Editing Farragut, Tennessee

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Farragut
| official_name                   = 
| settlement_type                 = [[Town]]
| image_skyline                   = Farragut-Town-Hall-tn1.jpg
| imagesize                       = 250px
| image_caption                   = Farragut Town Hall and Folklife Museum
| image_flag                      = Flag of Farragut, Tennessee.png
| image_blank_emblem              = Logo of Farragut, Tennessee.png
| blank_emblem_type               = Logo
| image_map                       = File:Loudon County Tennessee Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Farragut Highlighted 4725760.svg
| mapsize                         = 300px
| map_caption                     = Location of Farragut in Knox County, Tennessee.
| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Tennessee]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in Tennessee|Counties]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Knox County, Tennessee|Knox]],<ref name=popest>{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2006_47.csv | title = Subcounty population estimates: Tennessee 2000–2006 | format = [[comma-separated values|CSV]] | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division | date = June 28, 2007 | access-date = May 28, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080321201231/http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2006_47.csv | archive-date = March 21, 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[Loudon County, Tennessee|Loudon]]<ref name="urbangrowth"/>
| government_footnotes            = <ref name="mtas">{{cite web |title=Farragut |url=http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/city/farragut |website=Municipal Technical Advisory Service |access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>
| government_type                 = [[Mayor-council]]
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = Ron Williams
| leader_title1                   = [[Vice Mayor]]
| leader_name1                    = Louise Povlin
| leader_title2                   = [[Town Council]]
| leader_name2                    = {{Collapsible list
|title = List of Aldermen
|frame_style = border:none; padding: 0;
|list_style = text-align:left;display:none;
|1 = Louise Povlin
|2 = Drew Burnette
|3 = Scott Meyer
|4 = Ron Pinchok
}}
| established_title               = Settled
| established_date                = 1787
| established_title2              = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date2               = 1980<ref name="mtas"/>
| named_for                       = [[David Farragut]]
| unit_pref                       = Imperial
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='47'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude                  = 
| area_total_km2                  = 41.80
| area_land_km2                   = 41.38
| area_water_km2                  = 0.42
| area_total_sq_mi                = 16.14
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 15.98
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.16
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
| population_total                = 23506
| population_density_km2          = 568.01
| population_density_sq_mi        = 1471.15
| timezone                        = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset                      = -5
| timezone_DST                    = EDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -4
| elevation_footnotes             = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft                    = 958
| coordinates                     = {{coord|35|52|23|N|84|10|56|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 37922 and 37934
| area_code                       = [[Area code 865|865]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 47-25760<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>
| blank1_name                     = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info                     = 2406494<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2406494}}</ref>
| website                         = {{URL|www.townoffarragut.org}}
| pop_est_as_of                   = 
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}}
'''Farragut''' is a [[suburban]] town located in [[Knox County, Tennessee|Knox]]  and [[Loudon County, Tennessee|Loudon]] counties in the State of [[Tennessee]], United States.<ref name="urbangrowth">{{cite web |title=Urban Growth Boundary Map |url=http://www.townoffarragut.org/DocumentCenter/View/310/Urban-Growth-Boundary-Map?bidId= |website=Town of Farragut |access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref> The town's population was 23,506 at the 2020 census. It is included in the [[Knoxville Metropolitan Area]]. The town is named in honor of [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[David Farragut]], who was born just east of Farragut at Campbell's Station in 1801, and fought in the [[American Civil War]].<ref>https://www.jbsa.mil/News/News/Article/2347968/damn-the-torpedoes-full-speed-ahead-the-navys-first-admiral-was-a-hispanic-hero/ "'Damn the Torpedoes – Full Speed Ahead': The Navy's first Admiral was a Hispanic Hero"</ref>

==History==
The area was originally known as Campbell's Station after a fort and stage coach station erected by Captain David Campbell (1753&ndash;1832) in 1787. The brick Campbell's Station Inn was built in 1810 and still stands on [[Kingston Pike]] within sight of the Farragut Town Hall. The [[American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Battle of Campbell's Station]] was fought there on November 16, 1863.

The historic unincorporated village of [[Concord, Knox County, Tennessee|Concord]] (listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]) was founded in 1854 just east of what would become the eastern boundary of Farragut. Concord is located on the main rail line to [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] and main channel of the [[Tennessee River]], and was an important [[transloading]] center for the [[Tennessee marble]] industry in the late 19th century. Picturesque buildings, [[antebellum architecture|antebellum]] homes as well as several very old churches sit along the river.

The original [[Farragut High School]] was built by the community in 1904, and moved to its current location in 1976. Some parts of Farragut are zoned for [[Hardin Valley Academy]] in the neighboring suburb of [[Hardin Valley, Tennessee|Hardin Valley]], built in 2008.

In early December 1979, the Knoxville City Council would vote to [[Municipal annexation in the United States|annex]] [[Right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]] acreage of I-40 in the Farragut area, prompting community residents to petition an [[municipal corporation|incorporation]] election.<ref name="ahillen"/> On January 16, 1980, Farragut would vote to incorporate as a town preventing further annexation by Knoxville, which was trying to shore up its tax base by annexing [[affluent]] communities along Kingston Pike.<ref name="ahillen">{{cite news |last1=Ahillen |first1=Steve |title=Farragut, Knoxville finally bury the ax on annexation |url=https://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/farragut-knoxville-finally-bury-the-ax-on-annexation-ep-360005067-356614751.html/ |access-date=March 13, 2021 |work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |date=September 30, 2012}}</ref> The effort was led by a group of citizens who called themselves the Farragut Community Group.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Heather.|first=Mays|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/867175193|title=Full speed ahead : the story behind the founding of the town of Farragut, Tennessee|date=2013|publisher=Farragut Community Group|isbn=978-0-9911905-0-8|oclc=867175193}}</ref> The first [[mayor]], Bob Leonard, was elected April 1, 1980, along with four aldermen. Alderman Eddy Ford became mayor in 1993<ref>"Farragut's Ford Named Mayor of the Year," ''[http://www.tml1.org/pdf/up/2007_-_July_2.pdf Tennessee Town & City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128153324/http://www.tml1.org/pdf/up/2007_-_July_2.pdf |date=January 28, 2016 }}'', July 2, 2007</ref> and served in that position until April 2009, when he failed to win re-election, losing to Dr. Ralph McGill, another of the original founders of the town government.<ref>[http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/apr/08/mcgill-ousts-ford-in-farragut/ Ralph McGill ousts Eddy Ford as mayor in Farragut; Newcomer bests longtime mayor by 2-to-1 margin], ''[[Knoxville News Sentinel]]'', April 8, 2009</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 16.2&nbsp;square miles (42.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 16.1&nbsp;square miles (41.7&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.2&nbsp;square mile (0.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (1.05%) is water.

The town of Farragut is bound to the north by I-40/75, except at Campbell's Station Road, Snyder Road, and the Outlets Drive area; to the south by Turkey Creek Road and the Norfolk Southern Railroad line; to the west at the Loudon County line; and to the east by Lovell Road (on the north side of Kingston Pike and Thornton Heights) and Concord Hills subdivisions (on the south side of Kingston Pike).

Farragut is situated in a hilly area between Blackoak Ridge to the north and the [[Tennessee River]] ([[Fort Loudoun Lake]]) to the south. Its municipal area is mostly located south of the merged [[Interstate 40 in Tennessee|Interstate 40]] (I-40)/[[Interstate 75 in Tennessee|I-75]], with the exception of a few neighborhoods. [[Kingston Pike]], a merged stretch of [[U.S. Route 70 in Tennessee|U.S. Route 70]] (US 70) and [[U.S. Route 11 in Tennessee|US 11]], traverses the town. [[Concord, Tennessee|Concord]] lies immediately southeast of Farragut, and Hardin Valley lies opposite Blackoak Ridge to the north. The unincorporated community of [[Dixie Lee Junction, Tennessee|Dixie Lee Junction]] lies along Kingston Pike, just across the Loudon County line.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1990= 12793
|2000= 17720
|2010= 20676
|2020= 23506
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 25242
|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"
|+Farragut racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4725760&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)
| 19,720
| 83.89%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 431
| 1.83%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 30
| 0.13%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 1,661
| 7.07%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 8
| 0.03%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 869
| 3.7%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 787
| 3.35%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 23,506 people, 8,657 households, and 6,744 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2020, there were 23,506 people, 8,828 households, and 5,231 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,101.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 8,992 housing units at an average density of {{convert|412.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 93.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.15% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.16% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.33% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.69% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.07% of the population.

There were 6,333 households, out of which 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.4% were non-families. 15.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 32.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $135,725,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census - Quickfacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/farraguttowntennessee/PST045222 |access-date= |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> and the median income for a family was $91,423 as of 2020. Males had a median income of $70,873 versus $34,955 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $66,779.<ref name=":0" /> About 2.6% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Historic sites==
* [[Avery Russell House]]


==Education==
[[File:Farragut High.jpg|thumb|[[Farragut High School]]]]
These schools are a part of [[Knox County Schools]].

Elementary schools for Farragut:<ref name=ESZone>{{cite web|url=http://www.townoffarragut.org/DocumentCenter/View/4734/Elementary-School-Zones|title=Elementary, Primary, & Intermediate School Zones|publisher=City of Farragut|accessdate=July 5, 2021}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.kgis.org/Portal/Portals/0/Maps/ReadyMade/ElementarySchool.pdf|title=Knox County Elementary School Zones|publisher=Knox County, Tennessee|date=February 2018|accessdate=July 5, 2021}} - Compare with the city map</ref>
*Farragut Primary School (K-2)
*Farragut Intermediate School (3-5)

Most of Farragut is zoned to the following:
*Farragut Middle School (6-8)<ref name=MSZone>{{cite web|url=http://www.townoffarragut.org/DocumentCenter/View/4739/Middle-School-Zones|title=Middle School Zones|publisher=City of Farragut|accessdate=July 5, 2021}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.kgis.org/Portal/Portals/0/Maps/ReadyMade/MiddleSchool.pdf|title=Knox County Middle School Zones|publisher=Knox County, Tennessee|date=January 2018|accessdate=July 5, 2021}} - Compare with the city map</ref>
*[[Farragut High School]] (9-12)<ref name=HSZone>{{cite web|url=http://www.townoffarragut.org/DocumentCenter/View/298/High-School-Zones?bidId=|title=High School Zones|publisher=City of Farragut|accessdate=July 5, 2021}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.kgis.org/Portal/Portals/0/Maps/ReadyMade/HighSchool.pdf|title=Knox County High School Zones|publisher=Knox County, Tennessee|date=February 2018|accessdate=July 5, 2021}} - Compare with the city map</ref>

Although the schools are not in the town limits, Hardin Valley Middle School serves parts of Farragut north of [[Interstate 75]] for grades 6-8,<ref name=MSZone/> and [[Hardin Valley Academy]] serves that same portion for grades 9-12.<ref name=HSZone/>

There are two private schools, [[Knoxville Christian School]] and Concord Christian School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townoffarragut.org/DocumentCenter/View/1650/Zoning-Map?bidId=|title=Zoning Map|publisher=Farragut, Tennessee|accessdate=July 5, 2021}} - [https://kcsknights.org/ Address of school]: "11549 Snyder Rd Knoxville, TN 37932"</ref><ref>[https://www.concordchristianschool.org/ Concord Christian School]</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Bill Bates]], former NFL player and coach
*[[Tyson Clabo]], former NFL player
*[[Nicky Delmonico]], former Major League Baseball player and current Minor League Baseball coach
*[[David Farragut]], Civil War (Union) admiral 
*[[Robert Ben Garant]], actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer
*[[Michael McKenry]], former Major League Baseball player
*[[Tim Priest (American football)|Tim Priest]], attorney and Vol Network color commentator
*[[Archibald Roane]], second [[Governor of Tennessee]]
*[[Nick Senzel]], Major League Baseball player
*[[Jerry Sisk Jr.]], co-founder of [[Jewelry Television]]<ref name="kns">{{cite news|title=Jerry Sisk, co-founder of Jewelry Television, dead at 59 |url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/jan/13/jerry-sisk-co-founder-of-jewelry-television-dead|work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]]|date=January 13, 2013|access-date=January 23, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Kyle Waldrop]], former Major League Baseball player

==Media==
*[[WFIV]]-FM
*Farragut Press [http://www.farragutpress.com]
*Farragut Life Magazine

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Angel, Margaret. ''Not So Long Ago, In the Concord-Farragut Area : Stories, Paintings and Sketches.'' (M. Angel, 1986).

==External links==
{{Commons category|Farragut, Tennessee}}
{{Wikivoyage|Farragut}}
* {{official website|http://www.townoffarragut.org/}}
* [https://www.visitfarragut.org/ Convention and Visitors Bureau]
* [http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/gml-mtas.nsf/Webstatecityinfo/E91FFAB76881788F85256AF7005EDA56?OpenDocument Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for Farragut] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104956/http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/gml-mtas.nsf/Webstatecityinfo/E91FFAB76881788F85256AF7005EDA56?OpenDocument |date=March 4, 2016 }} &ndash; information on local government, elections, and link to charter

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{{Loudon County, Tennessee}}
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