Fayetteville is a city in
Lincoln CountyLincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. , the population was 31,340. Its county seat is Fayetteville. It is named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.-History:...
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. The population was 6,994 at the 2000 census. It is the
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of
Lincoln CountyLincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. , the population was 31,340. Its county seat is Fayetteville. It is named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.-History:...
.
History
The city was founded in 1809 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was named for
Fayetteville, North CarolinaFayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Cumberland County, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army post located northwest of the city....
where some of its earliest residents had lived before moving to Tennessee. Its namesake in North Carolina was named for Marquis de Lafayette, a general who fought for the United States during the
American Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
. Lincoln County was named for
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Benjamin LincolnBenjamin Lincoln was an American army officer. He served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War...
, second in command of the U.S. Army at the end of the Revolutionary War.
A county courthouse made of brick was completed in 1815, which was later used as local headquarters by Union troops during the
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, and replaced in 1874.
Geography
Fayetteville is located at 35°9′10"N 86°34′17"W (35.152750, -86.571356).
According to the
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, the city has a total area of 7.3 square miles (18.9 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
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of 2000, there were 6,994 people, 3,054 households, and 1,804 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 952.2 people per square mile (367.9/km²). There were 3,370 housing units at an average density of 458.8 per square mile (177.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 71.39% White, 26.22% African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.27% from
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, and 1.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.81% of the population.
There were 3,054 households out of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.0% were
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living together, 18.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.9% were non-families. 37.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.81.
In the city the population was spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 25.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 76.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 70.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $23,830, and the median income for a family was $32,477. Males had a median income of $26,957 versus $22,382 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city was $18,391. About 15.1% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.8% of those under age 18 and 20.6% of those age 65 or over.
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