Carthage
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town in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Smith
- Named after
- Ancient Carthage
- Total
- 2.90 sq mi (7.52 km )
- Land
- 2.90 sq mi (7.52 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 515 ft (157 m)
- Density
- 789.4/sq mi (304.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 47-11280
- Website
- www .townofcarthagetn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Carthage
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Smith County
- Population
- 2291
- Area
- 7.406346
- Elevation
- 157
- Capital of
- Smith County
- Official website
- www.townofcarthagetn.gov
- Image
- Smith-county-courthouse-tn1.JPG
- Households
- 1021
- Dialing code
- 615
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- Commons category
- Carthage, Tennessee
- postal code
- 37030
- inception
- 1789-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- different from
- Carthage
- per capita income
- 23350
- Köppen climate classification
- humid subtropical climate
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Encyclopedic overview
Carthage is a town in and the county seat of Smith County, Tennessee, United States; it is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Carthage had a population of 2,291. It is located on the Cumberland River, which was important to its early development. It is best known as the hometown of former U.S. Vice President and Senator Al Gore of the Democratic Party and his father, Senator Albert Gore, Sr. The younger Gore announced his 1988 and 2000 presidential bids, as well as his 1992 vice-presidential bid, from the steps of the Smith County Courthouse.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carthage” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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