Monteagle, Tennessee | |
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 Greenway and water tower in Monteagle | |
 Location of Monteagle in Franklin, Grundy, and Marion counties Tennessee. | |
| Coordinates: 35°14′24″N 85°50′4″W / 35.24000°N 85.83444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| Counties | Grundy, Marion, Franklin |
| Founded | 1870[1] |
| Incorporated | 1962[2] |
| Named for | Eagles that once lived in the area[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.15 sq mi (23.71 km2) |
| • Land | 9.04 sq mi (23.42 km2) |
| • Water | 0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,926 ft (587 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,393 |
| • Density | 154.02/sq mi (59.47/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 37356 |
| Area code(s) | 931, 423 |
| FIPS code | 47-49740[7] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1314141[5] |
| Website | www |
Monteagle is a town in Franklin, Grundy, and Marion counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Cumberland Plateau region of the southeastern part of the state. The population was 1,238 at the 2000 census – 804 of the town's 1,238 residents (64.9%) lived in Grundy County, 428 (34.6%) in Marion County, and 6 (0.5%) in Franklin County.[8] The population at the 2020 census was 1,393.[9]
The Marion County portion of Monteagle is part of the Chattanooga–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Franklin County portion is part of the Tullahoma, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Monteagle is famous for the treacherous stretch of Interstate 24 that passes through the town. It is here that the highway passes over what is colloquially referred to as "The Monteagle" or "Monteagle Mountain", a section of the southern Cumberland Plateau which is a major landmark on the road between Chattanooga and Nashville. The interstate regularly shuts down in inclement weather, routing traffic onto U.S. Route 41. In the Jerry Reed song "The Legend", which is the opening track in the film Smokey and the Bandit, Reed tells the story of the Bandit miraculously surviving brake failure on the "Monteagle Grade". There is also a song called "Monteagle Mountain" by Johnny Cash on the album Boom Chicka Boom.
The town is home to DuBose Conference Center and the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly. The Highlander Folk School, long involved in the labor movement and the civil rights movement, was located here from 1932 to 1961. Rosa Parks attended workshops there shortly before the Montgomery Bus Boycott.[citation needed]
- ^ Monteagle Archived October 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Monteagle Mountain Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved: January 23, 2013.
- ^ Tennessee Blue Book, 2005-2006, pp. 618-625.
- ^ Nancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Tennessee (North American Book Distributors, 2000), p. 203.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monteagle, Tennessee
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnlywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Subcounty population estimates: Tennessee 2000-2006" (CSV). United States Census Bureau, Population Division. June 28, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2007.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Monteagle town, Tennessee". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved August 18, 2016.[dead link]