Editing White Bluff, Tennessee

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = White Bluff, Tennessee
| settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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| map_caption              = Location of White Bluff in Dickson County, Tennessee.
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| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Tennessee]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Tennessee|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Dickson County, Tennessee|Dickson]]
<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Stephanie Murrell<ref>{{cite web |title=Town Hall {{!}} Town of White Bluff |url=https://townofwhitebluff.com/town-hall/ |website=townofwhitebluff.com}}</ref>
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| established_title        = Settled
| established_date         = 1806<ref name=official />
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date2        = 1869<ref>''[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/48-data.pdf Tennessee Blue Book]'', 2005-2006, pp. 618-625.</ref>
| named_for                = Bluffs overlooking Turnbull Creek<ref name=official>"[http://townofwhitebluff.com/dotnetnuke/Community/TheHistoryofWhiteBluffTennessee.aspx History of White Bluff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102141601/http://townofwhitebluff.com/dotnetnuke/Community/TheHistoryofWhiteBluffTennessee.aspx |date=2013-01-02 }}," Town of White Bluff official website.  Retrieved: March 1, 2013.</ref>

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| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 16.56
| area_land_km2            = 16.56
| area_water_km2           = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi         = 6.39
| area_land_sq_mi          = 6.39
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| population_total         = 3862
| population_density_km2   = 233.28
| population_density_sq_mi = 604.19

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| elevation_ft             = 833
| coordinates              = {{coord|36|6|29|N|87|13|13|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 37187
| area_code                = [[Area code 615|615]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 47-79980<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              = 1304517<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1304517}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|www.townofwhitebluff.com}}
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'''White Bluff''' is a town in [[Dickson County, Tennessee|Dickson County]], [[Tennessee]], United States. The population was 3,862 at the 2020 census and 3,206 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4779980| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): White Bluff town, Tennessee| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 7, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213060249/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4779980| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> The community name derives from the White Bluff Iron Forge.

==History==
A fort was constructed at White Bluff in 1806, and an iron forge shortly afterward.<ref name=official /> The current town, which grew out of a Civil War-era [[Union Army]] encampment, was platted in 1867, and within a few years had grown to include several mercantile businesses and a planing mill.<ref name=goodspeed>''[http://tngenweb.org/dickson/Goodspeed.htm Goodspeed's History of Dickson County, Tennessee]'' (1886), transcribed by Susan Knight Gore for TNGenWeb.org.  Retrieved: March 1, 2013.</ref>

==Geography==
White Bluff is located in eastern Dickson County at {{coord|36|6|29|N|87|13|13|W|type:city}} (36.107971, -87.220300).<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|15.4|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

White Bluff is located on [[U.S. Route 70 in Tennessee|U.S. Route 70]] at its junction with [[Tennessee State Route 47|State Route 47]]. US 70 leads east {{convert|30|mi}} to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] and west {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Dickson, Tennessee|Dickson]]. TN 47 leads southwest {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Burns, Tennessee|Burns]] before continuing to Dickson, and northwest {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Charlotte, Tennessee|Charlotte]], the Dickson County seat.

White Bluff is east of [[Montgomery Bell State Park]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 419
|1920= 449
|1930= 464
|1940= 522
|1950= 506
|1960= 486
|1970= 1163
|1980= 2055
|1990= 1988
|2000= 2142
|2010= 3206
|2020= 3862
|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}}</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"
|+White Bluff racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4779980&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)
| 3,485
| 90.24%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 24
| 0.62%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 20
| 0.52%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 15
| 0.39%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 184
| 4.76%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 134
| 3.47%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 3,862 people, 1,306 households, and 832 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 2,142 people, 881 households and 604 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|536.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 947 housing units at an average density of {{convert|237.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.13% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.65% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.37% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.09% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.56% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.65% of the population.

There were 881 households, of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.96.

24.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.

The [[median household income]] was $34,107 and the median family income was $39,219. Males had a median income of $31,509 versus $25,260 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,229. About 6.1% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over.

== Education ==
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There have been several public and private schools in the area. The first public school was destroyed by fire in 1879. White Bluff now has White Bluff Elementary School and Williams James School. The original William James was built in 1923 on land donated by [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] William James, a [[Spanish–American War]] officer from whom it gets its team sports name, the Colonels, and who is entombed within the current building. (The 1923 building was demolished after the 1971–1972 school year.) It was a [[High school (North America)|high school]] (for many years all twelve grades were on the site) until 1972 when it became a [[junior high school]] (grades 7–9). In the 1999–2000 school year, the school was changed to a [[middle school]] (grades 6–8) as part of a district-wide realignment, hence its current name, William James Middle School.

==Area attractions==
* [[Interstate Packaging Arboretum]]
* [[Montgomery Bell State Park]]

==Notable people==
* [[Anson Mount|Anson A. Mount IV]], star of film and television. Anson's father, Anson Mount III, also grew up in White Bluff, and became the sports editor for ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine.
* [[Larry Fleet]], singer-songwriter

==Radio==
*  [[WYCZ]] 1030 AM

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.townofwhitebluff.com Town of White Bluff official website]
* [http://blufwatch.tripod.com/ Blufwatch] - White Bluff information and history

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