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Davidson County is the oldest county in the 41-county region of Middle Tennessee.It dates to 1783, shortly after the end of the American Revolution, when the North Carolina legislature created the county and named it in honor of William Lee Davidson, [4] a North Carolina general who was killed opposing the crossing of the Catawba River by General Cornwallis's British forces on February 1, 1781.
The metropolitan statistical area was first designated in 1950 and initially included only Davidson County. As surrounding counties increased in population and densities and in the number of their residents employed in Davidson County, the OMB added new counties to the MSA. Today, the metro area includes Davidson and 13 other counties. [4]
The balance includes the area of Davidson County that made up the City of Nashville prior to the 1963 merger with Davidson County as well as large areas of previously unincorporated land. As of 2017, the balance population was 667,560. The 2000 population was 545,524. [1]
The U.S. State of Tennessee currently has 34 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated seven combined statistical areas, ten metropolitan statistical areas, and 17 micropolitan statistical areas in Tennessee. [1]
As of the same year, Davidson County, in which the capital Nashville is located, covers 502 sq mi (1,300 km 2) with a population of 712,334. The population of the state of Tennessee as of the 2023 census estimate was 7,126,489 in an area of 42,169 sq mi (109,217 km 2). [1] [2] [3] The oldest county is Washington County, founded in 1777.
Belle Meade is a city in Davidson County, Tennessee. Its total land area is 3.1 square miles (8.0 km 2), and its population was 2,901 at the time of the 2020 census. [5] [6] Belle Meade operates independently as a city, complete with its own regulations, a city hall, and police force, but it is also integrated with the Nashville government. [7]
Goodlettsville is a city in Davidson and Sumner counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee.It was incorporated as a city in 1958 with a population of just over 3,000 residents; in 2020, the population was 17,789. [5]
English: This is a locator map showing Davidson County in Tennessee. For more information, ... The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz.