About the Area
Cookeville Train Depot
It’s no wonder that Cookeville, TN is one of America’s Top 10 retirement places.With a quality of of life that is hard to find elsewhere, Cookeville attracts newcomers each day. Low cost of living and a wide variety of activities create the ideal environment, offering something for everyone.
Population
Cookeville, 24,000; Algood, 2,400; Baxter, 1,300; Monterey, 2600; and Putnam County, 54,000. Population within a 50-mile radius, 374,000; within a 100-mile radius, 3,155,000. Tennessee Technological University student population, 8,000. The counties that comprise the Upper Cumberland Region are: Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, Dekalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren and White, with a total population of 253,000. Cookeville is known as “The Hub of the Upper Cumberland”.
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Highways
Interstate 40, Appalachian North-South Highway 111, U.S. Highway 70 and State Routes 135 and 136 service the Cookeville area.
Dogwood Park, Cookeville
Government
Cookeville – City Manager, five councilmen, and appointed Mayor.
Algood – City Administrator, Mayor, four aldermen.
Baxter – Mayor, four aldermen.
Monterey – Mayor, eight aldermen.
Putnam County – County Executive, twenty-five commissioners.
Area Links
- City of Cookeville
- Cookeville Regional Medical Center
- Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce
- Cookeville.com
- Putnam County Schools
- Herald-Citizen Newspaper
- Tennessee Department of Education
- Tennessee Tech University
- tnproperties.com
- Tennessee School Directory
Area information provided by the Cookeville Area – Putnam County Chamber of Commerce.
