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HISTORY The tribal identities of the 16th and 17th century Native American occupants of present-day Tennessee are disputed. Archaeology and the Native Peoples of Tennessee since 1600 , from a University Of Tennessee website In later years, the part of Although Transylvania , the proposed 14th colony, was never recognized, the area was settled by immigrants in the late 1700s and early 1800s . David Naive settled there in 1825, and the area became known as Naive’s Crossroads. During subsequent years, the county's involvement in the production of Barrels and Whiskey led to the establishment of one or more Cooper shops in the community, making barrels for the nearby Red River mills. The presence of coopers led to the community's present name. Coopertown was officially incorporated in 1996 , a decision taken by the citizens of the community in response to a proposal to local a landfill in the community. REPUTATION AS A SPEED TRAP In January 2006, Coopertown was called "one of the more blatant examples of '' The town's mayor, Danny Crosby, defended the increased enforcement of lowered speed limits, citing the need to combat speeders using Highway 49 as a shortcut between I-24 and I-65 . A complaint and That complaint seeks to remove Crosby from office, due to acts of willful misconduct related to the speed traps, as well as other abuses of power. GEOGRAPHY Coopertown is located at (36.400186, -86.956462). According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 82.5 Km&2 (31.9 Mi&2 ), all land. DEMOGRAPHICS As of the Census of 2000, there were 3,027 people, 1,078 households, and 914 families residing in the town. The Population Density was 36.7/km&2 (95.0/mi&2). There were 1,128 housing units at an average density of 13.7/km&2 (35.4/mi&2). The racial makeup of the town was 95.97% White , 1.62% African American , 0.46% Asian , 0.40% Native American , 0.59% from Other Races , and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.26% of the population. There were 1,078 households out of which 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.4% were Married Couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.2% were non-families. 11.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.03. In the town the population was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 104.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $56,122, and the median income for a family was $58,947. Males had a median income of $37,059 versus $25,875 for females. The Per Capita Income for the town was $24,818. About 4.1% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the Poverty Line , including 6.9% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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