Editing Gordonsville, Tennessee

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Gordonsville, Tennessee
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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|map_caption              = Location of Gordonsville in Smith County, Tennessee.
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|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|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Smith County, Tennessee|Smith]]

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|established_title        = Incorporated
|established_date         = 1909<ref>''[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/48-data.pdf Tennessee Blue Book]'', 2005-2006, pp. 618-625.</ref>
|named_for                = Gordon family (early settlers)<ref>Nancy Capace, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=v8KkJq1ZRwYC&q=gordonsville,+tennessee+named+for Encyclopedia of Tennessee]'' (North American Book Distributors, 2000), p. 179.</ref>

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 1363
|population_density_km2   = 74.01
|population_density_sq_mi = 191.67

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|postal_code              = 38563
|area_code                = [[Area code 615|615]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 47-30120<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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|website                  = {{URL|http://www.townofgordonsville.com/}}
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'''Gordonsville''' is a [[town]] in [[Smith County, Tennessee|Smith County]], [[Tennessee]], United States. The population was 1,213 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4730120| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210220325/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4730120| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 10, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Gordonsville town, Tennessee| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 25, 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==
Gordonsville is located at {{coord|36|10|38|N|85|55|50|W|type:city}} (36.177215, -85.930548).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|18.4|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|18.3|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|km2|disp=flip}}, or 0.70%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 184
|1910= 245
|1920= 278
|1930= 280
|1940= 250
|1950= 304
|1960= 249
|1970= 601
|1980= 893
|1990= 891
|2000= 1066
|2010= 1213
|2020= 1363
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=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|accessdate=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=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"
|+Gordonsville racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4730120&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)
| 1,200
| 88.04%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 35
| 2.57%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 19
| 1.39%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 92
| 6.75%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 17
| 1.25%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,363 people, 594 households, and 452 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,066 people, 446 households, and 312 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|154.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 463 housing units at an average density of {{convert|67.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 94.84% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.85% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.19% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.28% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.66% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.56% of the population.

There were 446 households, out of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.0% were non-families. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,842, and the median income for a family was $45,250. Males had a median income of $29,688 versus $21,442 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,299. About 10.1% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.2% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
Gordonsville is governed by an elected mayor and a board of five elected aldermen. It is the duty of the mayor to preside over the monthly council meeting and to break ties among the aldermen but not to directly vote. Gordonsville has its own public works, sanitation, police, and fire departments. Gordonsville is given fire protection by the Gordonsville Fire Department and a mutual aid agreement with the county and other city fire departments.

==Notable people==
*[[Tommy Bridges]], baseball player and scout.<ref>[http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/f8cf51bc Tommy Bridges at SABR Baseball Biography Project]</ref>
*[[Jeff Bennett (baseball)|Jeff Bennett]], professional baseball player
*[[Virginia Prewett]], journalist

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.townofgordonsville.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.gordonsvillehighschool.com Gordonsville High School]
*[http://mtas-notes.ips.utk.edu/public/CHARTERS.nsf/0/13DDCAF8C56457C4852568CC0061DA63/$File/Gordonsville.cht.pdf?OpenElement Town charter]
*{{Commons category-inline|Gordonsville, Tennessee}}

{{Smith County, Tennessee}}

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[[Category:Towns in Smith County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Towns in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Cities in Nashville metropolitan area]]