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== Lödanef ==
Timü numäd yela 2000, mens 103 455, lomanefs 36 969 e famüls 26 950 älödons in Clarksville. Lödanadensit äbinon mö mens 421,1 a km². Ädabinons valodo lödöps 40 041 (163 a km²). Lödanef äbinädon me: vietans (67,91%), blägans (23,23%), lindiyans (Tennessee0,54%)]], siyopans (2,16%) e lindiyansPasifeana-nisulans ((Tennessee)]]0,25%); no ädabinons mens bidädas votik niäbinons mö 2,61% e mens bidäda plu bala äbinons mö 3,3%. Latinans nobidädas valasotik äfomons 6,03% ädabinonslödanefa.
De lomanefs ädabinöl 36 969, 041,3% äkeninükons cilis bäldotü yels 18 u läs 18 in lödöp älödölis, 56,4% äbinons matans äkobolödöl, 013,1% pädugons fa vom nen himatan e 27,1% no äbinons famüls. 21,1% lomanefas äbinädons me pösods äsoelöl; (Tennessee)]]5,3% äbinädons me pösod äsoelöl bal bäldotü yels 65 u plu 65. Ädabinons zänedo pösods 17th2,69 a lomanef e pösods 173,12 a famül.
Demü bäldot, 028,8% lödanas ela Clarksville älabons bäldoti lifayelas läs 18, 013,6% bäldoti lifayelas 18 jü 24, 034,7% bäldoti lifayelas 25 jü 44, 015,6% bäldoti lifayelas 45 jü 64 e 07,3% bäldoti lifayelas 65 u plu 65. Bäldot patedik äbinon mö lifayels 17th in the nation, It was the only city in Tennessee to make the top 25,{{Fact|date=February 2007}}29.
Demü gen, ädabinoms mans 100,9 a voms 100. Pato ädabinoms mans 98,5 a voms 100 bäldotü lifayels 18 u plu 18.
The estimated population as of 2005 is 123,395 in the city overall
and on course to overtake Chattanooga as the fourth largest city in the state,
Lemesed patedik lomanefa in Clarksville äbinon mö US$37 548 e lemesed patedik famüla äbinon mö US$41 421. Mans älaboms lemesedi patedik mö US$29 480, leigodü US$22 549 vomas. Lemesed „per capita“ (a pösod) äbinon mö US$16 686. Zao 8,4% famülas e 10,6% lödanefa lölik älifons dis pöfasoliad, keninükamü 13,8% utanas bäldotü lifayels 18 u läs 18 e 10,4% utanas bäldotü lifayels 65 u plu 65.
The non-profit organization [[Federation for American Immigration Reform|FAIR]] projects a population of 227,300 by the year 2025, which would be a 117 percent increase from the 2000 Census, assuming that the current population increase stands,
Clarksville is a hub city for a ring of smaller, more rural counties in Tennessee and Kentucky,
[[Klad:Zifs in Tennessee]]
Clarksville is part of the [[Clarksville-Hopkinsville metropolitan statistical area]] (MSA),
== History ==
===Founding===
The area around Clarksville was first surveyed by [[Thomas Hutchins]] in 1768, He identified Red Paint Hill, a rock [[Hill|bluff]] at the confluence of the [[Cumberland River|Cumberland]] and [[Red River (Tennessee-Kentucky)|Red]] Rivers, as a navigational landmark, In the.
Demü gen, ädabinoms mans 17th in the nation, It was the only city in Tennessee to make the top 25,{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
The estimated population as of 2005 is 123,395 in the city overall
and on course to overtake Chattanooga as the fourth largest city in the state,
The non-profit organization [[Federation for American Immigration Reform|FAIR]] projects a population of 227,300 by the year 2025, which would be a 117 percent increase from the 2000 Census, assuming that the current population increase stands,
Clarksville is a hub city for a ring of smaller, more rural counties in Tennessee and Kentucky,
Clarksville is part of the [[Clarksville-Hopkinsville metropolitan statistical area]] (MSA),
== History ==
===Founding===
The area around Clarksville was first surveyed by [[Thomas Hutchins]] in 1768, He identified Red Paint Hill, a rock [[Hill|bluff]] at the confluence of the [[Cumberland River|Cumberland]] and [[Red River (Tennessee-Kentucky)|Red]] Rivers, as a navigational landmark, In the years between 1771 and 1775, [[John Montgomery (pioneer)|John Montgomery]], the namesake of the county, along with [[Kasper Mansker]] visited the area while on a hunting expedition, That same year, the land between the [[Ohio River|Ohio]] and the Cumberland was purchased by [[Richard Henderson]] from the [[Cherokee Indian]]s for horses, guns, and alcohol, The other local tribes, such as the [[Creek people|Creek]], [[Shawnee (tribe)|Shawnee]], and [[Chickasaw (tribe)|Chickasaw]] claimed parts of the territory, creating conflict between the Indians and the settlers,
In [[1779]], [[James Robertson (early American)|James Robertson]] brought a group of settlers from upper [[East Tennessee]] via [[Daniel Boone]]'s "[[Wilderness Road]]", Robertson would later build an [[iron plantation]] in [[Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee|Cumberland Furnace]], A year later, in 1780, [[John Donelson]] led a group of flat boats up the Cumberland River bound for the French trading settlement, French Lick (or Big Lick), that would later be [[Nashville]], When the boats reached Red Paint Hill, [[Moses Renfroe]], Joseph Renfroe, and Solomon Turpin, along with their families, branched off onto the Red River, They traveled to the mouth of Parson's Creek, near [[Port Royal, Tennessee|Port Royal]], and came ashore to settle down, However, an attack by Indians in the summer drove them back, (See [[Port Royal State Park]])
Clarksville was designated as a town to be settled in part by soldiers from the disbanded Continental Army that served under General [[George Washington]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]], At the end of the war, the federal government lacked sufficient funds to repay the soldiers, so the Legislature of North Carolina , in 1790, designated the lands to the west of the state line as federal lands that could be used in the land grant program, Since the area of Clarksville had been surveyed and sectioned into plots, it was identified as a territory deemed ready for settlement, The land was available to be settled by the families of eligible soldiers as repayment of service to their country,
The development and culture of Clarksville has had an ongoing interdependence between the citizens of Clarksville and the military, The formation of the city is associated with the end of the American Revolutionary War, During the [[American Civil War]] a large percent of the male population was depleted due to [[Union Army]] victories at [[Fort Henry]] and [[Fort Donelson]], Many Clarksville men were interned at Union prisoner of war (POW) camps, Clarksville also lost many native sons during [[World War I]] (WWI), With the formation of [[Camp Campbell]], later [[Fort Campbell]], during [[World War II]] (WWII), the bonds of military influence were strengthened, Soldiers from [[Fort Campbell, Kentucky]] have deployed in every military campaign since the formation of the post,
On [[January 16]], [[1784]], [[John Armstrong (Carolina)|John Armstrong]] filed notice with the [[Legislature]] of [[North Carolina]] to create the town of Clarksville, named after General George Rogers Clark, Even before it was officially designated a town, lots had been sold, In October of 1785, Col, Robert Weakley laid off the town of Clarksville for Martin Armstrong and Col, Montgomery, and Weakley had the choice of lots for his services, He selected Lot #20 at the northeast corner of Spring and Main Streets, The town consisted of 20 'squares' of 140 lots and 44 out lots, The original Court House was on Lot #93, on the north side of Franklin Street between Front and Second Street, The Public Spring was on Lot #74, on the northeast corner of Spring and Commerce Streets, Weakley built the first cabin there in January of 1786, and about February or March, Col, Montgomery came there and had a cabin built, which was the second house in Clarksville, After an official survey by [[James Sanders]], Clarksville was founded by the North Carolina Legislature on [[December 29]],[[1785]], It was the second town to be founded in the area, Armstrong's layout for the town consisted of 12 four-acre (16,000 m²) squares built on the hill overlooking the Cumberland as to protect against floods, The primary streets (from north to south) that went east-west were named Jefferson, Washington (now College Street), Franklin, Main, and Commerce streets, North-south streets (from the river eastward) were named Water (now Riverside Drive), Spring, First, Second, and Third streets,
The [[tobacco]] trade in the area was growing larger every year and in 1789, Montgomery and [[Martin Armstrong (early American)|Martin Armstrong]] persuaded lawmakers to designate Clarksville as an inspection point for tobacco, In 1790, [[Isacc Rowe Peterson]] staked a claim to [[Dunbar Cave State Park|Dunbar Cave]], just northeast of downtown,
When [[Tennessee]] was founded as a state on June 1, 1796, the area around Clarksville and to the east was named Tennessee County, (This county was established in 1788, by North Carolina,) Later, Tennessee County would be broken up into modern day [[Montgomery County, Tennessee|Montgomery]] and [[Robertson County, Tennessee|Robertson]] Counties, named to honor the men who first opened up the region for settlement,
===1800s===
As time progressed into the 19th century, Clarksville grew at a rapid pace, By 1806, the town realized the need for an educational institution, and the Rural Academy was established that year, Later, the Rural Academy would be replaced by the Mount Pleasant Academy, By 1819, the newly-established town had 22 stores, including a [[bakery]] and [[silversmith]], In 1820, [[steamboats]] begin to navigate the Cumberland, bringing [[hardware]], [[coffee]], [[sugar]], [[Textile|fabric]], and [[glass]], They also exported [[flour]], tobacco, [[cotton]], and [[maize|corn]] to ports like [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] and [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] along the Ohio and [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] Rivers, Trade via land also grew as four main dirt roads were established, two to Nashville, one crossing the Red River via [[ferry]] called the [[Kentucky Road]], and [[Russellville, Kentucky|Russellville]] Road, In 1829, the first bridge connecting Clarksville to [[New Providence, Tennessee|New Providence]] was built over the Red River, Nine years later, the Clarksville-[[Hopkinsville, Kentucky|Hopkinsville]] [[Turnpike]] was built, In 1855, Clarksville was incorporated as a city, [[Railroad]] service came to the town on [[October 1]], [[1859]] in the form of the [[Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad]], The line would later connect with other railroads at [[Paris, Tennessee]] and [[Guthrie, Kentucky]],
By the start of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the combined population of the city and the county was 20,000, The area was openly for slavery, as blacks worked in the tobacco fields, In 1861, both Clarksville and Montgomery County voted unanimously to join the [[Confederate States of America]], The proximity of the birthplace of Confederate President [[Jefferson Davis]] gave the city a strong tie to the CSA, and both sides saw the city as strategic and important, Confederate General [[Albert Sidney Johnston]] set up a defense line around Clarksville expecting a land attack, however the Union sent troops and gunboats down the Cumberland, and in 1862, captured [[Fort Donelson]], [[Fort Henry]], and Clarksville, Between 1862 and 1865, the city would shift hands but the Union would retain control, Many slaves that had been freed gathered in Clarksville and joined the [[Union Army]], which created all-black [[regiments]], The remaining lived along the side of the river in [[shantie]]s,
After the war, the city began [[Reconstruction]], and in 1872, the existing railroad was purchased by the [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]], The city reached a high point until the Great Fire of 1878, which destroyed 15 acres (60,000 m²) of downtown Clarksville's business district, including the courthouse at that time and many other historic buildings, It was believed to have started in a Franklin Street store, After the fire, the city rebuilt and entered the 20th century with a fresh start, It was at this time that the first [[automobile]] rolled into town, drawing much excitement,
===The 20th century===
Another new form of entertainment soon came, In 1913, the Lillian Theater, Clarksville's first "movie house" for motion pictures, was opened on Franklin Street by Joseph Goldberg, It sat more than 500 people, Less than two years later, in 1915, the theater burned down, It was rebuilt later that year,
As [[World War I]] raged in [[Europe]], many locals volunteered to go, a move that would earn Tennessee the nickname "The Volunteer State", Also during this time, women's suffrage was becoming a major issue, and Clarksville women saw a need for banking independent of their husbands and fathers who were fighting, In response, the First Women's Bank of Tennessee was established in 1919 by Mrs, Frank J, Runyon,
The 1920s brought additional growth to the city, Travelwise, a bus line between Clarksville and Hopkinsville was established in 1922, 1927 saw the creation of Austin Peay Normal School, later to become [[Austin Peay State University]], Two more theaters were added, the Majestic (with 600 seats) and the Capitol (with 900 seats) Theaters, both in 1928, [[John Outlaw]], a local aviator, established Outlaw Field in 1929,
The largest change to the city came in 1942, as construction of Camp Campbell (now known as [[Fort Campbell, Kentucky|Fort Campbell]]) began, The new army base ten miles northwest of the city, and capable of holding 23,000 troops, gave an immediate boost to the population and economy of Clarksville,
In recent decades, the size of Clarksville has doubled, Communities such as [[New Providence, Tennessee|New Providence]] and [[Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee|Saint Bethlehem]] were annexed into the city, adding to the overall population, The creation of [[Interstate 24]] north of Saint Bethlehem made the area prime for development, and today much of the growth along [[U,S, Highway 79]] is commercial retail, In 1954, the Clarksville Memorial Hospital was founded along Madison Street, Downtown, the Lillian was renamed the Roxy Theater, and today it still hosts plays and performances weekly,
The Roxy has been used as a backdrop for numerous Music Video's & Television Commercials, [[Sheryl Crow]]'s 1994 video for "All I Wanna Do" was shot downtown Clarksville in front of the [[Roxy Theatre]],
A common misconception is that the [[Monkees]]' 1966 #1 song "[[Last Train to Clarksville]]" was inspired by the city's train depot; however, Bobby Hart claims the name was arbitrary,
On the morning of [[January 22]], [[1999]], the downtown area of Clarksville was devastated by a F3 [[tornado]], damaging many buildings including the county courthouse, The tornado, 880 yards wide, continued on a 4,3 mile-long path that took it up to Saint Bethlehem, No one was seriously injured or killed in the destruction, Clarksville has since recovered, and has rebuilt much of the damage as a symbol of the city's resilience, Where one building on Franklin Street once stood has been replaced with a large [[mural]] of the historic buildings of Clarksville on the side of one that remained,
Clarksville has the distinction of being home to the oldest bank in the state, the Northern Bank established in 1854, now AmSouth Bank; the state's oldest newspaper, The Leaf-Chronicle, established in 1808; and the first and only bank in the world established and operated entirely by women, the Women's Bank of Tennessee that opened in 1919
===History of The County Courthouse===
The first county courthouse was built from logs in 1796 by [[James Adams (early American)|James Adams]], It sat close to the riverbank on the corner of what is now present-day Riverside Drive and Washington Street, It was later replaced by a second courthouse built in 1805, and a third in 1806, with the land provided by [[Henry Small]], The fourth courthouse was built in 1811, and the first to be built of [[brick]], It was constructed on the east half of Public Square, with the land donated by Martin Armstrong, In 1843, yet another courthouse was built, this time on Franklin Street, It would remain standing until the Great Fire of 1878,
The sixth and current courthouse was built between Second and Third Streets, with the [[cornerstone]] laid on [[May 16]], [[1879]], This particular building was designed by [[George W, Bunting]] of [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], Five years later, the downtown area was hit by a tornado, which damaged the roof of the courthouse, The building was rebuilt, On [[March 12]], [[1900]], the building was again ravaged by fire, with the upper floors gutted and the clock tower destroyed, Many citizens wanted the courthouse torn down and replaced with a safer one, but the judge refused and repaired the damage,
The courthouse was destroyed once again by the January 22, 1999 tornado, The building of another new courthouse was on the minds of locals, but in the end the courthouse was fully restored as a county office building, On the fourth anniversary of the disaster the courthouse was rededicated, In addition to the restoration of the original courthouse and plazas, a new courts center was built on its north side,
===History of The City Newspaper===
In 1808, The ''Clarksville Chronicle'' newspaper started publication, It was the first newspaper to be circulated in the entire state, Today, no editions exist earlier than 1811, Later, ''The Tobacco Leaf'' appeared as a result of the area's reputation as a center for tobacco growing and shipping, Early newspapers started out as four-page journals devoted to political news and [[advertising]], Eventually they grew to become full-fledged publications that featured more news and community information, in addition to having opinion pages with political views, In 1890, The ''Clarksville Chronicle'' merged with ''The Tobacco Leaf'', forming ''The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle'', In the 1970s, the city's name was dropped as the coverage area increased, shortening the title of the current newspaper to ''The Leaf-Chronicle'',
Throughout the city's history, other newspapers such as ''The New Herald'' (an African-American newspaper), ''The Clarksville-Jeffersonian'', and ''The Clarksville Star'' competed with The ''Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle'', but they are all now defunct,
In December, 1995, ''The Leaf-Chronicle'' became part of the [[Gannett]] Newspaper Division,
The offices of ''The Leaf-Chronicle'' were severely damaged in the [[January 22]],[[1999]] tornado however the paper was still released the following day, after publisher [[F, Gene Washer]] took editors and reporters into his home to gather news and use the ''[[Kentucky New Era]]'''s [[printing press]] in [[Hopkinsville, Kentucky|Hopkinsville]], The Saturday edition of ''The Leaf Chronicle'' was a complete newspaper that featured eight pages of tornado coverage, Within four days the staff was able to print from the downtown newspaper press, only slightly damaged, The departments worked out of an empty grocery store for eight months, until the main offices were rebuilt and reopened in the fall of 1999,
==Notable Clarksvillians==
*[[James E, Bailey]] ([[United States Senator]] from [[Tennessee]])
*[[David Bibb]] (Current Acting Administrator of the [[General Services Administration]] (GSA))
*[[Dr, Robert Burt]] (Well Known Black Surgeon)
*[[Ben Clark]] (2nd youngest American to climb [[Mount Everest]])
*[[Philander Claxton]] (Professor, United States [[Commissioner of Education]], and APSU President)
*[[Gretchen Cordy]] (Reality television cast member on "[[Survivor: Borneo]]" and local radio DJ)
*[[Riley Darnell]] (Secretary of State of Tennessee)
*[[Dorothy Dix|Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer]] also know by the pen name of [[Dorothy Dix]] (a journalist who was famous for authoring a newspaper column that gave advice to people,)
*[[Harry Galbreath]] (American football player with [[Miami Dolphins]], [[Green Bay Packers]], and [[New York Jets]])
*Dr, [[Ernest William Goodpasture]] (American pathologist and physician)
*[[Caroline Gordon]] (Novelist and wife of Allen Tate)
*[[Phila Hach]] (Chef and Cookbook Author)
*[[Trenton Hassell]] (Basketball player with [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] and [[Chicago Bulls]])
*[[Roland Hayes]] (Musician)
*[[Tommy Head]] (Member of [[Tennessee House of Representatives]])
*[[Dorothy Jordan]] (Drama actor)
*[[Joseph Buckner Killebrew]] (Educator, Lawyer, Innovator, originator of the liberal public school law of Tennessee)
*[[Rosalind Kurita]] (Member of [[Tennessee State Senate]])
*[[Horace Lisenbee]] (MLB Player, Pitcher for Washington Senators American League Baseball Team)
*[[Ferdinand Lust]] (Musician)
*[[John Hartwell Marable]] (Member of [[United States House of Representatives]])
*[[Shawn Marion]] (Basketball player with [[Phoenix Suns]])
*[[Robert Loftin Newman]] (Renowned oil painter)
*[[Asahel Huntington Patch]], or [[A, H, Patch]] (Inventor of the [[Blackhawk corn sheller]])
*[[Austin Peay IV]] (Tennessee governor from 1922 to 1927 and namesake to university)
*[[Jeff Purvis]] ([[Busch Series]] race car driver)
*[[James B, Reynolds]] (Member of [[United States House of Representatives]])
*[[Mason Rudolph]] (Professional golfer) (no relation to Wilma Rudolph)
*[[Wilma Rudolph]] (First female athlete to win three [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] Gold Medals in a single games)
*[[Brenda Vineyard Runyon]] (Founder and Director of a historic bank 1919-1926, [[First Womans Bank of Tennessee]])
*[[Clarence Saunders]] (Founder of the present day supermarket, [[Piggly Wiggly]])
*[[Evelyn Scott]] (Poet and novelist)
*[[Valentine Sevier]], Revolutionary War soldier, and brother of [[John Sevier]], Tennessee's first governor, (Built Sevier Station in Clarksville, a small fort for settlers to take refuge during attacks by the Native American Indians, this structure still stands today as a historic site,)
*[[Ryan Shoulders]] (Reality television cast member and second to get voted off on "[[Survivor: Pearl Islands]]")
*[[Rachel Smith]] (Crowned [[Miss USA 2007]])
*[[Travis Stephens]] (American football player with [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]])
*[[Pat Summitt]] ([[University of Tennessee|UT]] Women's Basketball coach)
*[[Frank Sutton]] (Actor who played Sgt, Carter in television series "[[Gomer Pyle, USMC]]")
*[[Allen Tate]] (Poet)
*[[Sloan Thomas]] (Current Wide Receiver for the [[Tennessee Titans]])
*[[Robert Penn Warren]] (Poet)
*[[Charles Bollin Watts]] (Actor)
*[[Clarence Cameron White]] (Musician)
*[[Helen Wood]] (Actress)
*[[Buck Young]] (Actor who played Sergeant Whipple in the "Gomer Pyle" TV series)
*[[Cindy Marsh]] (Album art on first Go Go's album)
*[[Mike Fink]] (Album art on first Go Go's album)
*[[Timothy Kerrick]], American [[author]] of "[[Bored Generation: Social and Political Satire trough the eyes of a seventeen year old]]" and former [[US Army]] [[soldier]],
===Other notables who have called Clarksville home===
* [[Roy Acuff]] (Country music star)
* [[Willie Blount]] Governor of Tennessee 1809-1815
* [[Jimi Hendrix]] (Rock guitarist)
* [[Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr,]] ([[1804]]-[[1880]]) (Whig/Kentucky and Democrat/Tennessee, known as the "Eagle Orator of Tennessee")
* [[Cave Johnson]] (Democrat, U,S, Congressman from Tennessee [[United States Postmaster General]] under [[James K, Polk]] from [[1845]]-[[1849]])
* [[Horace Harmon Lurton]] (Justice on the [[Supreme Court of the United States]])
* [[Isaac Murphy]] (First [[Reconstruction]] [[List of governors of Arkansas|Governor]] of [[Arkansas]],)
* [[Wayne Pace]] (CFO of [[AOL Time Warner]])
* [[Key Pittman]] ([[United States Senator]] from [[Nevada]])
* [[Charles Schulz]] (Creator of "[[Peanuts]]")
* Gen, [[William Westmoreland]]
* [[Percy Howard]] (wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys)
* [[George Sherrill]] (baseball player for the Seattle Mariners)
* [[Jamie Walker]] (relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers)
* [[Bubba Wells]] (basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks)
* [[James "Fly" Williams]] (legendary 1970s basketball player; later in the original American Basketball Association)
* [[Howie Wright]] (1970s basketball player for the New York Knicks)
==Colleges and universities==
*[[Austin Peay State University]]
*[[Miller-Motte Technical College]]
*[[Draughons Junior College]]
*[[Austins Beauty College]]
*[[North Central Institute]]
*[[North Tennessee Bible Institute]]
*[http://www,queencitycollege,com/ Queen City College]
==Clarksville-Montgomery County School System==
There are a total of 30 schools in the [http://www,cmcss,net school system], made up of six public high schools, six public middle schools, 18 public elementary schools, and one magnet school for K-5, The system serves roughly 26,000 students,
Public high schools in Clarksville-Montgomery County:
*Northeast High School (Students: 1,378; Grades: 09 - 12)
*Clarksville High School (Students: 1,259;Grades: 09 - 12)
*Rossview High School (Students: 1,187; Grades: 09 - 12)
*Northwest High School (Students: 1,171; Grades: 09 - 12)
*Kenwood High School (Students: 1,152; Grades: 09 - 12)
*Montgomery Central High School (Students: ?; Grades: 09 - 12) (Cunningham, Tennessee)
Private high schools in Clarksville-Montgomery County:
*Clarksville Academy (Students: 613; ST; Grades: PK - 12)
*Montgomery Christian Academy (Students: 175; Grades: PK - 12)
*Bible Baptist Academy (Students: 142; Grades: PK - 12) (closed 2000)
*Weems Academy (Students: 58; Grades: 4 - 12)
*Academy for Academic Excellence (Students: 50; Grades: 1 - 12)
*Helicon/Clarksville Diagnostic (Students: 25; Grades: 6 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Clarksville-Montgomery County:
*Northeast Middle School (Students: 1,288; Grades: 06 - 08)
*Kenwood Middle School (Students: 1,193; Grades: 06 - 08)
*Richview Middle School (Students: 1,076; Grades: 06 - 08)
*Glenellen Elementary School (Students: 1,058; Grades: KG - 05)
*New Providence Middle School (Students: 1,027; Grades: 06 - 08)
*Rossview Middle School (Students: 996; Grades: 06 - 08)
*Sango Elementary School (Students: 941; Grades: KG - 05)
*Northeast Elementary School (Students: 933; Grades: KG - 05)
*Hazelwood Elementary School (Students: 913; Grades: KG - 05)
*Kenwood Elementary School (Students: 799; Grades: KG - 05)
*Montgomery Central Middle School (Students: ?; Grades: 06 - 08) (Cunningham, Tennessee)
*West Creek Middle School (Students: N/A; Grades: 06-08) (under construction)
*Montgomery Central Elementary School (Students: ?; Grades: KG - 05) (Cunningham, Tennessee)
Other Elementary Schools in Clarksville-Montgomery County:
*Barkers Mill
*Barksdale
*Burt
*Byrns Darden
*Cumberland Heights
*East Montgomery
*Liberty
*Minglewood
*Moore Magnet
*Norman Smith
*Ringgold
*St, Bethlehem
*Woodlawn
Private primary/middle schools in Clarksville:
*Immaculate Conception Preschool (Students: 156; Grades: PK - KG)
*Apostolic Christian School (Students: 17; Grades: PK - 9)
==Major Industrial Employers==
*[[Averitt Hardwoods International]]
*[[Bridgestone|Bridgestone Metalpha USA]]
*[[Clarksville Foundry]]
*[[Florim USA]]
*[[Hendrickson Trailer Suspensions Systems]]
*[[Jostens]], Printing and Publishing Division
*[[Letica Corporation]]
*[[Precision Printing & Packaging]]
*[[Premiumwear, Inc,]]
*[[Print Xcel]]
*[[Quebecor]]
*[[Robert Bosch GmbH|Robert Bosch Corporation]]
*[[Smithfield Manufacturing, Inc]]
*[[SPX Corporation]], Metal Forge Division
*[[Startek|Startek USA]]
*[[Trane]]
*[[UCAR Carbon Corporation]]
*[[Vulcan Corporation]], Rubber Division
*[[Whitson Lumber Company]]
*[[Zinifex Limited]]
==Other Companies==
*[[StormPay]]
==Airports==
Clarksville is served commercially by [[Nashville International Airport]] but also has a small airport, [[Outlaw Field]], located 10 miles (16 km) north of downtown, Outlaw Field accommodates nearly 40,000 private and corporate flights a year, and is also home to a pilot training school and a few small aircraft companies, It has two asphalt runways, one 6,000 feet (1800 m) by 100 feet (30 m) and the other 4,004 feet (1200 m) by 100 feet (30 m),
==Recognitions==
In the June 2004 issue of ''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'', Clarksville was listed as one of the top five cities with a population of under 250,000 that would attract [[creative class]] jobs over the next 10 years, [http://clarksville,tn,us/files/releases/MoneyMagRanking,pdf]
The city has also received good rankings in various categories in:
*''[[Southern Business & Development Magazine]]'' (One of The South's Top 10 Places with Plenty of Talented Labor, May 2006) <br>
*''[[Forbes Magazine]]'' (90th Best City for Business and Careers, May 2001) <br>
*''[[Entrepreneur Magazine]]'' (No, 1 small city in the South) <br>
*''Money'' (57th Best Place to Live, July 1996) <br>
*''[[Golf Digest]]'' (America's 11th Best City for Public Golf, July 1998)<br>
*''[[Reader's Digest]]'' (38th Family-Friendly City, April 1997) <br>
*''[[National Civic League]]'' (a 2002 All America City Finalist) <br>
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Others can be located at the [http://clarksville,tn,us/wps-html/EconomicDevelopment/RankingsRecognitions/ city's website],
==Points of interest==
* [[Downtown Artist Co-Op]] Also known as the DAC,
* [[Roxy Theatre]] (located downtown Clarksville)
* [[Governor's Square Mall]]
* [[Clarksville City Arboretum]]
* [[Clarksville Speedway race track]]
* [[Beachaven Vineyards & Winery]]
* [[Ringgold Mill]] (located in North Clarksville)
* [[Port Royal State Park]] (historic community site and location of one of the oldest points of European civilization in Montgomery County)
* [[Historic Collinsville]] (Historic village restored to illustrate the living conditions of early European and African American settlers)
* [[Customs House Museum and Cultural Center]] (located in downtown Clarksville, second largest general museum in Tennessee)
* [[L & N Train Station]] Restored downtown train station,
* [[Wilma Rudolph]] Statue (To honor one of America's most outstanding Olympic athletes and her legacy)
* [[Cumberland RiverWalk]]
* [[Dunbar Cave]]
* [[Clarksville Public Square]]
* [[Alter Gallery]]
* [[Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Fire]] (Sculpture by Gregg Schlanger located downtown near the DAC)
* [[Enoch Tanner Wickham]] Statues located in nearby Palmyra, Tennessee
==External links==
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*[http://www,cityofclarksville,com City of Clarksville official site]
*[http://www,theleafchronicle,com The Leaf-Chronicle newspaper]
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*[http://www,clarksvegas,com/ Clarksville Music Community]
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[[Klad:Cities in Tennessee]]
[[Klad:Montgomery County, Tennessee]]
[[Klad:County seats in Tennessee]]
[[Klad:Settlements established in 1785]]
projects a population of 227,300 by the year 2025, which would be a 117 percent increase from the 2000 Census, assuming that the current population increase stands,
Clarksville is a hub city for a ring of smaller, more rural counties in Tennessee and Kentucky,
Clarksville is part of the [[Clarksville-Hopkinsville metropolitan statistical area]] (MSA),
== History ==
===Founding===
The area around Clarksville was first surveyed by [[Thomas Hutchins]] in 1768, He identified Red Paint Hill, a rock [[Hill|bluff]] at the confluence of the [[Cumberland River|Cumberland]] and [[Red River (Tennessee-Kentucky)|Red]] Rivers, as a navigational landmark, In the years between 1771 and 1775, [[John Montgomery (pioneer)|John Montgomery]], the namesake of the county, along with [[Kasper Mansker]] visited the area while on a hunting expedition, That same year, the land between the [[Ohio River|Ohio]] and the Cumberland was purchased by [[Richard Henderson]] from the [[Cherokee Indian]]s for horses, guns, and alcohol, The other local tribes, such as the [[Creek people|Creek]], [[Shawnee (tribe)|Shawnee]], and [[Chickasaw (tribe)|Chickasaw]] claimed parts of the territory, creating conflict between the Indians and the settlers,
In [[1779]], [[James Robertson (early American)|James Robertson]] brought a group of settlers from upper [[East Tennessee]] via [[Daniel Boone]]'s "[[Wilderness Road]]", Robertson would later build an [[iron plantation]] in [[Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee|Cumberland Furnace]], A year later, in 1780, [[John Donelson]] led a group of flat boats up the Cumberland River bound for the French trading settlement, French Lick (or Big Lick), that would later be [[Nashville]], When the boats reached Red Paint Hill, [[Moses Renfroe]], Joseph Renfroe, and Solomon Turpin, along with their families, branched off onto the Red River, They traveled to the mouth of Parson's Creek, near [[Port Royal, Tennessee|Port Royal]], and came ashore to settle down, However, an attack by Indians in the summer drove them back, (See [[Port Royal State Park]])
Clarksville was designated as a town to be settled in part by soldiers from the disbanded Continental Army that served under General [[George Washington]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]], At the end of the war, the federal government lacked sufficient funds to repay the soldiers, so the Legislature of North Carolina , in 1790, designated the lands to the west of the state line as federal lands that could be used in the land grant program, Since the area of Clarksville had been surveyed and sectioned into plots, it was identified as a territory deemed ready for settlement, The land was available to be settled by the families of eligible soldiers as repayment of service to their country,
The development and culture of Clarksville has had an ongoing interdependence between the citizens of Clarksville and the military, The formation of the city is associated with the end of the American Revolutionary War, During the [[American Civil War]] a large percent of the male population was depleted due to [[Union Army]] victories at [[Fort Henry]] and [[Fort Donelson]], Many Clarksville men were interned at Union prisoner of war (POW) camps, Clarksville also lost many native sons during [[World War I]] (WWI), With the formation of [[Camp Campbell]], later [[Fort Campbell]], during [[World War II]] (WWII), the bonds of military influence were strengthened, Soldiers from [[Fort Campbell, Kentucky]] have deployed in every military campaign since the formation of the post,
On [[January 16]], [[1784]], [[John Armstrong (Carolina)|John Armstrong]] filed notice with the [[Legislature]] of [[North Carolina]] to create the town of Clarksville, named after General George Rogers Clark, Even before it was officially designated a town, lots had been sold, In October of 1785, Col, Robert Weakley laid off the town of Clarksville for Martin Armstrong and Col, Montgomery, and Weakley had the choice of lots for his services, He selected Lot #20 at the northeast corner of Spring and Main Streets, The town consisted of 20 'squares' of 140 lots and 44 out lots, The original Court House was on Lot #93, on the north side of Franklin Street between Front and Second Street, The Public Spring was on Lot #74, on the northeast corner of Spring and Commerce Streets, Weakley built the first cabin there in January of 1786, and about February or March, Col, Montgomery came there and had a cabin built, which was the second house in Clarksville, After an official survey by [[James Sanders]], Clarksville was founded by the North Carolina Legislature on [[December 29]],[[1785]], It was the second town to be founded in the area, Armstrong's layout for the town consisted of 12 four-acre (16,000 m²) squares built on the hill overlooking the Cumberland as to protect against floods, The primary streets (from north to south) that went east-west were named Jefferson, Washington (now College Street), Franklin, Main, and Commerce streets, North-south streets (from the river eastward) were named Water (now Riverside Drive), Spring, First, Second, and Third streets,
The [[tobacco]] trade in the area was growing larger every year and in 1789, Montgomery and [[Martin Armstrong (early American)|Martin Armstrong]] persuaded lawmakers to designate Clarksville as an inspection point for tobacco, In 1790, [[Isacc Rowe Peterson]] staked a claim to [[Dunbar Cave State Park|Dunbar Cave]], just northeast of downtown,
When [[Tennessee]] was founded as a state on June 1, 1796, the area around Clarksville and to the east was named Tennessee County, (This county was established in 1788, by North Carolina,) Later, Tennessee County would be broken up into modern day [[Montgomery County, Tennessee|Montgomery]] and [[Robertson County, Tennessee|Robertson]] Counties, named to honor the men who first opened up the region for settlement,
===1800s===
As time progressed into the 19th century, Clarksville grew at a rapid pace, By 1806, the town realized the need for an educational institution, and the Rural Academy was established that year, Later, the Rural Academy would be replaced by the Mount Pleasant Academy, By 1819, the newly-established town had 22 stores, including a [[bakery]] and [[silversmith]], In 1820, [[steamboats]] begin to navigate the Cumberland, bringing [[hardware]], [[coffee]], [[sugar]], [[Textile|fabric]], and [[glass]], They also exported [[flour]], tobacco, [[cotton]], and [[maize|corn]] to ports like [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] and [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] along the Ohio and [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] Rivers, Trade via land also grew as four main dirt roads were established, two to Nashville, one crossing the Red River via [[ferry]] called the [[Kentucky Road]], and [[Russellville, Kentucky|Russellville]] Road, In 1829, the first bridge connecting Clarksville to [[New Providence, Tennessee|New Providence]] was built over the Red River, Nine years later, the Clarksville-[[Hopkinsville, Kentucky|Hopkinsville]] [[Turnpike]] was built, In 1855, Clarksville was incorporated as a city, [[Railroad]] service came to the town on [[October 1]], [[1859]] in the form of the [[Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad]], The line would later connect with other railroads at [[Paris, Tennessee]] and [[Guthrie, Kentucky]],
By the start of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the combined population of the city and the county was 20,000, The area was openly for slavery, as blacks worked in the tobacco fields, In 1861, both Clarksville and Montgomery County voted unanimously to join the [[Confederate States of America]], The proximity of the birthplace of Confederate President [[Jefferson Davis]] gave the city a strong tie to the CSA, and both sides saw the city as strategic and important, Confederate General [[Albert Sidney Johnston]] set up a defense line around Clarksville expecting a land attack, however the Union sent troops and gunboats down the Cumberland, and in 1862, captured [[Fort Donelson]], [[Fort Henry]], and Clarksville, Between 1862 and 1865, the city would shift hands but the Union would retain control, Many slaves that had been freed gathered in Clarksville and joined the [[Union Army]], which created all-black [[regiments]], The remaining lived along the side of the river in [[shantie]]s,
After the war, the city began [[Reconstruction]], and in 1872, the existing railroad was purchased by the [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]], The city reached a high point until the Great Fire of 1878, which destroyed 15 acres (60,000 m²) of downtown Clarksville's business district, including the courthouse at that time and many other historic buildings, It was believed to have started in a Franklin Street store, After the fire, the city rebuilt and entered the 20th century with a fresh start, It was at this time that the first [[automobile]] rolled into town, drawing much excitement,
===The 20th century===
Another new form of entertainment soon came, In 1913, the Lillian Theater, Clarksville's first "movie house" for motion pictures, was opened on Franklin Street by Joseph Goldberg, It sat more than 500 people, Less than two years later, in 1915, the theater burned down, It was rebuilt later that year,
As [[World War I]] raged in [[Europe]], many locals volunteered to go, a move that would earn Tennessee the nickname "The Volunteer State", Also during this time, women's suffrage was becoming a major issue, and Clarksville women saw a need for banking independent of their husbands and fathers who were fighting, In response, the First Women's Bank of Tennessee was established in 1919 by Mrs, Frank J, Runyon,
The 1920s brought additional growth to the city, Travelwise, a bus line between Clarksville and Hopkinsville was established in 1922, 1927 saw the creation of Austin Peay Normal School, later to become [[Austin Peay State University]], Two more theaters were added, the Majestic (with 600 seats) and the Capitol (with 900 seats) Theaters, both in 1928, [[John Outlaw]], a local aviator, established Outlaw Field in 1929,
The largest change to the city came in 1942, as construction of Camp Campbell (now known as [[Fort Campbell, Kentucky|Fort Campbell]]) began, The new army base ten miles northwest of the city, and capable of holding 23,000 troops, gave an immediate boost to the population and economy of Clarksville,
In recent decades, the size of Clarksville has doubled, Communities such as [[New Providence, Tennessee|New Providence]] and [[Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee|Saint Bethlehem]] were annexed into the city, adding to the overall population, The creation of [[Interstate 24]] north of Saint Bethlehem made the area prime for development, and today much of the growth along [[U,S, Highway 79]] is commercial retail, In 1954, the Clarksville Memorial Hospital was founded along Madison Street, Downtown, the Lillian was renamed the Roxy Theater, and today it still hosts plays and performances weekly,
The Roxy has been used as a backdrop for numerous Music Video's & Television Commercials, [[Sheryl Crow]]'s 1994 video for "All I Wanna Do" was shot downtown Clarksville in front of the [[Roxy Theatre]],
A common misconception is that the [[Monkees]]' 1966 #1 song "[[Last Train to Clarksville]]" was inspired by the city's train depot; however, Bobby Hart claims the name was arbitrary,
On the morning of [[January 22]], [[1999]], the downtown area of Clarksville was devastated by a F3 [[tornado]], damaging many buildings including the county courthouse, The tornado, 880 yards wide, continued on a 4,3 mile-long path that took it up to Saint Bethlehem, No one was seriously injured or killed in the destruction, Clarksville has since recovered, and has rebuilt much of the damage as a symbol of the city's resilience, Where one building on Franklin Street once stood has been replaced with a large [[mural]] of the historic buildings of Clarksville on the side of one that remained,
Clarksville has the distinction of being home to the oldest bank in the state, the Northern Bank established in 1854, now AmSouth Bank; the state's oldest newspaper, The Leaf-Chronicle, established in 1808; and the first and only bank in the world established and operated entirely by women, the Women's Bank of Tennessee that opened in 1919
===History of The County Courthouse===
The first county courthouse was built from logs in 1796 by [[James Adams (early American)|James Adams]], It sat close to the riverbank on the corner of what is now present-day Riverside Drive and Washington Street, It was later replaced by a second courthouse built in 1805, and a third in 1806, with the land provided by [[Henry Small]], The fourth courthouse was built in 1811, and the first to be built of [[brick]], It was constructed on the east half of Public Square, with the land donated by Martin Armstrong, In 1843, yet another courthouse was built, this time on Franklin Street, It would remain standing until the Great Fire of 1878,
The sixth and current courthouse was built between Second and Third Streets, with the [[cornerstone]] laid on [[May 16]], [[1879]], This particular building was designed by [[George W, Bunting]] of [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], Five years later, the downtown area was hit by a tornado, which damaged the roof of the courthouse, The building was rebuilt, On [[March 12]], [[1900]], the building was again ravaged by fire, with the upper floors gutted and the clock tower destroyed, Many citizens wanted the courthouse torn down and replaced with a safer one, but the judge refused and repaired the damage,
The courthouse was destroyed once again by the January 22, 1999 tornado, The building of another new courthouse was on the minds of locals, but in the end the courthouse was fully restored as a county office building, On the fourth anniversary of the disaster the courthouse was rededicated, In addition to the restoration of the original courthouse and plazas, a new courts center was built on its north side,
===History of The City Newspaper===
In 1808, The ''Clarksville Chronicle'' newspaper started publication, It was the first newspaper to be circulated in the entire state, Today, no editions exist earlier than 1811, Later, ''The Tobacco Leaf'' appeared as a result of the area's reputation as a center for tobacco growing and shipping, Early newspapers started out as four-page journals devoted to political news and [[advertising]], Eventually they grew to become full-fledged publications that featured more news and community information, in addition to having opinion pages with political views, In 1890, The ''Clarksville Chronicle'' merged with ''The Tobacco Leaf'', forming ''The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle'', In the 1970s, the city's name was dropped as the coverage area increased, shortening the title of the current newspaper to ''The Leaf-Chronicle'',
Throughout the city's history, other newspapers such as ''The New Herald'' (an African-American newspaper), ''The Clarksville-Jeffersonian'', and ''The Clarksville Star'' competed with The ''Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle'', but they are all now defunct,
In December, 1995, ''The Leaf-Chronicle'' became part of the [[Gannett]] Newspaper Division,
The offices of ''The Leaf-Chronicle'' were severely damaged in the [[January 22]],[[1999]] tornado however the paper was still released the following day, after publisher [[F, Gene Washer]] took editors and reporters into his home to gather news and use the ''[[Kentucky New Era]]'''s [[printing press]] in [[Hopkinsville, Kentucky|Hopkinsville]], The Saturday edition of ''The Leaf Chronicle'' was a complete newspaper that featured eight pages of tornado coverage, Within four days the staff was able to print from the downtown newspaper press, only slightly damaged, The departments worked out of an empty grocery store for eight months, until the main offices were rebuilt and reopened in the fall of 1999,
==Notable Clarksvillians==
*[[James E, Bailey]] ([[United States Senator]] from [[Tennessee]])
*[[David Bibb]] (Current Acting Administrator of the [[General Services Administration]] (GSA))
*[[Dr, Robert Burt]] (Well Known Black Surgeon)
*[[Ben Clark]] (2nd youngest American to climb [[Mount Everest]])
*[[Philander Claxton]] (Professor, United States [[Commissioner of Education]], and APSU President)
*[[Gretchen Cordy]] (Reality television cast member on "[[Survivor: Borneo]]" and local radio DJ)
*[[Riley Darnell]] (Secretary of State of Tennessee)
*[[Dorothy Dix|Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer]] also know by the pen name of [[Dorothy Dix]] (a journalist who was famous for authoring a newspaper column that gave advice to people,)
*[[Harry Galbreath]] (American football player with [[Miami Dolphins]], [[Green Bay Packers]], and [[New York Jets]])
*Dr, [[Ernest William Goodpasture]] (American pathologist and physician)
*[[Caroline Gordon]] (Novelist and wife of Allen Tate)
*[[Phila Hach]] (Chef and Cookbook Author)
*[[Trenton Hassell]] (Basketball player with [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] and [[Chicago Bulls]])
*[[Roland Hayes]] (Musician)
*[[Tommy Head]] (Member of [[Tennessee House of Representatives]])
*[[Dorothy Jordan]] (Drama actor)
*[[Joseph Buckner Killebrew]] (Educator, Lawyer, Innovator, originator of the liberal public school law of Tennessee)
*[[Rosalind Kurita]] (Member of [[Tennessee State Senate]])
*[[Horace Lisenbee]] (MLB Player, Pitcher for Washington Senators American League Baseball Team)
*[[Ferdinand Lust]] (Musician)
*[[John Hartwell Marable]] (Member of [[United States House of Representatives]])
*[[Shawn Marion]] (Basketball player with [[Phoenix Suns]])
*[[Robert Loftin Newman]] (Renowned oil painter)
*[[Asahel Huntington Patch]], or [[A, H, Patch]] (Inventor of the [[Blackhawk corn sheller]])
*[[Austin Peay IV]] (Tennessee governor from 1922 to 1927 and namesake to university)
*[[Jeff Purvis]] ([[Busch Series]] race car driver)
*[[James B, Reynolds]] (Member of [[United States House of Representatives]])
*[[Mason Rudolph]] (Professional golfer) (no relation to Wilma Rudolph)
*[[Wilma Rudolph]] (First female athlete to win three [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] Gold Medals in a single games)
*[[Brenda Vineyard Runyon]] (Founder and Director of a historic bank 1919-1926, [[First Womans Bank of Tennessee]])
*[[Clarence Saunders]] (Founder of the present day supermarket, [[Piggly Wiggly]])
*[[Evelyn Scott]] (Poet and novelist)
*[[Valentine Sevier]], Revolutionary War soldier, and brother of [[John Sevier]], Tennessee's first governor, (Built Sevier Station in Clarksville, a small fort for settlers to take refuge during attacks by the Native American Indians, this structure still stands today as a historic site,)
*[[Ryan Shoulders]] (Reality television cast member and second to get voted off on "[[Survivor: Pearl Islands]]")
*[[Rachel Smith]] (Crowned [[Miss USA 2007]])
*[[Travis Stephens]] (American football player with [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]])
*[[Pat Summitt]] ([[University of Tennessee|UT]] Women's Basketball coach)
*[[Frank Sutton]] (Actor who played Sgt, Carter in television series "[[Gomer Pyle, USMC]]")
*[[Allen Tate]] (Poet)
*[[Sloan Thomas]] (Current Wide Receiver for the [[Tennessee Titans]])
*[[Robert Penn Warren]] (Poet)
*[[Charles Bollin Watts]] (Actor)
*[[Clarence Cameron White]] (Musician)
*[[Helen Wood]] (Actress)
*[[Buck Young]] (Actor who played Sergeant Whipple in the "Gomer Pyle" TV series)
*[[Cindy Marsh]] (Album art on first Go Go's album)
*[[Mike Fink]] (Album art on first Go Go's album)
*[[Timothy Kerrick]], American [[author]] of "[[Bored Generation: Social and Political Satire trough the eyes of a seventeen year old]]" and former [[US Army]] [[soldier]],
===Other notables who have called Clarksville home===
* [[Roy Acuff]] (Country music star)
* [[Willie Blount]] Governor of Tennessee 1809-1815
* [[Jimi Hendrix]] (Rock guitarist)
* [[Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr,]] ([[1804]]-[[1880]]) (Whig/Kentucky and Democrat/Tennessee, known as the "Eagle Orator of Tennessee")
* [[Cave Johnson]] (Democrat, U,S, Congressman from Tennessee [[United States Postmaster General]] under [[James K, Polk]] from [[1845]]-[[1849]])
* [[Horace Harmon Lurton]] (Justice on the [[Supreme Court of the United States]])
* [[Isaac Murphy]] (First [[Reconstruction]] [[List of governors of Arkansas|Governor]] of [[Arkansas]],)
* [[Wayne Pace]] (CFO of [[AOL Time Warner]])
* [[Key Pittman]] ([[United States Senator]] from [[Nevada]])
* [[Charles Schulz]] (Creator of "[[Peanuts]]")
* Gen, [[William Westmoreland]]
* [[Percy Howard]] (wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys)
* [[George Sherrill]] (baseball player for the Seattle Mariners)
* [[Jamie Walker]] (relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers)
* [[Bubba Wells]] (basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks)
* [[James "Fly" Williams]] (legendary 1970s basketball player; later in the original American Basketball Association)
* [[Howie Wright]] (1970s basketball player for the New York Knicks)
==Colleges and universities==
*[[Austin Peay State University]]
*[[Miller-Motte Technical College]]
*[[Draughons Junior College]]
*[[Austins Beauty College]]
*[[North Central Institute]]
*[[North Tennessee Bible Institute]]
*[http://www,queencitycollege,com/ Queen City College]
==Clarksville-Montgomery County School System==
There are a total of 30 schools in the [http://www,cmcss,net school system], made up of six public high schools, six public middle schools, 18 public elementary schools, and one magnet school for K-5, The system serves roughly 26,000 students,
Public high schools in Clarksville-Montgomery County:
*Northeast High School (Students: 1,378; Grades: 09 - 12)
*Clarksville High School (Students: 1,259;Grades: 09 - 12)
*Rossview High School (Students: 1,187; Grades: 09 - 12)
*Northwest High School (Students: 1,171; Grades: 09 - 12)
*Kenwood High School (Students: 1,152; Grades: 09 - 12)
*Montgomery Central High School (Students: ?; Grades: 09 - 12) (Cunningham, Tennessee)
Private high schools in Clarksville-Montgomery County:
*Clarksville Academy (Students: 613; ST; Grades: PK - 12)
*Montgomery Christian Academy (Students: 175; Grades: PK - 12)
*Bible Baptist Academy (Students: 142; Grades: PK - 12) (closed 2000)
*Weems Academy (Students: 58; Grades: 4 - 12)
*Academy for Academic Excellence (Students: 50; Grades: 1 - 12)
*Helicon/Clarksville Diagnostic (Students: 25; Grades: 6 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Clarksville-Montgomery County:
*Northeast Middle School (Students: 1,288; Grades: 06 - 08)
*Kenwood Middle School (Students: 1,193; Grades: 06 - 08)
*Richview Middle School (Students: 1,076; Grades: 06 - 08)
*Glenellen Elementary School (Students: 1,058; Grades: KG - 05)
*New Providence Middle School (Students: 1,027; Grades: 06 - 08)
*Rossview Middle School (Students: 996; Grades: 06 - 08)
*Sango Elementary School (Students: 941; Grades: KG - 05)
*Northeast Elementary School (Students: 933; Grades: KG - 05)
*Hazelwood Elementary School (Students: 913; Grades: KG - 05)
*Kenwood Elementary School (Students: 799; Grades: KG - 05)
*Montgomery Central Middle School (Students: ?; Grades: 06 - 08) (Cunningham, Tennessee)
*West Creek Middle School (Students: N/A; Grades: 06-08) (under construction)
*Montgomery Central Elementary School (Students: ?; Grades: KG - 05) (Cunningham, Tennessee)
Other Elementary Schools in Clarksville-Montgomery County:
*Barkers Mill
*Barksdale
*Burt
*Byrns Darden
*Cumberland Heights
*East Montgomery
*Liberty
*Minglewood
*Moore Magnet
*Norman Smith
*Ringgold
*St, Bethlehem
*Woodlawn
Private primary/middle schools in Clarksville:
*Immaculate Conception Preschool (Students: 156; Grades: PK - KG)
*Apostolic Christian School (Students: 17; Grades: PK - 9)
==Major Industrial Employers==
*[[Averitt Hardwoods International]]
*[[Bridgestone|Bridgestone Metalpha USA]]
*[[Clarksville Foundry]]
*[[Florim USA]]
*[[Hendrickson Trailer Suspensions Systems]]
*[[Jostens]], Printing and Publishing Division
*[[Letica Corporation]]
*[[Precision Printing & Packaging]]
*[[Premiumwear, Inc,]]
*[[Print Xcel]]
*[[Quebecor]]
*[[Robert Bosch GmbH|Robert Bosch Corporation]]
*[[Smithfield Manufacturing, Inc]]
*[[SPX Corporation]], Metal Forge Division
*[[Startek|Startek USA]]
*[[Trane]]
*[[UCAR Carbon Corporation]]
*[[Vulcan Corporation]], Rubber Division
*[[Whitson Lumber Company]]
*[[Zinifex Limited]]
==Other Companies==
*[[StormPay]]
==Airports==
Clarksville is served commercially by [[Nashville International Airport]] but also has a small airport, [[Outlaw Field]], located 10 miles (16 km) north of downtown, Outlaw Field accommodates nearly 40,000 private and corporate flights a year, and is also home to a pilot training school and a few small aircraft companies, It has two asphalt runways, one 6,000 feet (1800 m) by 100 feet (30 m) and the other 4,004 feet (1200 m) by 100 feet (30 m),
==Recognitions==
In the June 2004 issue of ''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'', Clarksville was listed as one of the top five cities with a population of under 250,000 that would attract [[creative class]] jobs over the next 10 years, [http://clarksville,tn,us/files/releases/MoneyMagRanking,pdf]
The city has also received good rankings in various categories in:
*''[[Southern Business & Development Magazine]]'' (One of The South's Top 10 Places with Plenty of Talented Labor, May 2006) <br>
*''[[Forbes Magazine]]'' (90th Best City for Business and Careers, May 2001) <br>
*''[[Entrepreneur Magazine]]'' (No, 1 small city in the South) <br>
*''Money'' (57th Best Place to Live, July 1996) <br>
*''[[Golf Digest]]'' (America's 11th Best City for Public Golf, July 1998)<br>
*''[[Reader's Digest]]'' (38th Family-Friendly City, April 1997) <br>
*''[[National Civic League]]'' (a 2002 All America City Finalist) <br>
<br>
Others can be located at the [http://clarksville,tn,us/wps-html/EconomicDevelopment/RankingsRecognitions/ city's website],
==Points of interest==
* [[Downtown Artist Co-Op]] Also known as the DAC,
* [[Roxy Theatre]] (located downtown Clarksville)
* [[Governor's Square Mall]]
* [[Clarksville City Arboretum]]
* [[Clarksville Speedway race track]]
* [[Beachaven Vineyards & Winery]]
* [[Ringgold Mill]] (located in North Clarksville)
* [[Port Royal State Park]] (historic community site and location of one of the oldest points of European civilization in Montgomery County)
* [[Historic Collinsville]] (Historic village restored to illustrate the living conditions of early European and African American settlers)
* [[Customs House Museum and Cultural Center]] (located in downtown Clarksville, second largest general museum in Tennessee)
* [[L & N Train Station]] Restored downtown train station,
* [[Wilma Rudolph]] Statue (To honor one of America's most outstanding Olympic athletes and her legacy)
* [[Cumberland RiverWalk]]
* [[Dunbar Cave]]
* [[Clarksville Public Square]]
* [[Alter Gallery]]
* [[Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Fire]] (Sculpture by Gregg Schlanger located downtown near the DAC)
* [[Enoch Tanner Wickham]] Statues located in nearby Palmyra, Tennessee
==External links==
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*[http://www,cityofclarksville,com City of Clarksville official site]
*[http://www,theleafchronicle,com The Leaf-Chronicle newspaper]
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*[http://www,clarksvegas,com/ Clarksville Music Community]
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