Editing Stanton, Tennessee

{{Distinguish|Stantonville, Tennessee}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Stanton, Tennessee
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Haywood County, Tennessee|Haywood]]

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| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Norman Bauer, Jr.
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| population_total   = 417
| population_density_km2 = 311.93
| population_density_sq_mi = 808.14

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| elevation_m        = 96
| elevation_ft       = 315
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 38069
| area_code          = [[Area code 731|731]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 47-70820<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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'''Stanton''' is a town in [[Haywood County, Tennessee|Haywood County]], [[Tennessee]]. The population was 615 as of the 2000 census and 452 at the 2010 census, showing a population decrease of 163.

==Geography==
Stanton is located at {{coord|35|27|45|N|89|24|5|W|type:city}} (35.462463, -89.401253).<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|0.5|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==History==

Joseph Blackwell Stanton purchased the land that is now the town of Stanton in the early 1830s for roughly $3.50 per acre. Stanton used his influence in the area to ensure the railroad line ran through his land, and thereafter numerous families moved to the community from the nearby Wesley community some four miles to the west. Initial businesses in the area were a depot operated by Corydon Spencer and a store operated by F.W. Chaney, who also served as the small town's first postmaster. Stanton passed soon after this influx of population, and his property passed to his daughter, the wife of Colonel Nathan Adams of the 254th Transportation Battalion. The couple began selling lots in town and saw many of the remaining businesses and homes of Wesley move to Stanton. Mrs. Adams was a staunch prohibitionist and ensured the establishment of a clause barring the sale of whiskey in the town. A now defunct hotel was housed in the downtown area soon after, along with the establishment of the Baptist church being built on land granted by Chaney. This church housed the town's first school. The Methodist church was later built on land given by a Mr. Somervell, consisting of the congregation from Wesley's Methodist church. The Presbyterian church was built in 1872 and the Church of Christ was established in 1952. The [[Stanton Masonic Lodge and School|Masonic Lodge]] was constructed in 1871, with the top floor being used by the Masons while the bottom floor operated as a school.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=History of Haywood County Tennessee |publisher=Brownsville-Haywood County Historical Society |year=1989 |pages=244}}</ref>

Stanton provided many soldiers to the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate Army]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. During the war, [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] general [[W. H. L. Wallace]] and his troops camped near the property of Corydon Spencer, before being fired upon by secessionist troops. In retaliation, Wallace is said to have given the order to raze the town, but was talked down by Spencer.<ref name=":0" /> Despite this aversion, the town faced two disastrous fires in the coming years. In 1874 a fire destroyed the lower part of the business section, much of which was rebuilt in brick. The other section, however, was not updated alongside these renovations and was itself destroyed in large part during a fire in 1922. The town also suffered during the [[Lower Mississippi Valley yellow fever epidemic of 1878]]. While facing minimal fatalities due to the epidemic, mass hysteria ensued and many families fled the area. One notable fatality was John J. Ashe, a former Stanton resident who had since moved to [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], who had come back to the town to nurse the sick. Ashe had previously been arrested, and later cleared, on charges relating to complicity in the [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|assassination of]] [[Abraham Lincoln]]. Shortly before the assassination, Ashe had sent a postcard stating that Lincoln "... ought to be killed" which he sent through the mail.<ref name=":0" />

Following these hardships, the town recovered and continued to grow, seeing many new homes and businesses built. In 1927 the town was formally incorporated into Haywood County. The town had previously petitioned for incorporation in the 1880s but this charter would ultimately be abolished.<ref name=":0" />
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 254
|1890= 250
|1930= 503
|1940= 500
|1950= 503
|1960= 458
|1970= 372
|1980= 540
|1990= 487
|2000= 615
|2010= 452
|2020= 417
|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|df=}}</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|df=}}</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:center;"
|+'''Stanton town, Tennessee – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Stanton town, Tennessee |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4770820&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Stanton town, Tennessee|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4770820&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Stanton town, Tennessee |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4770820&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|196
|133
|style='background: #ffffe6; |121
|31.87%
|29.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |29.02%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|414
|314
|style='background: #ffffe6; |286
|67.32%
|69.47%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68.59%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.16%
|0.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.72%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.16%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.00%
|0.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.96%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|3
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.49%
|0.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.48%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''615'''
|'''452'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''417'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 Census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 615 people, 254 households, and 167 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,191.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 283 housing units at an average density of {{convert|548.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 67.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 31.00% whites 0.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] and 0.16% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.49% of the population.

There were 254 households, out of which 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 35.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 32.5% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 60.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $17,422, and the median income for a family was $18,229. Males had a median income of $30,000 versus $19,583 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,888. About 36.5% of families and 40.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 51.4% of those under age 18 and 36.8% of those age 65 or over.

Joseph Boyd Rives (1888-1955) lived here before moving to [[Rossville, Tennessee]].  There he started [[Rossville Savings Bank]].  This was purchased by [[Somerville Bank and Trust]].  Later Somerville Bank and Trust was purchased by [[Trustmark Bank|Trustmark National Bank]].

==Economy==
A {{convert|3836|acre|ha|adj=on}} tract in southwestern Haywood County near Stanton has been designated for a state-supported industrial "megasite," intended for a large-scale industrial or business development such as an automobile assembly plant. In September 2009, Tennessee's State Building Commission authorized spending of $40 million for purchase of the land.<ref>Chad Sisk, [http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090930/NEWS02/909300409/1009/NEWS02/+40M+approved+for+West+TN+megasite+development $40M approved for West TN megasite development]{{Dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}, ''[[The Tennessean]]'', September 30, 2009</ref>{{update after|2012|01|30}}

On September 27, 2021, it was announced that [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[SK Group#Subsidiaries|SK Innovation]] would construct a complex at the megasite called "[[Blue Oval City]]" to manufacture [[electric vehicle]]s and [[electric battery|batteries]]. The facility, which is expected to be operational in 2025, will cost approximately $5.6 billion, making it the most expensive single investment in state history, and employ approximately 5,700.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=September 27, 2021 |title=Ford to invest $5.6 billion in Memphis-area Megasite to build electric vehicles and batteries |url=https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/ford-invest-56-billion-memphis-area-megasite-build-electric-vehicles-batteries/HUPBF7DLRNDDLANOOLCDEG2YRI/ |work=[[WHBQ-TV]] |location=Memphis |access-date=September 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Round |first1=Ian |last2=Dries |first2=Bill |last3=Moore |first3=Rob |title=Ford, SK Innovation to invest $5.6B in Memphis Regional Megasite |url=https://dailymemphian.com/article/24344/ford-motor-co-electric-5-billion-memphis-regional-megasite |access-date=September 28, 2021 |work=The Daily Memphian |date=September 27, 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | title = Black America Series: Haywood County Tennessee | author = Norris, Sharon | year = 2000 | location=  Mount Pleasant, SC | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | isbn = 0-7385-0605-2}}

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[[Category:Towns in Haywood County, Tennessee]]
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[[Category:Majority-minority cities and towns in Tennessee]]