Hohenwald
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city in Lewis County, Tennessee, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Lewis
- Mayor
- Danny McKnight
- Total
- 5.27 sq mi (13.64 km )
- Land
- 5.27 sq mi (13.64 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 978 ft (298 m)
- Density
- 696.3/sq mi (268.84/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 47-35160
- Website
- hohenwald .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Hohenwald
- Population
- 3668
- Area
- 13.850195
- Elevation
- 298
- Official website
- hohenwald.com
- Image
- Hohenwald City Hall, Tennessee.JPG
- Households
- 1634
- Dialing code
- 931
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- postal code
- 38462
- inception
- 1878-01-01
- Commons category
- Hohenwald, Tennessee
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 20373
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Downtown Hohenwald, TN February 2022 Lewis County Courthouse in Hohenwald, TN Strand Theater in Hohenwald, TN February 2022 Elephant Discovery Center in Hohenwald, TN February 2022 Hohenwald is a city in and the county seat of Lewis County, Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, Hohenwald had a population of 3,668. The name "Hohenwald" derives from German meaning “High Forest".
Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, died and was buried seven miles east of the town at Grinder's Stand in 1809. Rod Brasfield, an old Grand Ole Opry comedy star, made his home in Hohenwald and referred to it in his routines. David Sisco, who in 1974 placed ninth in points in the Winston Cup Series, is a native of Hohenwald, as was author William Gay, whose books include The Long Home, Provinces of Night, I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down, and Twilight.
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