Hixson, Tennessee | |
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Neighborhood | |
  Hixson  Hixson | |
| Coordinates: 35°02′55″N 85°20′00″W / 35.04861°N 85.33333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Hamilton |
| City | Chattanooga |
| Elevation | 686 ft (209 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 14,216 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 37343 |
| Area code | 423 |
| FIPS code | 47065 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1306579[1] |
Hixson is a former unincorporated community and now part of the city of Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 14,216 in 2020. It is in the northeastern part of Chattanooga and is part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Hixson is typically defined as the area north of Rivermont (a Chattanooga neighborhood), east of the city of Red Bank and U.S. Highway 27, and south of unincorporated Middle Valley and Thrasher Pike. It is bordered to the east by the Tennessee River.[2] Neighborhoods within Hixson include DuPont, Northgate, Big Ridge, and Valleybrook.