Editing Dunlap, Tennessee

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| official_name            = Dunlap, Tennessee
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Sequatchie County, Tennessee|Sequatchie]]

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| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Clint Huth<ref name="citystaff">{{cite web |title=Board of Directors & Staff |url=http://www.cityofdunlap.com/Business/Board-of-Directors-Staff.aspx |website=www.cityofdunlap.com |access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref>
| leader_title1            = County Executive
| leader_name1             = Keith Cartwright <ref name="citystaff" />
| established_title        = Founded
| established_date         = 1858
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date2        = 1901<ref>''[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/48-data.pdf Tennessee Blue Book]'', 2005-2006, pp. 618-625.</ref>
| named_for                = William Dunlap, state legislator

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| population_total         = 5357
| population_density_km2   = 191.46
| population_density_sq_mi = 495.88

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'''Dunlap''' is a city in and the [[county seat]]<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/20120712220218/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=July 12, 2012 }}</ref> of [[Sequatchie County, Tennessee]], United States. The population was 5,357 at the 2020 census and 4,815 at the 2010 census.

Dunlap is part of the [[Chattanooga metropolitan area]].

==History==

Dunlap was founded in 1858 as a county seat for Sequatchie County, which had been created the previous year. The city was named for state legislator [[William Claiborne Dunlap]], who played a prominent role in the county's creation. The city's initial {{convert|40|acre|ha|abbr=off}}, which were deeded to the county commissioners by Willam Rankin, were chosen due to their central location within the new county. Dunlap was incorporated as a city in 1941.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090702022454/http://www.sequatchie.com/history.htm Sequatchie County &mdash; History]. Sequatchie County & Dunlap Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved: December 2, 2008. Accessed at the Internet Archive, June 20, 2016.</ref>

Around 1900, the Douglas Coal and Coke Company purchased {{convert|14000|acre|ha|abbr=off}} of land in the Dunlap vicinity with plans to mine coal and convert the coal into industrial [[coke (fuel)|coke]]. Coke, which is created by heating coal and removing its volatile matter, is used primarily as a [[deoxidizer|deoxidizing agent]] in the production of [[pig iron]]. To convert coal mined on nearby Fredonia Mountain into coke, Douglas built the first of 268 ovens. The company used an incline railway to move the coal from the mountain to the ovens. Although Douglas went bankrupt in 1904, the Chattanooga Iron and Coal Company purchased the ovens, and continued producing coke until 1927.<ref>Carolyn Sakowski, ''Touring the East Tennessee Backroads'' (Winston-Salem, N.C.: J.F. Blair, 1993), 341-344.</ref>  In the 1980s and 1990s, the Sequatchie Valley Historical Association acquired the ruins of the coke ovens and established [[Dunlap Coke Ovens|Dunlap Coke Ovens Park]].<ref>[http://www.cokeovens.com/indexm.htm Coke Ovens Museum &mdash; History]. Retrieved: December 2, 2008.</ref>

==Geography==
Dunlap is located at {{coord|35|22|38|N|85|23|18|W|type:city}} (35.377236, -85.388455).<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 city is located near the center of [[Sequatchie Valley]], a narrow, {{convert|65|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} valley that slices through the [[Cumberland Plateau]] in southeastern Tennessee and northeastern [[Alabama]]. The plateau's western Sequatchie Valley escarpment, known locally as "Fredonia Mountain," rises over {{convert|1000|ft|m}} above the valley just west of Dunlap. The Sequatchie River forms the city's southeastern boundary.

[[U.S. Route 127]] (called "Rankin Avenue" in Dunlap), which traverses much of the Tennessee section of Sequatchie Valley, connects Dunlap to [[Pikeville, Tennessee|Pikeville]] and [[Crossville, Tennessee|Crossville]] to the north and [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] opposite [[Signal Mountain, Tennessee|Signal Mountain]] to the southeast. [[Tennessee State Route 28|S.R. 28]], which intersects with U.S. 127 in Dunlap, connects the city to [[Jasper, Tennessee|Jasper]] to the southwest. [[Tennessee State Route 111|S.R. 111]], which intersects US 127 a few miles north of Dunlap, connects the city to Chattanooga to the southeast and [[Spencer, Tennessee|Spencer]] atop the plateau to the west.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|8.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 133
|1890= 332
|1910= 1166
|1920= 1465
|1930= 1295
|1940= 721
|1950= 873
|1960= 1488
|1970= 1672
|1980= 3681
|1990= 3731
|2000= 4173
|2010= 4815
|2020= 5357
|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"
|+Dunlap racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4722000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 26, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 4,719
| 88.09%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 32
| 0.6%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 17
| 0.32%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 29
| 0.54%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 4
| 0.07%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 188
| 3.51%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 368
| 6.87%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 5,357 people, 2,007 households, and 1,414 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 4,173 people, 1,642 households, and 1,182 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|484.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,767 housing units at an average density of {{convert|205.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.87% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.17% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.19% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.24% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.10% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.43% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.81% of the population.

[[File:Cherry-Street-Walnut-Dunlap-tn2.jpg|left|thumb|Cherry Street]]

There were 1,642 households, out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,647, and the median income for a family was $34,542. Males had a median income of $26,118 versus $19,952 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,567. About 18.1% of families and 20.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 25.5% of those under age 18 and 27.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Schools==

Sequatchie County has a consolidated school system which is located in Dunlap. The system operates with a superintendent and an elected school board.

The Sequatchie County school system has three schools:

* Griffith Elementary School (Grades: K&ndash;4th)
* Sequatchie County Middle School (Grades: 5th&ndash;8th)
* [[Sequatchie County High School]] (Grades: 9th&ndash;12th)

==Attractions==
Several annual festivals, including a [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] festival, are held at the Dunlap Coke Ovens Park every year. Dunlap is often referred to as the "Hang Gliding Capital of the East" and is home to the East Coast Hang Gliding Championships and a [[hang gliding]] organization known as the Tennessee Tree Toppers.<ref>[http://www.cokeovens.com/html/dunlap.html Dunlap]. Dunlap Coke Ovens Park. Retrieved: December 2, 2008.</ref>
The Mount Airy Golf Course is located just north of the city at the Sequatchie-[[Bledsoe County, Tennessee|Bledsoe]] county line. [[South Cumberland State Park|Savage Gulf State Natural Area]] is located atop the Cumberland Plateau to the west and Prentice Cooper State Forest is located atop the plateau to the east.

==Notable people==
*[[Harold Alexander (Florida politician)|G. Harold Alexander]] (1902–1967) Republican politician in Florida, served as state chair from 1950 to 1962
*[[Raymond H. Cooley]] (1916&ndash;1947) &ndash; World War II soldier and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
*[[Dakota Hudson]] &ndash; MLB pitcher Colorado Rockies 
*[[Ray Phelps]] (1903&ndash;1971) - professional baseball player 1930–1936
*[[Tom Stewart (politician)|Tom Stewart]] (1892&ndash;1972) &ndash; U.S. Senator and [[Scopes Trial]] attorney

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Dunlap, Tennessee}}
* [http://www.cityofdunlap.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.sequatchie.com/ Sequatchie County and Dunlap Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/gml-mtas.nsf/Webstatecityinfo/0DCE6F06844341C785256AF7005EDA46?OpenDocument Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for Dunlap] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810013804/http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/gml-mtas.nsf/Webstatecityinfo/0DCE6F06844341C785256AF7005EDA46?OpenDocument |date=August 10, 2016 }} — information on local government, elections, and link to charter

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[[Category:Cities in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Cities in Sequatchie County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:County seats in Tennessee]]
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[[Category:Populated places established in 1858]]
[[Category:Coal towns in Tennessee]]
[[Category:1858 establishments in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Chattanooga metropolitan area county seats]]