Editing Mount Carmel, Tennessee

{{short description|City in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
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|name                     = Mount Carmel
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|image_caption            = Town (City) of Mount Carmel sign along Main Street
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|image_seal               = City of Mount Carmel, TN Seal.png

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|subdivision_name         = United States
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Tennessee]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Hawkins County, Tennessee|Hawkins]]

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|established_title        = Incorporated
|established_date         = 1961<ref>Sign near City Hall</ref>

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|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = John Gibson
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|leader_name1             = Jim Stables
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|area_total_km2           = 17.22
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|area_land_sq_mi          = 6.64
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|elevation_m              = 416
|elevation_ft             = 1365
|population_total         = 5473
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 37645
|area_code                = [[Area code 423|423]]
|website                  = {{URL|www.mountcarmeltn.gov}}
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'''Mount Carmel''' is a city in [[Hawkins County, Tennessee]], United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,429,<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4750580| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Mount Carmel town, Tennessee| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=January 31, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213110806/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4750580| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> an increase of 634 since the 2000 census. It is part of the [[Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which is a component of the "[[Tri-Cities, Tennessee|Tri-Cities]]" region.

==History==
Mount Carmel is in Hawkins County, which was once called Spencer county, and was a part of the State of Franklin. The State of Franklin comprised eight counties in western North Carolina in the late 1700s. Governed by John Sevier, it operated as an independent state for four years before it ultimately rejoined North Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/true-story-short-lived-state-franklin-180964541/|title=The True Story of the Short-Lived State of Franklin}}</ref>

Mount Carmel once garnered national attention in the mid-2000s because of a [[CBS News]] story stating the town's geography is situated on only one side of the main highway through the area. Since then, the city has secured property on the other side of the road and has built a cemetery.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/town-missing-an-other-side/ - CBS News - CBS News | work=CBS News | title=Town Missing An 'Other Side'}}</ref>

Since the 1980s, the community has faced economic hardship due to political turmoil in its government operations, and the [[outsourcing]] of its retail and municipal services to neighboring Church Hill and Kingsport. In 2020, the city would begin discussions of connecting to either of the two cities' sewer systems following the Mount Carmel sewer plant going insolvent. Calls for Mount Carmel to [[Merger (politics)|merge]] into Kingsport or Church Hill have been raised since 2021 because of the financial instability.<ref name="merge">{{cite news |title=Editorial: Mount Carmel should consider a merger |url=https://www.timesnews.net/opinion/editorials/editorial-mount-carmel-should-consider-a-merger/article_26efa9e4-6a18-11eb-804a-af35b0047454.html |access-date=May 3, 2021 |work=[[Kingsport Times-News]] |date=February 9, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Mount Carmel is located in eastern Hawkins County at {{Coord|36|33|56|N|82|39|12|W|type:city}} (36.565666, -82.653265).<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> It is bordered to the east by the city of [[Kingsport, Tennessee|Kingsport]] and to the west by the city of [[Church Hill, Tennessee|Church Hill]]. [[U.S. Route 11W]] is the main highway through the town, leading east into Kingsport and southwest {{convert|22|mi}} to [[Rogersville, Tennessee|Rogersville]], the Hawkins [[county seat]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Mount Carmel has a total area of {{convert|18.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 0.11%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 2821
|1980= 3764
|1990= 4082
|2000= 4795
|2010= 5429
|2020= 5473
|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"
|+Mount Carmel racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4750580&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)
| 5,181
| 94.66%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 45
| 0.82%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 10
| 0.18%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 18
| 0.33%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 1
| 0.02%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 141
| 2.58%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 77
| 1.41%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 5,473 people, 2,184 households, and 1,614 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 4,795 people, 1,935 households, and 1,499 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|701.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,078 housing units at an average density of {{convert|304.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.27% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.54% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.13% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.15% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.23% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.65% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.58% of the population.

There were 1,935 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.5% were non-families. 20.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.2% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,599, and the median income for a family was $43,604. Males had a median income of $34,844 versus $24,340 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,702. About 5.5% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 16.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Mount Carmel has one school, Mount Carmel Elementary School, which provides teaching for pre-kindergarten through 4th grade children. The school is part of the Hawkins County School District.<ref name="MCES">{{cite web | title=Mount Carmel Elementary School | work=Mount Carmel Schools | publisher=Greatschools | url=http://www.greatschools.org/tennessee/mount-carmel/483-Mount-Carmel-Elementary-School/ | access-date=January 29, 2012}}</ref>
Children in fifth and sixth grade attend Church Hill Intermediate School. Seventh and Eighth graders attend Church Hill Middle School. High school students attend Volunteer Comprehensive High School.

==Parks and recreation==
The Parks and Recreation department is a joint effort between the City of Mount Carmel with fellow Hawkins County cities of Church Hill and Surgoinsville.<ref>https://www.mountcarmeltn.gov/boards_commissions/board_pdfs/joint_rec.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Mount Carmel, Tennessee}}
* {{official website|https://mountcarmeltn.gov/}}
* [http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/gml-mtas.nsf/Webstatecityinfo/2BD5A227E89533B885256AF7005EDAC6?OpenDocument Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for Mount Carmel] — information on local government, elections, and link to charter

{{Hawkins County, Tennessee}}

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[[Category:Cities in Hawkins County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Cities in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Kingsport–Bristol metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1961]]
[[Category:1961 establishments in Tennessee]]