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Cookeville is the county seat and largest city of Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was reported to be 34,842. [ 10 ] It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, or smaller cities which function as significant regional economic hubs.
Putnam County is named in honor of Israel Putnam, who was a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War.The county was initially established on February 2, 1842, when the Twenty-fourth Tennessee General Assembly enacted a measure creating the county from portions of Jackson, Overton, Fentress, and White counties.
Bangham is an unincorporated community in northern Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. [1] It is concentrated around the intersection of Hilham Road ( Tennessee State Route 136) and Paran Road, north of Cookeville . The Bangham Community Center, located along Hilham Road, was originally a school built by the Works Progress Administration ...
85002773. Added to NRHP. 1985. The Cookeville Railroad Depot is a railroad depot in Cookeville, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Built by the Tennessee Central Railway in 1909, the depot served Cookeville until the 1950s when passenger train service to the city was phased out. [1] The depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
Hooper Eblen Center, often called The Hoop by students, is a 9,282-seat multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, Tennessee.Named for former TTU coach and professor Hooper Eblen, [1] the arena is home to the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball and Golden Eagles women's basketball teams. [2]
At the census of 2000, there were 93,417 people, 37,441 households, and 25,469 families residing within the Cookeville Micropolitan Area. The racial makeup of the Cookeville Micropolitan Area was 95.88% White, 1.22% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.13% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races.
The First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Church (USA) church, and is the name of its historic church building, in Cookeville, Tennessee. The congregation was established in 1867; its building was constructed in 1910. [2] It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic ...
Arda E. Lee's Hidden Hollow is an 86-acre (350,000 m 2) recreational park in Cookeville, Tennessee created by Arda E. Lee in the 1970s. Originally the property was a tobacco, corn, and cattle farm owned by Arda's father, Eldridge, and uncle, Everett. In 1952 he purchased the property.