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Lynchburg is a consolidated city-county government whose boundaries coincide with those of Moore County, Tennessee. The population was 5,750 at the 2000 census. It is most famous as the location of the Jack Daniel's distillery, whose famous whiskey is marketed world-wide as the product of a city with only one traffic light. Despite the operational distillery, Lynchburg has been a dry county since prohibition. In American local government, a consolidated city-county, metropolitan municipality or regional municipality is a city and county that have been merged into one jurisdiction. ...
Moore County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ...
Founder Jack Daniel. ...
A dry county is a county in the United States whose government forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages. ...
Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol. ...
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Lynchburg is located at 35°17′3″N, 86°21′27″W1. Image File history File links TNMap-doton-Lynchburg. ...
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the County has a total area of 337.7 km² (130.4 mi²). 334.6 km² (129.2 mi²) of it is land and 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²) of it (0.93%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 5,740 people, 2,211 households, and 1,686 families residing in the County. The population density was 17.2/km² (44.4/mi²). There were 2,515 housing units at an average density of 7.5/km² (19.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the County was 95.84% White, 2.72% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.51% from other races, and 0.61% from two or more races. 0.78% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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There were 2,211 households out of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.1% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.95. A marriage is a committed relationship between or among individuals, recognized by civil authority and/or bound by the religious beliefs of the participants. ...
In the County the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.
The median income for a household in the County was $36,591, and the median income for a family was $41,484. Males had a median income of $31,559 versus $20,987 for females. The per capita income for the County was $19,040. 9.6% of the population and 7.8% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.7% are under the age of 18 and 12.1% are 65 or older. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
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