Dickson, Tennessee
| Dickson, Tennessee | |
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| City | |
Downtown business district of Dickson
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 Location of Dickson, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates: 36°4′17″N 87°22′28″W / 36.07139°N 87.37444°WCoordinates: 36°4′17″N 87°22′28″W / 36.07139°N 87.37444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Dickson |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Don L. Weiss Jr. |
| • Chief of Police | Ricky Chandler |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.0 sq mi (51.9 km2) |
| • Land | 20.0 sq mi (51.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 804 ft (245 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 14,538 |
| • Density | 729/sq mi (281.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 37055-37056 |
| Area code(s) | 615 |
| FIPS code | 47-20620 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1303436 |
| Website | www |
Dickson is a city in Dickson County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population at the 2010 census was 14,538, with an estimate of 14,993 in 2014.
Dickson was named for Congressman William Dickson, as was Dickson County.
Dickson is located in south-central Dickson County at 36°4′17″N 87°22′28″W / 36.07139°N 87.37444°W (36.071485, -87.374539). It is bordered to the east by the town of Burns. U.S. Route 70 passes through the north side of the city as Henslee Drive; it leads east 40 miles (64 km) to Nashville and west 62 miles (100 km) to Huntingdon. Interstate 40 passes through the Dickson city limits 5 miles (8 km) south of the center of town, with access from Exit 172 (Tennessee State Route 46). I-40 leads east 37 miles (60 km) to Nashville from Exit 172 and west 92 miles (148 km) to Jackson.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Dickson has a total area of 20.0 square miles (51.9 km2), of which 20.0 square miles (51.7 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.41%, is water. The city center sits on the Tennessee Valley Divide, with the southwest side of the city draining via the East Piney River to the Piney River, then to the Duck River, and then to the Tennessee River, while the northeast side drains via Turnbull Creek or Jones Creek to the Harpeth River and thence to the Cumberland River.
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