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{{COI|date=April 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = McLemoresville, Tennessee | settlement_type = [[Town]] | nickname = | motto = <!-- Images --> | image_skyline = McLemoresville TN 005.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = <!-- Maps --> | pushpin_map = USA Tennessee | pushpin_map_caption = Location of McLemoresville, Tennessee <!-- Location --> | 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 = [[Carroll County, Tennessee|Carroll]] <!-- Government --> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Phil Williams | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = ca. 1820 <!-- Area --> | 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 = 5.71 | area_land_km2 = 5.71 | area_water_km2 = 0.00 <!-- Population --> | population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]] | population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/> | population_total = 288 | population_density_km2 = 50.42 <!-- General information --> | timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]] | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_ft = 420 | coordinates = {{coord|35|59|15|N|88|34|39|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] | postal_code = 38235 | area_code = [[Area code 731|731]] | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 47-45000<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> | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 1293406<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref> | website = http://www.cityofmclemoresville.com/ | footnotes = | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_est = | image_map = File:Carroll County Tennessee Incorporated and Unincorporated areas McLemoresville Highlighted 4745000.svg | map_caption = Location of McLemoresville in Carroll County, Tennessee. | area_total_sq_mi = 2.21 | area_land_sq_mi = 2.21 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 | population_density_sq_mi = 130.55 }} '''McLemoresville''' is a town in [[Carroll County, Tennessee|Carroll County]], [[Tennessee]], United States. The population was 352 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4745000| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): McLemoresville town, Tennessee| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=July 2, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213041058/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4745000| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> It is notable primarily as the birthplace, and final resting place, of television star [[Dixie Carter]] and her husband, actor [[Hal Holbrook]]. ==History== {{unreferenced section|date=November 2018}} McLemoresville was once, briefly in the 19th century, the [[county seat]] for Carroll County, and was the largest town in the county. Bethel College (later Bethel University), the [[Cumberland Presbyterian Church]]'s only four-year [[liberal arts college]], began in McLemoresville, as did the denomination's theological school. Both later relocated to [[McKenzie, Tennessee|McKenzie]], after the railroad companies laid down tracks in the mid-19th century and did not include McLemoresville. The town then started its decline. Later, in the 1950s, the Theological School moved to [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], where it was renamed [[Memphis Theological Seminary]]. The town once had, in the mid-19th century, over 11 saloons, and several schools with boarding facilities, including the McLemoresville Collegiate Institute, the McLemoresville Women's Collegiate Institute, and others. It had several inns and restaurants. The town's high school burned in the 1940s or 1950s and was not replaced. The school continued to educate children through the eighth grade. A new building was erected around 1958, and this building, with additions and modifications, now houses the grades K-2 for West Carroll School District. The old McLemoresville Elementary School, which included a junior high school, participated in basketball and band. It was particularly successful in band and boys' basketball in the mid-to-late 1960s, winning county tournaments and band competitions around West Tennessee and the state. The school held annual beauty pageants for girls, had a very active Parents-Teachers Association, and the school partially [[racial integration|integrated]] in 1965 and fully in 1966 (both without event) with the closure of the old MTA School for African-American students. It was also known as Carrollton. The town is called “McLey” (pronounced “MACK Lee”) by local residents. McLemoresville,"McLey" was the beloved home of Dixie Carter from her earliest memories until her final rest. Working with noted architect Hoyte Johnson, she helped to evolve her home-place into a comfortable venue to share with her family, her friends, and nearby Huntingdon College. Her husband, Hal Holbrook referred to the home as having "feel" of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut, and that there is no other place to which he feels so ideally suited. Besides the grand "Music Room" addition, the house is surrounded with the talented works of her mother, Virginia (Ginna) who built the expert masonry fireplaces and mantels in the older parts of the house, as well as the wooden guest house beneath the ancient catalpa trees in the back yard. Her father, Halbert Carter (Hal) remains forever present in the books that line the back room walls and the tapestry of tales told by a once great haberdasher. Mayor Phil Williams has been holding his seat for 50 years (as of 2024), making him the longest serving mayor in Tennessee history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=McKenzie Regional Hospital Closure and Its Consequences (Internet Archive) |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221014055916/https://www.tnjustice.org/mckenzie-regional-hospital-closure-rural-tennessee/}}</ref> The city holds a rental space for events called the McLemorseville Activities Center, commonly known as the "MAC". ==Geography== McLemoresville is located in western Carroll County at {{coord|35|59|15|N|88|34|39|W|type:city}} (35.987380, -88.577368).<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|6.7|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/> McLemoresville is located at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 70A in Tennessee|U.S. Route 70A]] (Main Street/[[Tennessee State Route 77|State Route 77]]) and [[Tennessee State Route 105|State Route 105]] (W College Street). ==Demographics== [[File:Carroll County Museum McLemoresville TN 003.jpg|thumb|left|Carroll County Museum McLemoresville, Tennessee]] {{US Census population |1880= 151 |1950= 242 |1960= 285 |1970= 328 |1980= 311 |1990= 280 |2000= 259 |2010= 352 |2020= 288 |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> }} <!-- Could we use a newer census? -->As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 259 people, 119 households, and 81 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|347.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 134 housing units at an average density of {{convert|180.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 90.35% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.18% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.39% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.70% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.39% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.70% of the population. There were 119 households, out of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.67. In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.2% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $29,318, and the median income for a family was $37,083. Males had a median income of $35,417 versus $24,167 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,962. About 2.6% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under the age of eighteen and 9.6% of those 65 or over. The town is located in the West Carroll School District, and is home to a school for grades K through 2nd.<ref>I went to school here.</ref> ==Media== Radio stations: * [[WENK-WTPR|WTPR-AM 710]] "The Greatest Hits of All Time" Newspapers: *Carroll County News-Leader ==References== {{commons category}} {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=279463 Information on McLemoresville at ePodunk.com] {{Carroll County, Tennessee}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mclemoresville, Tennessee}} [[Category:Towns in Carroll County, Tennessee]] [[Category:Towns in Tennessee]]
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