Hilham, Tennessee

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Hilham
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SR 85 (Hilham Highway) in Hilham
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Hilham
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Hilham
Hilham (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°24′51″N85°26′30″W / 36.41417°N 85.44167°W / 36.41417; -85.44167
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Overton
Founded1797
Named after Combination of "hill" and "hamlet" [1]
Area
[2]
  Total
3.53 sq mi (9.15 km2)
  Land3.53 sq mi (9.15 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
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1,093 ft (333 m)
Population
 (2020) [4]
  Total
338
  Density95.72/sq mi (36.96/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
38568
Area code 931
FIPS code 47-34580
GNIS feature ID1287776 [3]

Hilham is an unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee. The community is situated around the junction of Tennessee State Route 136 (which runs north-to-south) and Tennessee State Route 85 (which runs east-to-west). Although not a census-designated place, Hilham is part of a Zip Code Tabulation Area (38568) that covers most of rural northwest Overton County and part of northeast Jackson County. As of the 2000 census, the population of this entire area was less than 2000. [5]

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Hilham was established in 1797 by Dartmouth graduate Moses Fisk (1759-1840), who believed the site was the geographic center of the United States (at the time, the Mississippi River was still the nation's western boundary). Fisk platted Hilham so that roads radiated out from the center of the community to the north, south, east and west, believing that Hilham would eventually be the ultimate crossroads of the new nation. In 1806, Fisk established one of the first female academies in the southeast at Hilham. [6] [7]

The 11,000-acre (45 km2) Standing Stone State Park and Forest is located 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Hilham along State Route 136.

Demographics

Historical population
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2020 338
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

References

  1. Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 100.
  2. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hilham, Tennessee
  4. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  5. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "Zip Code Tabulation Area 38568 Fact Sheet." Retrieved: July 17, 2008.
  6. Michael Birdwell, "Overton County." The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002. Retrieved: April 14, 2016.
  7. Michael Birdwell, "Moses Fisk: Dreamer or Visionary? Archived 2008-01-21 at the Wayback Machine " Upper Cumberland Business Journal. Retrieved: November 5, 2008.
  8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.