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Tracy City
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Tracy City
Total population
1,682
Median home value
$136,300
Bachelor's+
Median income
$39,479
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Tracy City is a town in Grundy County, Tennessee, United States. Incorporated in 1915, As of the 2020 census, Tracy City had a population of 1,406. It is named after financier Samuel Franklin Tracy, the city developed out of railroad and mining interests after coal was found in 1840. In 2010 the people of Tracy City elected a dead man, Carl Robin Geary, as mayor.
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History
In 1840 local boys digging a groundhog out of the ground discovered coal. In the early 1870s Tracy City an experimental blast furnace was built by Samuel Jones and owned by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. The furnace, called "Fiery Gizzard", was built to see if local coal would be used to produce iron. The furnace made 15 tons of iron before the stovepipe fell on the third day. The former location of the furnace is marked with a historical marker. Tracy City is also home to the oldest family bakery in Tennessee, Dutch Maid Bakery. Tracy City was incorporated in 1915.
Geography
Tracy City is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.83%) is water.
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- Grundy County High SchoolHigh · Coalmont · 534 students · 14.8:1 ratio
- Tracy ElementaryElementary · Tracy City · 297 students · 15.6:1 ratio
- Coalmont ElementaryElementary · Coalmont · 199 students · 11.7:1 ratio
- Pelham ElementaryElementary · Pelham · 173 students · 14.4:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES