behind only [[Jonesborough, Tennessee|Jonesborough]] in [[Washington County, Tennessee|Washington County]]).<ref name="tnhillbillie.net">Billie McNamara, "[http://www.tnhillbillie.net/tn/jefferson/index.html Jefferson County, Tennessee Genealogy & History]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }},"  1996-2004. Retrieved: February 18, 2008.</ref> Most of the downtown area of Dandridge sits below the high level water mark of [[Douglas Lake]] and is protected by a [[levee]] made out of stone.<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.dandridgetn.gov/plan-your-visit/history/ |website=Town of Dandridge |access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>

==History==
In the 16th century, a substantial [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] chiefdom known as [[Chiaha]] was located on Zimmerman's Island, just southwest of Dandridge along the [[French Broad River]]. Spanish explorer [[Hernando de Soto]] spent several weeks at Chiaha in 1540, and [[Juan Pardo (explorer)|Juan Pardo]] built a small fort near the chiefdom's main village in 1567. Both expeditions were en route to the chiefdom of [[Coosa chiefdom|Coosa]] in what is now [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Zimmerman's Island is now submerged by Douglas Lake.<ref>Charles Hudson, ''The Juan Pardo Expeditions: Explorations of the Carolinas and Tennessee, 1566-1568'' (Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 2005), 36-40.</ref>

[[File:View of town of Dandridge, Tennessee 1938.jpg|left|210px|thumb|Dandridge in 1938]]

The first Euro-American settlers arrived in Dandridge in 1783. In 1793, the town was officially named the county seat of Jefferson County, which had been created the previous year.<ref>Estle Muncy, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=703 Jefferson County]."  ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', 2002.  Retrieved: February 18, 2008.</ref> The town was named for [[Martha Dandridge Washington]], the wife of [[George Washington|the first president of the United States]].<ref name="tnhillbillie.net" /><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA99 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=99}}</ref>

On December 24, 1863, at the height of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], a skirmish occurred at Dandridge as [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] General [[James Longstreet]] and [[Union Army|Union]] General [[Ambrose Burnside]] struggled for control of [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]]. As Longstreet's army retreated to [[Morristown, Tennessee|Morristown]], a detachment of his army intercepted and routed a pursuing Union brigade just north of Dandridge. The Union troops were forced to fall back to [[New Market, Tennessee|New Market]].<ref>Tennessee Historical Commission Marker IC 49 on the Jefferson County Courthouse lawn in Dandridge. Information accessed: February 17, 2008.</ref>

The construction of [[Douglas Dam]] on the French Broad River in 1942 proposed to flood almost all of downtown Dandridge, which was situated below the proposed reservoir's high-water mark. Residents of the town successfully petitioned then First Lady [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], pointing out that Dandridge was the only town in the United States named for the wife of George Washington. The [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] constructed a levee between downtown Dandridge and the reservoir.  The levee rises almost immediately behind the Town Hall, and runs roughly parallel to Main Street.<ref>Derek Hodges, "[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18823161 Construction, Spurred by War Efforts, Broke Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608020121/http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18823161 |date=2011-06-08 }}."  The Mountain Press, September 17, 2007.  Retrieved: February 18, 2008.</ref>

In 1975, [[Interstate 40 in Tennessee|Interstate 40]] would be completed north of Dandridge, prompting town officials to [[Municipal annexation in the United States|annex]] the corridor of I-40 at exit 417 where it shares an interchange with [[Tennessee State Route 92|SR 92]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ellis |first1=Lisa |title=Dandridge |date=March 21, 2011 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=[[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] |isbn=9781439626689 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XV1SzK4hgmcC |access-date=February 20, 2021 |language=English |format=E-book}}</ref>

In 2015, the Town of Dandridge began efforts to revitalize its downtown area and its waterfront.<ref name="plans">{{cite news |last1=Butera |first1=Steve |title=Plans in gear to develop Dandridge waterfront |url=http://hamblen.wbir.com/news/news/652642-plans-gear-develop-dandridge-waterfront |access-date=July 31, 2020 |work=[[WBIR-TV]] |date=October 1, 2014}}</ref> These plans include a public dock across the SR 92 bridge in Dandridge on TWRA owned land, improved bicycle and pedestrian access, a floating amphitheater, civic space, a swimming area, a farmer's market pavilion, commercial development space, and a hotel-conference center.<ref name="unveil">{{cite news |title=Dandridge unveils plans for waterfront development |url=https://www.wbir.com/article/news/dandridge-unveils-plans-for-waterfront-development/51-229756531 |access-date=July 31, 2020 |work=[[WBIR-TV]] |date=May 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="master">{{cite web |last1=Thompson Engineering |last2=Town of Dandridge |title=Dandridge TN Waterfront Master Plan |url=https://issuu.com/townofdandridgetn/docs/dandridge-waterfront-master-plan |website=Issuu |access-date=July 31, 2020}}</ref><ref name="pedestrian">{{cite web |title=CORE OF DANDRIDGE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MASTER PLAN |url=https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/dantdot/long-range-planning/Dandridge_report_091416_with-Appendices.pdf |website=[[Tennessee Department of Transportation]] |access-date=July 31, 2020 |date=2016 }}</ref> The project is expected to be complete in the early to mid 2020s.<ref name="unveil"/>

==Geography==
Dandridge is located south of the center of Jefferson County at {{coord|36|1|43|N|83|25|26|W|type:city}} (36.028493, -83.424010).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The town is situated along the northern bank of the Douglas Lake impoundment of the [[French Broad River]], approximately {{convert|45|mi|km}} upstream by river from its confluence with the [[Holston River|Holston]] and [[Tennessee River|Tennessee]] rivers at [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], and approximately {{convert|12|mi|km}} upstream from [[Douglas Dam]].

By highway, Dandridge is {{convert|9|mi|0}} south of [[Jefferson City, Tennessee|Jefferson City]], {{convert|18|mi}} southwest of [[Morristown, Tennessee|Morristown]], {{convert|16|mi}} northwest of [[Newport, Tennessee|Newport]], 18 miles northeast of [[Sevierville, Tennessee|Sevierville]], and {{convert|31|mi}} east of Knoxville.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Dandridge has a total area of {{convert|16.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|15.3|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.4|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 8.21%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

===Major highways===
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*{{jct|state=TN|I|81}}
*{{jct|state=TN|US|25W}}
*{{jct|state=TN|US|70}}
*{{jct|state=TN|TN|66}}
*{{jct|state=TN|TN|92}}
*{{jct|state=TN|Sec|113}}
*{{jct|state=TN|Sec|139}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 431
|1910= 447
|1920= 439
|1930= 446
|1940= 488
|1950= 690
|1960= 829
|1970= 1270
|1980= 1383
|1990= 1540
|2000= 2078
|2010= 2812
|2020= 3344
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 3841
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-47.xlsx |date=May 16, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Dandridge racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4719380&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 27, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 2,958
| 88.46%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 106
| 3.17%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 15
| 0.45%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 26
| 0.78%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 3
| 0.09%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 105
| 3.14%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 131
| 3.92%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 3,344 people, 1,107 households, and 796 families residing in the town.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 2,721 people, 833 households, and 516 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|509|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 833 housing units at an average density of {{convert|156.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 92.44% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.54% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.24% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.05% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.19% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.53% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.96% of the population.

There were 749 households, out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $34,167, and the median income for a family was $40,357. Males had a median income of $31,667 versus $21,176 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $19,753. About 9.4% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.4% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[John Caspar Branner]] (1850&ndash;1922) — geologist
*Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara (1935–2016) — wrestled professionally as [[Mr. Fuji]]
*[[Norman C. Gaddis]] (1923–2024) —  United States Air Force general and [[Prisoner of war|POW]]
*[[Hugh T. Inman]] (1846&ndash;1910) — entrepreneur and cotton merchant
*[[John H. Inman]] (1844&ndash;1896) —  entrepreneur
*[[Samuel M. Inman]] (1843&ndash;1915) — entrepreneur and cotton merchant
*Glenn Thomas Jacobs (b. 1967) — mayor of Knox County,  actor, and insurer;  wrestled professionally as [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]]
*[[Peter Malnati]] (b. 1987) — [[Professional golfer|pro golfer]]
*[[John Rankin (abolitionist)|John Rankin]] (1795&ndash;1886) — [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Dandridge, Tennessee}}
* {{official website|http://www.dandridgetn.gov/}}
*[https://jeffersoncountytennessee.com/ Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100725213702/http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/public/CHARTERS.nsf/0/AB88DB152BEBCC4B852568CC0061DABC/$File/dandridge.cht.pdf?OpenElement Town charter]
* [http://www.standardbanner.com/  Jefferson County's ''Standard Banner'' newspaper]

{{Jefferson County, Tennessee}}
{{Morristown Metro}}
{{Tennessee county seats}}

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[[Category:Towns in Jefferson County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Towns in Tennessee]]
[[Category:County seats in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Morristown metropolitan area, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1793]]
[[Category:Martha Washington]]