Editing New Market, Tennessee

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|population_total         = 1349
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'''New Market''' is a town in [[Jefferson County, Tennessee]], United States. It is part of the [[Morristown metropolitan area]]. The population was 1,334 at the 2010 census and 1,349 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4752940| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): New Market town, Tennessee| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=November 28, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213104048/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4752940| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
On September 24, 1904, [[New Market train wreck|two passenger trains collided head-on]] near New Market, killing a large, unknown number of passengers. Different sources give different values for the number of deaths, ranging from 54 to 113.<ref>[http://historywired.si.edu/detail.cfm?ID=202 "New Market Wreck," From Tipple, Loom, & Rail], Smithsonian Institution "History Wired" website</ref><ref>[http://jc-schools.net/nms/TRAINHISTORY.htm History of the New Market Train Wreck] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221642/http://jc-schools.net/nms/TRAINHISTORY.htm |date=December 2, 2013 }}, New Market Elementary School website</ref><ref>[http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/discover/article/0,1406,KNS_10188_4541296,00.html Knoxville News Sentinel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417111532/http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/discover/article/0,1406,KNS_10188_4541296,00.html |date=April 17, 2007 }}</ref>

There are many historical buildings in New Market, including the [[New Market Presbyterian Church (New Market, Tennessee)|New Market Presbyterian Church]] which was built in 1885. The church was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1998.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Citing concerns of annexation by Jefferson City, New Market would reincorporate as a town in 1977.<ref name="downing">{{cite news |last1=Downing |first1=Shirley |title=Towns |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/774687787/?terms=New%20Market&match=1|access-date=June 4, 2023 |work=[[The Commercial Appeal]] |date=September 21, 1997}}</ref>

New Market is the current home of the [[Highlander Research and Education Center]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://highlandercenter.org/ |title=Highlander Research and Education Center |website=highlandercenter.org |language=en-US |access-date=November 8, 2017}}</ref>

===Norfolk Southern intermodal project controversy===
In 2009, [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] released plans of a proposed {{convert|1300|acre|km2}} [[intermodal freight transport]] truck-and-train facility in New Market as a part of the {{US$|2.5 billion}} [[Crescent Corridor]] project in a {{US$|133 million}} [[private-public partnership]] with state and Jefferson County officials.<ref name="offtherails">{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Robert |title=Are intermodal facility plans on or off the rails in Jefferson County? |url=http://archive.knoxnews.com/business/are-intermodal-facility-plans-on-or-off-the-rails-in-jefferson-county-ep-409942325-359359131.html |access-date=September 2, 2020 |work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |date=June 14, 2009}}</ref><ref name="rightthing">{{cite web |last1=Cagle |first1=Frank |title=Do the Right Thing |url=http://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/jun/24/do-right-thing/ |website=[[MetroPulse]] |access-date=September 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027065923/http://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/jun/24/do-right-thing/ |archive-date=October 27, 2009}}</ref> The proposed facility if completed would have generated 77 on-site jobs, 1,700 related-industry jobs in [[Jefferson County, Tennessee|Jefferson]] and surrounding counties, and the potential of an annual income of {{US$|60 million}} dollars a year.<ref name="offtherails"/> The project received extensive [[NIMBY]] backlash from an organized group of affected property owners and farmers, citing the massive loss of land as a negative impact on Jefferson County's agricultural industry.<ref name="BLEAT">{{cite web |last1=Matheny |first1=Jim |title=Knoxville residents rail against proposed Norfolk Southern terminal |url=https://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=26317 |website=[[Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen]] |publisher=[[WBIR-TV]] |access-date=September 2, 2020 |date=May 27, 2009 }}</ref>

The project would also have required the funding of at least {{US$|23 million}} dollars in off-site costs, such as transportation and utility infrastructure upgrades.<ref name="uncertainty">{{cite news |last1=Marcum |first1=Ed |title=Uncertainty over intermodal facility has some residents of New Market on edge |url=http://archive.knoxnews.com/business/uncertainty-over-intermodal-facility-has-some-residents--of-new-market-on-edge-ep-404133040-357752911.html |access-date=September 2, 2020 |work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |date=June 12, 2011}}</ref> Those in opposition to the project spread [[misinformation]] suggesting that Jefferson County would have pay the total amount in infrastructure upgrades for the project from tax increases. Norfolk Southern officials corrected this falsehood, saying that the company would fund the infrastructure upgrades rather than any government entity.<ref name="offtherails"/>

In 2011, Norfolk Southern acquired several parcels of land in New Market and proposals for an on-site logistics park were dropped after a developer pulled out of its deal with Norfolk Southern.<ref name="uncertainty"/>

The project status has remained [[Economic stagnation|stagnant]] since 2015, as Norfolk had no plans of constructing the facility in the short-term future, but plans on having the site property as a "long-term investment" according to a press release by the company's public relations director.<ref name="steam">{{cite news |last1=Depew |first1=Jake |title=Intermodal Project Still Without Steam |url=http://jeffersoncountypost.com/?p=26886 |access-date=September 2, 2020 |work=Jefferson County Post |date=January 18, 2015}}</ref>

==Geography==
New Market is located in west-central Jefferson County at {{coord|36|6|6|N|83|32|59|W|type:city}} (36.101625, -83.549698).<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 [[Jefferson City, Tennessee|Jefferson City]].

[[U.S. Route 11E]] (Andrew Johnson Highway) passes through the town, leading northeast {{convert|3|mi|0}} to Jefferson City and {{convert|19|mi}} to [[Morristown, Tennessee|Morristown]], and southwest {{convert|24|mi}} to [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], New Market has a total area of {{convert|10.7|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The town sits in the valley of Lost Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the [[Holston River]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 354
|1980= 1216
|1990= 1086
|2000= 1234
|2010= 1334
|2020= 1349
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 1416
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-47.xlsx |date=May 16, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
|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"
|+New Market racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4752940&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)
| 1,165
| 86.36%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 31
| 2.3%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 5
| 0.37%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 3
| 0.22%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 1
| 0.07%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 68
| 5.04%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 76
| 5.63%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,349 people, 568 households, and 410 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,234 people, 473 households, and 366 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|479.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 521 housing units at an average density of {{convert|202.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 92.38% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.89% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.08% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.41% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.11% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.13% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.65% of the population.

There were 473 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $39,583, and the median income for a family was $45,298. Males had a median income of $29,828 versus $19,900 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $17,439. About 4.3% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 15.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[Frances Hodgson Burnett]] (November 24, 1849 – October 29, 1924) was an English–American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular ''[[The Secret Garden]]'', ''[[A Little Princess]]'', and ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]''. She lived in New Market during her younger years.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
*[[John Casper Branner]] (July 4, 1850 – March 1, 1922), geologist and academic, was born in New Market and lived there until two years of age.<ref>{{cite journal |title=John Casper Branner (1850–1922): Rock Star in Two Countries |journal=GSA Today |date=July 2022 |volume=32 |issue=July |page=36 |url=https://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/32/7/pdf/i1052-5173-32-7-36.pdf |access-date=October 23, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/gml-mtas.nsf/Webstatecityinfo/046C92EE91E25DAC85256AF7005EDACF?OpenDocument Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for New Market] &ndash; information on local government, elections, and link to charter

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