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Davidson County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Founded
- October 6, 1783
- Named after
- William Lee Davidson
- Seat
- Nashville
- Largest city
- Nashville
- Mayor
- Freddie O'Connell ( D )
- Total
- 526 sq mi (1,360 km )
- Land
- 504 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Water
- 22 sq mi (57 km ) 4.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 745,904
- Density
- 1,420/sq mi (548/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 615 , 629
- Congressional districts
- 5th , 6th , 7th
- Website
- www .nashville .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Lee Davidson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Contains
- Nashville
- Capital
- Nashville
- Population
- 715884
- Area
- 1363
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Cheatham County
- Official website
- www.nashville.gov
- Image
- Davidson county tennessee courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 289191
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- Commons category
- Davidson County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Davidson County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1783-04-18
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Davidson County, Tennessee
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Davidson County, Tennessee
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Davidson County, Tennessee
- different from
- Davidson County
- water as percent of area
- 4.2
- native label
- Davidson County
- per capita income
- 37958
- P12749
- Abies concolor
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Encyclopedic overview
Davidson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in the central part of the region of Middle Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 715,884, making it the second most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Nashville, the state capital and most populous city.
Since 1963, the city of Nashville and Davidson County have had a consolidated government called the "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County", commonly referred to as "Metro Nashville" or "Metro". This is distinct from the larger metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Davidson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.