Sango, Tennessee

Sango
Unincorporated community
Sango United Methodist Church
Sango Location within the state of Tennessee
Coordinates: 36°30′20″N87°13′15″W / 36.50556°N 87.22083°W / 36.50556; -87.22083
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Montgomery
Elevation [1]	643 ft (196 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	1300782 [1]

Sango is an unincorporated community in the southeastern corner of Montgomery County, Tennessee, about 5 miles east of Clarksville. It is located near Interstate 24, 30 minutes northwest of Nashville.

Once primarily a rural community consisting largely of prime farmland, many new housing developments have gone up in the past few years and has become very suburban. ^[2]

As Sango is neither an incorporated community nor a census-designated place, it has no clearly defined boundaries. It roughly covers an area stretching from U.S. Route 41A to just beyond Interstate 24. Sango is considered to have a higher standard of living when compared to other similarly sized towns in middle Tennessee.

History

From before the Civil War to at least 1990, tobacco was the main cash crop in Sango. Besides burley and some flue-cured tobaccos, high-quality dark-fired (wood smoke-cured) tobacco was grown in Sango, as well as throughout Montgomery County. During the tobacco wars of 1904 to 1908 (between the farmers and the Duke tobacco monopoly), a key battle between the "Night Riders" (farmers) and agents of the tobacco monopoly took place at the intersection of Bagwell and Sango Roads, in eastern Sango. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sango, Tennessee
2. Team, Website (May 23, 2025). "The Role of Green Spaces in Boosting Clarksville, TN Home Values". MattWardHomes.com. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
3. Rust, Randal. "Black Patch War". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
4. "Famous Sango Crossroads? – Searching for Sango". October 25, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2025.