Editing Rogersville, Tennessee

{{Short description|Town in the United States}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Rogersville
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| settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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| image_skyline            = Rogersville TN.jpg
| image_caption            = Downtown Rogersville in June 2020
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| map_caption              = Location in Hawkins County, Tennessee
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| subdivision_type         = Country
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| subdivision_name1        = [[Tennessee]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Tennessee|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Hawkins County, Tennessee|Hawkins]]

<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes     = <ref name="mtas">{{cite web |title=Rogerville |url=http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/city/rogersville |website=Municipal Technical Advisory Service |publisher=[[University of Tennessee]] |access-date=October 17, 2020}}</ref>
| government_type          = [[Mayor-council government|Mayor-council]]
| leader_title             = [[List of mayors of Rogersville, Tennessee|Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Jim Sells ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
| leader_title1            = [[Vice Mayor]]
| leader_name1             = Brian Hartness
| leader_title2            = [[Town Council]]
| leader_name2             = {{Collapsible list
|title = Aldermen
|frame_style = border:none; padding: 0;
|list_style = text-align:left;display:none;
|1 = Brian Hartness (also Vice Mayor)
|2 = Mark DeWitte
|3 = Eloise Edwards
|4 = Bill Henderson
|5 = Craig Kirkpatrick
|6 = Sondra Price
}}
| established_title        = Settled
| established_date         = 1775
| established_title2       = Founded
| established_date2        = 1789
| established_title3       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date3        = 1903<ref>''[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/48-data.pdf Tennessee Blue Book]'', 2005–2006, pp. 618–625.</ref>
| named_for                = [[Joseph Rogers (pioneer)|Joseph Rogers]]

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| unit_pref                = Imperial
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| area_land_km2            = 9.73
| area_water_km2           = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi         = 3.76
| area_land_sq_mi          = 3.76
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
| population_total         = 4671
| population_density_km2   = 479.83
| population_density_sq_mi = 1242.62
| population_urban         = 6390<ref name="urbanarea">{{cite web |title=Rogersville, TN Urban Cluster |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/40000US76069-rogersville-tn-urban-cluster/ |website=Census Reporter |access-date=October 25, 2020}}</ref>

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| timezone                 = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = −5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = −4
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name="GNIS"/>
| elevation_m              = 400
| elevation_ft             = 1312
| coordinates              = {{coord|36|25|N|83|0|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 37857
| area_code                = [[Area code 423|423]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 47-64820<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              = 2407236<ref name="GNIS"/>
| website                  = {{url|http://townofrogersville.com/}}
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}}
'''Rogersville''' is a town in and the [[county seat]] of [[Hawkins County, Tennessee]], United States.<ref name="GNIS">{{cite web |url= {{GNIS3|2407236}} |title= Town of Rogersville |work= [[Geographic Names Information System]] |publisher= [[United States Geological Survey]] |access-date= October 17, 2020}}</ref> It was settled in 1775 by the grandparents of [[Davy Crockett]]. It is named for its founder, [[Joseph Rogers (pioneer)|Joseph Rogers]]. Tennessee's second oldest courthouse, the [[Hawkins County Courthouse]], [[The Knoxville Gazette|first newspaper ''The Knoxville Gazette'']], and first post office are all located in Rogersville. The [[Rogersville Historic District]] is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

Rogersville is part of the [[Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which is a component of the [[Tri-Cities, Tennessee|Tri-Cities]] region.

The population of Rogersville as of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] was 4,671.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4764820| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Rogersville town, Tennessee| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=January 31, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213093827/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4764820| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==

===Settlement background===
[[Image:HawkinsCountyCourthouse.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Hawkins County Courthouse]], ca. 1835–36, is situated at the center of Rogersville. Still in use, it is the second oldest courthouse in [[Tennessee]].<ref>The Dickson County Courthouse in [[Charlotte, Tennessee]], was built and completed in 1835.</ref>]]
In 1775, the grandparents of Davy Crockett, a future member of the [[United States Congress]] from Tennessee and hero of the [[Alamo]], settled in the [[Watauga Association|Watauga colony]] in the area in what is today Rogersville near the spring that today bears their name.<ref name="Price, Henry 2001">Price, Henry, ''Old Rogersville: An Illustrated History of Rogersville, Tennessee''. Vol. I. (Rogersville: 2001) chs. 1–2.</ref> After an [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] attack and massacre, the remaining Crocketts sold the property to a [[Huguenot]] named Colonel [[Thomas Amis]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Price, Henry, ''Old Rogersville: An Illustrated History of Rogersville, Tennessee''. Vol. I. (Rogersville: 2001) ch. 2.</ref>

In 1780, Colonel Amis built a fort at Big Creek, on the outskirts of the present-day town, with the assistance of fellow [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scots-Irish]] settler John Carter.<ref name="Price, Henry 2001"/> That same year, about {{convert|3.5|mi}} above downtown Rogersville, Amis erected a fortress-like stone house, around which he built a [[palisade]] for protection against Native American attack.<ref name="Price, Henry 2001"/> The next year, Amis opened a store, erected a [[blacksmith]] shop, and built a [[distillery]].<ref name="Price, Henry 2001"/> He also eventually established a [[sawmill]] and a [[gristmill]]. From the first he kept a house of entertainment.<ref name="Price, Henry 2001"/>

===Founding of the town===
In 1785, the [[State of Franklin]] organized Spencer County (which includes the area of present-day Hawkins County, Tennessee) and declared the seat of county government to be located at what is today Rogersville.<ref name="Price Chap. 2-3">Price, Henry, ''Old Rogersville: An Illustrated History of Rogersville, Tennessee''. Vol. I. (Rogersville: 2001) chs. 2–3</ref> Thomas Henderson was chosen county court clerk and colonel of the militia. [[William Cocke]] and Thomas King were elected representatives to the Franklin [[Legislature|General Assembly]]. The remaining county officers are unknown.<ref name="Price Chap. 2-3"/>

In November 1786, [[North Carolina]] began once more to contend with the Franklin government for control over the area, and that state's General Assembly passed an act creating Hawkins County.<ref name="Price Chap. 3">Price, Henry, ''Old Rogersville: An Illustrated History of Rogersville, Tennessee''. Vol. I. (Rogersville: 2001) ch. 3.</ref> It included within its limits all the territory between [[Bays Mountain]] and the [[Holston River|Holston]] and [[Tennessee River|Tennessee]] rivers on the east to the [[Cumberland Mountains]] on the west.<ref name="Price Chap. 3"/> The county court was organized at the house of Thomas Gibbons.<ref name="Price Chap. 3"/> As had the state of Franklin, North Carolina set the new county seat about the property of Joseph Rogers.<ref>Price, Henry, ''Old Rogersville: An Illustrated History of Rogersville, Tennessee''. Vol. I. (Rogersville: 2001) ch. 4.</ref>

===Joseph Rogers===
[[Image:Joseph Rogers.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Joseph Rogers (pioneer)|Joseph Rogers]] founded Rogersville on land granted to him by his father-in-law after his marriage to Mary.]]
Joseph Rogers (August 21, 1764 – November 6, 1833) was born near Cook's Town, [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]], the son of James Rogers and his wife, Elizabeth Brown. He traveled to the area, by then known as the State of Franklin (which had been carved out of [[Washington District, North Carolina|far west North Carolina]]), by 1785. During a stay at a tavern adjacent to [[Amis House (Rogersville, Tennessee)|Colonel Thomas Amis' home]], Rogers met the colonel's daughter, Mary Amis, whom he wed, on October 24, 1786. Her father ceded the lands near Crockett Spring to his son-in-law— the same land that Colonel Amis had purchased from the heirs of David Crockett.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

When North Carolina considered where to establish the county seat for its new Hawkins County, Rogers successfully lobbied to have the government located near his home. He volunteered his tavern, which had been established about 1784–85, as the first county courthouse, where it was finally established in 1787. With the help of other local settlers, Rogers laid out a plan for the town, and the town of Rogersville was chartered by the [[North Carolina General Assembly]] in 1789. The plan included a [[public square]], deeded to the town government, which would host the town's public well and a county courthouse.

In November 1792, Rogers was appointed the first [[postmaster]] at Rogersville. The town's second post office, built by Rogers c. 1815, still stands at the corner of east Main Street and south Hasson Street.

Rogers was the father of fourteen children with Mary. He died on November 6, 1833, at Rogersville, and is buried in Rogers Cemetery. His wife, Mary, died a month later.

===A town divided===
{{Main|Battle of Rogersville}}

In November 1863, during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Rogersville was the site of a battle between occupying [[Union (American Civil War)|Federal forces]] and invading [[Confederate States Army|Confederate troops]]. [[Union Army|Union forces]] had encamped just outside the town. The Confederates, led by Brigadier General [[William E. Jones (general)|William E. Jones]], were able to surprise the Union forces and pursue them across the [[Holston River]] and into [[Greene County, Tennessee|Greene County]]. The Confederates held the town for the remainder of the war.

Sentiment in Rogersville was divided. Many supported the efforts of [[Tennessee in the American Civil War#Tennessee secedes|twenty-six East Tennessee counties seceding]] from the state (much as the [[State of Scott]] had done) and re-joining the [[United States of America|Union]]. Others saw President [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln's]] invasion of Tennessee as an unprecedented invasion of their homes and an incursion by Federal power; these people became strong Confederates.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}} Rogersville was spared destruction during the war. In fact, structures such as the [[Hale Springs Inn]] were used by the different occupying armies.

===Cradle of Tennessee journalism===
[[Image:RogersvilleEastMainStreetLookingWest.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Downtown Rogersville has been home to many of the town's numerous newspapers and publications.]]
George Roulstone was Tennessee's first printer. He was encouraged to settle in Rogersville by [[William Blount]], the new governor of the [[Southwest Territory]]. Roulston printed Tennessee's first newspaper on November 5, 1791. Because [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], the intended seat of the new territorial government, had not yet been established, Roulstone published the first year of his paper near the Rogers tavern. Roulstone called the newspaper ''[[The Knoxville Gazette]]'' and in October 1792, he moved his press to Knoxville, where he continued to publish the ''Gazette'' as well as other papers until his death in 1804. After the ''Gazette'' was moved, there was no newspaper in the area until 1813, when John B. Hood began publishing ''The East Tennessee Gazette'' at Rogersville. Other papers shortly followed, including ''The Western Pilot'', c. 1815, and ''The Rogersville Gazette'' from the same era.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}

Specialty publications emerged during these early days, including ''The Rail-Road Advocate'', ''The Calvinistic Magazine'', and ''The Holston Watchman''. Numerous other newspapers have been published in Rogersville over the years, most surviving only a short time and having modest circulation. Among them were ''The Independent'', ''The Rogersville Spectator'', ''The Weekly Reporter'', ''The Rogersville Gazette'', ''Rogersville Press and Times'', ''Holston Journal'', ''Hawkins County Republican'', ''Hawkins County Telephone'', and ''The Rogersville Herald.''{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}

Rogersville's longest-lasting newspaper is ''[[The Rogersville Review]]'', which began publication as ''The Holston Review'' in 1885 by William T. Robertson. A year later, Robertson changed the name to the present banner. The ''Review'''s closest competitor in lifespan was ''The Rogersville Herald'', which was published from 1886 to 1932.

The town's printing heritage is chronicled by the Tennessee Newspaper and Printing Museum, located in the town's historic [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]] [[train station|train depot]], c. 1890.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rogersvilleheritage.org/printingmuseum.htm |title=Tennessee Newspaper and Printing Museum |access-date=May 30, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060430080841/http://www.rogersvilleheritage.org/printingmuseum.htm |archive-date=April 30, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Modern day===
In 2020, the Rogersville Town Council acquired a three-acre site of a vacant shopping center with plans to turn the site into a civic service campus, consisting of a new [[community center]], town hall, and a concessions area for users of Rogersville town park, which borders the complex site.<ref name="civcampus">{{cite news |title=Rogersville council considers Civic Campus options |url=https://www.citizentribune.com/news/local/rogersville-council-considers-civic-campus-options/article_bfd5d42a-3bd9-11eb-9057-bbc132674c24.html |access-date=December 12, 2020 |work=Citizen Tribune |date=December 11, 2020}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Downtown Rogersville.jpg|thumb|Downtown Rogersville]]
Rogersville is located slightly southwest of the center of Hawkins County. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|8.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The town is in the valley of Crockett Creek, a southwest-flowing tributary of the [[Holston River]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>  The elevation of Rogersville is {{convert|1286|ft}}. Via [[U.S. Route 11W]] (see below), it is {{convert|28|mi}} southwest of [[Kingsport, Tennessee|Kingsport]] and {{convert|65|mi}} northeast of [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]].<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>

Rogersville is located in the [[Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians|Ridge and Valley]] Ecoregion, part of the [[Appalachian Mountains]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Level III and IV Ecoregions of the Continental United States |date=November 25, 2015 |url=https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/level-iii-and-iv-ecoregions-continental-united-states }}</ref> 

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Rogersville 1 NE, Tennessee (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1896–present)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 80
|Feb record high F = 81
|Mar record high F = 86
|Apr record high F = 95
|May record high F = 96
|Jun record high F = 104
|Jul record high F = 102
|Aug record high F = 102
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 95
|Nov record high F = 84
|Dec record high F = 81
|year record high F = 104
|Jan high F = 45.3
|Feb high F = 50.2
|Mar high F = 59.1
|Apr high F = 68.6
|May high F = 76.2
|Jun high F = 82.6
|Jul high F = 85.5
|Aug high F = 84.9
|Sep high F = 80.4
|Oct high F = 70.1
|Nov high F = 58.2
|Dec high F = 48.2
|year high F = 67.4
|Jan mean F = 35.4
|Feb mean F = 39.4
|Mar mean F = 47.0
|Apr mean F = 56.3
|May mean F = 64.8
|Jun mean F = 71.8
|Jul mean F = 75.2
|Aug mean F = 74.2
|Sep mean F = 68.9
|Oct mean F = 57.6
|Nov mean F = 46.5
|Dec mean F = 38.5
|year mean F = 56.3
|Jan low F = 25.5
|Feb low F = 28.7
|Mar low F = 34.9
|Apr low F = 44.1
|May low F = 53.4
|Jun low F = 60.9
|Jul low F = 64.9
|Aug low F = 63.5
|Sep low F = 57.5
|Oct low F = 45.2
|Nov low F = 34.9
|Dec low F = 28.8
|year low F = 45.2
|Jan record low F = -23
|Feb record low F = -17
|Mar record low F = -4
|Apr record low F = 20
|May record low F = 27
|Jun record low F = 33
|Jul record low F = 44
|Aug record low F = 44
|Sep record low F = 31
|Oct record low F = 16
|Nov record low F = 5
|Dec record low F = −18
|year record low F = -23
|precipitation color = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.56
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.17
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.53
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.54
|May precipitation inch = 4.15
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.40
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.94
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.22
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.29
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.73
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.38
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.93
|year precipitation inch = 48.84
|Jan snow inch = 3.2
|Feb snow inch = 2.1
|Mar snow inch = 0.3
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.0
|Dec snow inch = 0.7
|year snow inch = 6.3
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 9.6
|Feb precipitation days = 9.2
|Mar precipitation days = 9.6
|Apr precipitation days = 9.3
|May precipitation days = 9.2
|Jun precipitation days = 10.6
|Jul precipitation days = 10.4
|Aug precipitation days = 7.7
|Sep precipitation days = 6.7
|Oct precipitation days = 6.7
|Nov precipitation days = 7.6
|Dec precipitation days = 8.8
|year precipitation days = 105.4
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 1.3
|Feb snow days = 0.9
|Mar snow days = 0.3
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.4
|year snow days = 2.9
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name= NOAA>
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| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=mrx
| title = NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = October 6, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00407884&format=pdf
| title = Station: Rogersville 1 NE, TN
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = October 6, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Transportation==

===Major highways===
* {{jct|state=TN|US|11W}}, Lee Highway
* ''Primary state highways''
** {{jct|state=TN|TN|70}}, Trail of the Lonesome Pine
** {{jct|state=TN|TN|66}}
* ''Secondary state highways''
** {{jct|state=TN|Sec|1}}, Memphis to Bristol Highway
** {{jct|state=TN|Sec|347}}

===Airports===
The [[Hawkins County Airport]] is a county-owned public-use [[airport]] located six&nbsp;[[nautical mile]]s (7&nbsp;mi, 11&nbsp;km) northeast of the [[central business district]] of Rogersville.<ref>{{FAA-airport|ID=RVN|use=PU|own=PU|site=23179.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 25, 2011.</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 657
|1880= 740
|1890= 1153
|1900= 1386
|1910= 1242
|1920= 1402
|1930= 1590
|1940= 2018
|1950= 2545
|1960= 3121
|1970= 4076
|1980= 4368
|1990= 4149
|2000= 4240
|2010= 4420
|2020= 4671
|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"
|+Rogersville racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4764820&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)
| 4,214
| 90.22%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 149
| 3.19%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 11
| 0.24%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 35
| 0.75%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 168
| 3.6%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 94
| 2.01%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,671 people, 1,767 households, and 1,150 families residing in the town.

====Population====
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 4,240 people, 2,060 households, and 1,155 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1277|PD/sqmi}}. There were 2,268 housing units at an average density of {{convert|683.1|/sqmi}}.<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>

====Ethnicity====
The racial makeup of the town was 94.13% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.06% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.31% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.66% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.68% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.06% of the population.

====Age distribution====
There were 2,060 households, out of which 21.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.9% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.9% were non-families. 40.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.97 and the average family size was 2.63.

In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 17.8% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 26.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 76.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.1 males.

====Economic statistics====
The median income for a household in the town was $23,275, and the median income for a family was $32,236. Males had a median income of $30,226 versus $22,482 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,940. About 14.9% of families and 21.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 30.0% of those under age 18 and 15.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Culture==

===Notable people===
Listed chronologically by date of birth:
* [[Judge|Justice]] [[Sarah Keeton Campbell]], born 1982, served as a Deputy Solicitor General of Tennessee and was appointed to the [[Tennessee Supreme Court]] by Governor Bill Lee in January 2021. Campbell's parents moved their family to the town when she was eleven years old, and she is an alumna of the town's [[Cherokee High School (Tennessee)|Cherokee High School]].
* Missy Testerman, born in the 1970s, was the 2024 [[National Teacher of the Year|National Teacher of The Year]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Missy Testerman, a teacher for over 30 years, is the National Teacher of the Year - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/missy-testerman-a-teacher-for-over-30-years-is-the-national-teacher-of-the-year/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> 
* [[Charlie Chase (broadcaster)|Charlie Chase]] (original name Wayne Bernard), born 1952, is a radio and television host best known for his work in hosting the nationally syndicated television show ''Crook & Chase'' on [[The Nashville Network]] (TNN) in the 1990s.
* [[Commissioner#United States|Commissioner]] [[Ken Givens]], born 1947, was the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[Tennessee House of Representatives|State Representative]] from Tennessee's Ninth State House District from 1988 to 2002. In 2009, [[Governor of Tennessee|Governor]] [[Phil Bredesen]] appointed Givens to be the 35th Commissioner of Agriculture of Tennessee, a [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]]-level position in the Gubernatorial Administration. Givens served as Commissioner until [[Governor of Tennessee|Governor]] [[Bill Haslam]] was sworn into office in January 2011. He was born to Rogersville parents and graduated from [[Hawkins County School District|Rogersville High School]] in 1965.
* [[General]] [[Ronald E. Brooks]], 1937–2018, was a Major General in the United States Army during the Cold War. During his military career, he commanded 1st Aviation Brigade; U.S. Army Personnel Information Systems Command; U.S. Army Soldier Support Center; and [[Fort Benjamin Harrison]]. He was born and raised in Rogersville and graduated from Rogersville High School in 1955.
* [[Congressman]] [[Bill Jenkins (politician)|William L. "Bill" Jenkins]], born 1936, was the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[Tennessee's 1st congressional district|Tennessee's First Congressional District]] from 1997 to 2007. Jenkins was the only Republican Speaker of the [[Tennessee General Assembly|Tennessee House of Representatives]] in the twentieth century, serving from 1969 to 1971. He was born to Rogersville parents and grew up in the town.
* [[Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1895)|Robert "Bob" Smith]], 1895–1987, was a [[Major League Baseball]] player for the [[Cincinnati Reds]], the [[Chicago Cubs]], and the [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] from 1925 to 1937; he was born and raised in Rogersville.
* [[Richard Hale]] (born James Richards Hale), 1892–1981, was a [[baritone]] [[opera]] and concert singer and a [[character actor]] of film, stage, and television. His best-known film roles were in [[Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)|Friendly Persuasion]], [[Julius Caesar (1953 film)|Julius Caesar]] (1953), and [[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]. He was born and brought up in the town.
* [[Ruth Hale (feminist)|Ruth Hale]], 1887–1934, was a freelance writer and member of the [[Algonquin Round Table]] who campaigned for [[women's rights]] before World War I. She was born and grew up in the town.
* [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[George L. Berry]], 1882–1948, was a leader in the labor union movement and president of the [[International Pressmen's and Assistants' Union of North America]] from 1907 to 1948. Berry was appointed the Democratic senator from Tennessee from 1937 to 1938 by Governor [[Gordon Browning]]. Berry founded [[Pressmen's Home, Tennessee|Pressmen's Home]], near Rogersville.
* [[John M. Fleming]], 1832–1900, was a prominent 19th-century newspaper editor and state legislator.
* [[General (United States)#American Civil War era|General]] [[A.P. Stewart]], 1821–1908, was a graduate of the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York]], and served throughout the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] as a commanding officer in the [[Confederate States]]' [[Army of Tennessee]]. After the [[Battle of Franklin (1864)|Battle of Franklin]], General Stewart commanded that army. After surrendering to [[Union Army|Union]] General [[William T. Sherman]] in [[North Carolina]], Stewart was paroled and later taught at [[Cumberland University]] in [[Lebanon, Tennessee]]. He was president of the [[University of Mississippi]] at [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]] from 1874 to 1886, and he lobbied for and helped organize the creation of the [[Chattanooga-Chickamauga National Battlefield Park]] at [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]].
* [[John Netherland]], 1808–1887, was a prominent mid-19th century state legislator and unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1859.
* Congressman [[Samuel Powell (Tennessee politician)|Samuel Powell]], 1776–1841, was a [[Democratic-Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] from Tennessee (1815–17); he also served as a circuit judge in Rogersville.

===Events===
[[Image:RogersvilleHeritageDays.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Rogersville during Heritage Days]]
* [[Heritage Days]], held each second full weekend in October in downtown Rogersville
* Fourth of July Celebration<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogersvillejuly4th.com|title=Rogersville Fourth of July Celebration}}</ref>
* Rogersville Holiday Festival, includes a Holiday Tour of Homes in the town's Historic District and [[Yule Log]] Ceremony on the Courthouse Square

===Religion===
There are no non-[[Christianity|Christian]] congregations in Rogersville. Among Christian churches, congregations are predominantly [[Baptist]]. [[Christian denomination|Denominations]] with congregations currently in Rogersville include:
* [[African Methodist Episcopal Zion|A.M.E. Zion]]
* [[Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ]]
* [[Baptist]]
* [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Christian (Disciples of Christ)]]
* [[Churches of Christ]] including [[The churches of Christ (non-institutional)|non-institutional]]
* [[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)|Church of God]]
* [[Church of God in Christ]]
* [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] (ECUSA)
* [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]
* [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian]] (PCUSA)
* [[Roman Catholic]]
* [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]]
* [[United Methodist Church|United Methodist]]
* [[United Pentecostal Church International|United Pentecostal]]

===Media===
====From Rogersville====
The following media originates from within or nearby the Town:
* ''[[The Rogersville Review]]'', founded 1885
* [[WRGS]] AM 1370 Radio, founded 1954 (home of [[Charlie Chase (broadcaster)|Charlie Chase]])
* [[W233BP|WRGS]] FM 94.5 Radio, founded 2009
* [[WEYE|WEYE FM 104.3 Radio]], founded 1982, now broadcasting from nearby [[Surgoinsville, Tennessee|Surgoinsville]]

====Available to Rogersville====
* ''The [[Kingsport, Tennessee|Kingsport]] Times-News''
* ''The [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]] News-Sentinel''
* ''The [[Greeneville, Tennessee|Greeneville]] Sun''
* WSJK TV-2 (Sneedville), PBS
* WCYB TV-5 (Bristol), NBC
* WATE TV-6 (Knoxville), ABC
* WVLT TV-8 (Knoxville), CBS
* WBIR TV-10 (Knoxville), NBC
* [[WJHL]] TV-11 (Johnson City), CBS
* WKPT TV-19 (Kingsport), ABC
* WAPK TV-30 (Kingsport), UPN
* WEMT TV-39 (Greenville), FOX

==Recreation==

===Rogersville City Park===
Located in the eastern part of the town, the Rogersville City Park is owned and operated by the town of Rogersville. It is bounded by [[U.S. Route 11W]] on the northwest, Park Boulevard on the northeast, and East Main Street on the south.

The park has four children's [[playground]]s, two outdoor [[basketball court]]s, four outdoor [[tennis court]]s, numerous picnic shelters, three large, lighted pavilions (two with restroom facilities), an [[amphitheatre]], a lighted stage area, six lighted baseball/softball fields, the town's soccer fields, a [[duck pond]], a fitness trail, and two walking trails. It is home to the Rogersville City Pool, the home pool of the Rogersville Flying Fish Swim Association, which is open to the public from [[Memorial Day]] to the start of classes in the City school system in August.

The park is the site of a traveling [[Midway (fair)|midway]] carnival in the late spring and early fall and hosts more than fifty thousand people annually during the Rogersville Fourth of July celebration.

The town-sponsored festival of lights is hosted at the Park, where the Department of Parks & Recreation illuminates several thousand holiday lights and exhibits.

In September 2023, the Rogersville Parks and Recreation Department was awarded a $500,000 grant, to be matched with local funds, from the TN Local Parks and Recreation Fund to install ADA compliant restroom facilities and upgrade playground equipment.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.therogersvillereview.com/multimedia/videos/article_d0ca895e-5280-11ee-b2ba-1f6056f7937a.html | title=Rogersville City Park awarded $500K state grant for bathrooms, playground | date=September 14, 2023 }}</ref>

===Crockett Spring Park===
Located in downtown Rogersville, the Crockett Spring Park is a joint project of the town and the Rogersville Heritage Association. The park is the site of Rogersville's first settlement, and the [[tavern]] and home built by founder Joseph Rogers is preserved on the site. The park encompasses the Rogers Cemetery, where Joseph and Mary Rogers and the grandparents of [[Davy Crockett]] are buried.

The site of Rogersville's first public swimming pool is here, as is the gazebo built to commemorate the bicentennials of both the town (1989) and the state (1996). This public park is maintained by the Rogersville Parks and Recreation Department and the auspices of the Rogersville Tree Board.

===Swift Memorial Park===
Rogersville was home to an African-American college, Swift College, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Swift Park, located off North Hasson Street in the central part of the town, commemorates the legacy of that institution. In addition, the park boasts picnic shelters, two playgrounds, and basketball courts.

==Education==
There are two school districts covering the Rogersville municipal limits: elementary students are in the [[Rogersville City Schools]]<!--Also called "Rogersville City School System"--> while secondary students are in the [[Hawkins County School District]].<ref name=CensusSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st47_tn/schooldistrict_maps/c47073_hawkins/DC20SD_C47073.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hawkins County, TN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|pages=2, 5 (PDF pp. 3, 6/7)|access-date=2024-06-24}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st47_tn/schooldistrict_maps/c47073_hawkins/DC20SD_C47073_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

The Rogersville School District has a single [[K-8 school|PreK-8 school]], Rogersville Elementary School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4703660|title=Rogersville schools for this district|publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]]|access-date=2024-06-24}}</ref> It was established circa 1923. (present configuration beginning 1950; Rogersville City School System). Mascot is the Warrior (Formerly the Chief; Until Cherokee High School in 1981); colors are red, white, and black. Serving grades K-8 since 1950; from 1923 to 1950, grades 1–12 (grades 9–12 transferred to Rogersville High School). Competes in interscholastic athletics. In 2007, the RCS Warriors football team won the [[Tennessee Middle School Athletic Association|TMSAA]] state championship.

The current high school including Rogersville in its attendance boundary is [[Cherokee High School (Rogersville, Tennessee)|Cherokee Comprehensive High School]], c. 1981–present (Hawkins County School System). Serves grades 9–12. Mascot is the Chief; colors are red, black, and white. Comprehensive public high school serving students from the former Rogersville High School and [[Bulls Gap, Tennessee|Bulls Gap]] High School. Competes in [[Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association|TSSAA]]-sanctioned interscholastic athletics. The previous high school was Rogersville High School, c. 1923–1980. Mascot was the Warrior, colors were maroon and gray.

The county school system operates these schools within the city limits of Rogersville, although these are not the zoned schools for city residents:
* Rogersville Middle School, c. 1981–present (present configuration beginning 2000; Hawkins County School System). Mascot is the Warrior; colors are maroon and gray. Serving grades 6–8 since 2000; from 1981 to 2000, grades 5–8 (fifth grade transferred to Hawkins Elementary School). Competes in interscholastic athletics.
* Hawkins Elementary School, c. 1968–present (present configuration beginning 2000; Hawkins County School System). Mascot is the Bearcat; colors are light blue and gold. Serving grades 3–5 since 2000; from 1978 to 2000, grades K-4 (grades K-2 transferred to Joseph Rogers Primary School; fifth grade received from Rogersville Middle School).

The following county school is near, but not inside, the Rogersville city limits, and is not a zoned school for city residents:
* Joseph Rogers Primary School, c. 2000–present (Hawkins County School System). Mascot is the Bobcat. Serving grades K-2.

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.rogersville-tn.com Town of Rogersville official website]
* [http://www.rogersvillechamber.us Rogersville/Hawkins County Chamber]
* [http://www.rogersvillemainstreet.com Rogersville Main Street Program]
* [http://www.rogersvilleheritage.org Rogersville Heritage Association]

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