Cowan, Tennessee

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Population in July 2007: 1,740. Population change since 2000: -1.8%

Males: 806	(46.3%)
Females: 934	(53.7%)

Median resident age:	39.2 years
Tennessee median age:	35.9 years

Zip codes: 37318.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $31,590 (it was $27,448 in 2000)

Cowan:	$31,590
Tennessee:	$42,367

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $80,634 (it was $55,100 in 2000)

Cowan:	$80,634
Tennessee:	$130,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $89,696; Detached houses: $93,522; Townhouses or other attached units: $105,549; In 2-unit structures: $57,385; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $83,505; Mobile homes: $33,085
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Races in Cowan:

White Non-Hispanic (87.1%)
Black (9.4%)
Two or more races (1.9%)
American Indian (1.4%)
Hispanic (1.4%)
Other race (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Cowan: 78.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (14.5%), Irish (10.6%), English (9.9%), German (6.2%), Scotch-Irish (3.3%), Dutch (1.8%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated in 1921

Elevation: 960 feet

Land area: 1.98 square miles.

Population density: 880 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Cowan

High school or higher: 65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
Unemployed: 3.7%
Mean travel time to work: 20.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Cowan city

Never married: 18.6%
Now married: 58.8%
Separated: 2.1%
Widowed: 9.8%
Divorced: 10.7%

14 residents are foreign born

This city:	0.8%
Tennessee:	2.8%

According to our research there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Cowan, Tennessee in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Cowan to the number of sex offenders is 580 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Cowan:	1.0% ($529)
Tennessee:	0.8% ($715)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Chattanooga, TN (43.0 miles , pop. 155,554).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Nashville-Davidson, TN (80.3 miles , pop. 545,524).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (470.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Decherd, TN (2.3 miles ), Sewanee, TN (2.4 miles ), Winchester, TN (2.4 miles ), Sherwood, TN (3.0 miles ), Estill Springs, TN (3.1 miles ), Monteagle, TN (3.4 miles ), Pelham, TN (3.5 miles ), Harmony, TN (3.6 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 10 buildings, average cost: $38,400
1997: 6 buildings, average cost: $34,200
1998: 5 buildings, average cost: $47,000
1999: 2 buildings, average cost: $55,000
2000: 12 buildings, average cost: $54,300
2001: 1 building, cost: $50,000
2002: 6 buildings, average cost: $70,800
2003: 9 buildings, average cost: $46,400
2004: 5 buildings, average cost: $92,500
2005: 6 buildings, average cost: $63,000
2006: 6 buildings, average cost: $64,200
2007: 1 building, cost: $35,000

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Latitude: 35.17 N, Longitude: 86.01 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 931

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Population change in the 1990s: +137 (+8.4%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Transportation equipment (10%)
Textile mills and textile products (10%)
Construction (7%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
Plastics and rubber products (7%)
Educational services (6%)
Utilities (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (16%)
Educational services (11%)
Plastics and rubber products (9%)
Textile mills and textile products (8%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Cashiers (5%)

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Crime in Cowan by Year
Type	2001	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	1	1	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	56.0	56.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	24	13	10	11	6	5
per 100,000	1343.8	732.4	563.4	618.0	337.5	284.4
Burglaries	11	22	18	12	5	13
per 100,000	615.9	1239.4	1014.1	674.2	281.2	739.5
Thefts	21	43	26	55	20	24
per 100,000	1175.8	2422.5	1464.8	3089.9	1124.9	1365.2
Auto thefts	1	5	3	10	6	5
per 100,000	56.0	281.7	169.0	561.8	337.5	284.4
Arson	0	0	1	4	0	1
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	56.3	224.7	0.0	56.9
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	408.2	397.7	255.8	339.3	159.2	186.0

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 6 (6 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	3.45
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Cowan, Tennessee

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Cowan-area historical tornado activity is above Tennessee state average. It is 168% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 23.1 miles away from the Cowan city center killed 16 people and injured 190 people.

On 2/13/1952, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 5.3 miles away from the city center killed 3 people and injured 44 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Cowan:

SOUTHERN TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles; WINCHESTER, TN)
JOHN W HARTON REGIONAL MED CENTER (about 18 miles; TULLAHOMA, TN)
COFFEE MEDICAL CENTER (about 24 miles; MANCHESTER, TN)

Political contributions by individuals in Cowan, TN

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cowan:

MOTLOW STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; Tullahoma, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,256)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA (about 42 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; FT enrollment: 6,914)
ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; NORMAL, AL; FT enrollment: 4,886)
CHATTANOOGA STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; FT enrollment: 4,821)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (about 47 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 4,795)
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; MURFREESBORO, TN; FT enrollment: 16,617)
LEE UNIVERSITY (about 66 miles; CLEVELAND, TN; FT enrollment: 3,171)

Public elementary/middle schools in Cowan:

Cowan Elementary (Students: 333; Location: 501 East Cumberland Street; Grades: KG-6)
South Middle School (Students: 317; Location: 601 W Cumberland Street; Grades: 7-8)

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Notable locations in Cowan: Cowan City Hall (A), Cowan Railroad Museum (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Cowan include: Cowan Church of Christ (A), Cowan Cumberland Presbyterian Church (B), First Baptist Church (C), First Church of the Nazarene (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Mullikin Cemetery (1), Montgomery Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Stewart Swamp (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Cowan Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Cowan and their reported violations in the past:

COWAN BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIE (Population served: 2342, Groundwater_under_infl_of_surface_water):

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and MAR-2004, Contaminant: Carbon, Total-Organic. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-29-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-29-2004), St Compliance achieved (MAR-01-2004), St Public Notif requested (MAR-31-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-31-2004), St Public Notif received (JUN-22-2004)

One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:

This city:	2.4 people
Tennessee:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	67.0%
Whole state:	69.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	3.6%
Whole state:	4.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	16.7%
Whole state:	13.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	5.4%
Whole state:	5.8%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Cowan, TN

7 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

Cowan compared to Tennessee state average:

Cowan, Tennessee environmental map by EPA

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Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage below state average.
Black race population percentage above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in above state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Banks with branches in Cowan (2009 data):

Franklin County United Bank: Cowan Branch at 105 Front Street South, branch established on 2007-05-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $87.4 mil, Deposits: $75.5 mil, headquarters in Decherd, TN, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices

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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (58%) Electricity (30%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%) Wood (2%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Religon statistics for Cowan

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Churches of Christ	Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Church of the Nazarene
Adherents	44.2%	15.2%	8.8%	7.4%	6.3%
Congregations	22.0%	10.1%	17.4%	8.3%	7.3%

Name	Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations	Episcopal Church	Catholic Church	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Other religions
Adherents	4.0%	3.2%	2.8%	2.6%	5.6%
Congregations	6.4%	5.5%	1.8%	4.6%	16.5%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	2	$4,289	$25,734	6	$2,325
Police Protection - Officers	5	$12,279	$29,470	2	$1,758
Streets and Highways	3	$5,849	$23,396	0	$0
Solid Waste Management	4	$8,407	$25,221	0	$0
Sewerage	2	$4,448	$26,688	0	$0
Water Supply	3	$6,578	$26,312	0	$0
Totals for Government	19	$41,850	$26,432	8	$4,083

Cowan government finances in 2002:

Charges - Sewerage: $204,000
Construction - Police Protection: $40,000
Libraries: $20,000
Current Operations - Water Utilities: $328,000
Police Protection: $171,000

Solid Waste Management: $86,000

Sewerage: $56,000

Regular Highways: $50,000

Financial Administration: $34,000

Fire Protection: $33,000

Parks & Recreation: $6,000

Libraries: $2,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $98,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $310,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $75,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $75,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $285,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $25,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $95,000
Interest Earnings: $7,000
Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $15,000
Fire Protection: $6,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $673,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $222,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $129,000
All Other: $100,000

Highways: $49,000
Tax - Property: $170,000
Other Selective Sales: $56,000

Public Utilities: $14,000

NEC: $3,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $324,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $23,000

6.54% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,558 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.54%
Tennessee average:	7.52%

0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($480 average AGI)
Franklin County: 0.12%
Tennessee average: 0.09%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Coffee County, TN	1.36% ($29,464 average AGI)
from Lincoln County, TN	0.29% ($29,488)
from Grundy County, TN	0.27% ($30,079)

6.13% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,800 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.13%
Tennessee average:	6.67%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($293 average AGI)
Franklin County: 0.08%
Tennessee average: 0.04%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Coffee County, TN	1.55% ($26,382 average AGI)
to Rutherford County, TN	0.42% ($34,763)
to Lincoln County, TN	0.30% ($25,000)

Strongest AM radio stations in Cowan:

WZYX (1440 AM; 5 kW; COWAN, TN; Owner: TIMS FORD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
WCDT (1340 AM; 1 kW; WINCHESTER, TN; Owner: FRANKLIN COUNTY RADIO & B/CTING, INC)
WFLI (1070 AM; 50 kW; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: WFLI, INC.)
WLOR (1550 AM; 50 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
WEPG (910 AM; 5 kW; SOUTH PITTSBURG, TN; Owner: STONE/COLLINS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WBXR (1140 AM; daytime; 15 kW; HAZEL GREEN, AL; Owner: LOW COUNTRY CORPORATION, INC.)
WMSR (1320 AM; 5 kW; MANCHESTER, TN; Owner: COFFEE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WAMB (1160 AM; 50 kW; DONELSON, TN; Owner: GREAT SOUTHERN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WKDA (1200 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: RADIO NASHVILLE, INC.)
WNQM (1300 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WNQM. INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Cowan:

WUSX (93.3 FM; TULLAHOMA, TN; Owner: TENNNESSE VALLEY RADIO, INC)
WMXF-FM (97.3 FM; SOUTH PITTSBURG, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WUSY (100.7 FM; CLEVELAND, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WMBW (88.9 FM; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
WSGM (104.7 FM; COALMONT, TN; Owner: CUMBERLAND COMMUNICATION CORPORATION)
WAHR (99.1 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
WWTN (99.7 FM; MANCHESTER, TN; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WBDX (102.7 FM; TRENTON, GA; Owner: PARTNERS FOR CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
W289AC (105.7 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: WILLIAM PAXTON ROGERS)
W257AZ (99.3 FM; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WDEF-FM (92.3 FM; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: JACKSON TELECASTERS, INC.)
WDOD-FM (96.5 FM; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: WDOD OF CHATTANOOGA, INC.)
WSKZ (106.5 FM; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WXQW (94.1 FM; MERIDIANVILLE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
W293AH (106.5 FM; NORMAL, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WMXN-FM (101.7 FM; STEVENSON, AL; Owner: KEA RADIO, INC.)
WOGT (107.9 FM; EAST RIDGE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WFTZ (101.5 FM; MANCHESTER, TN; Owner: PHASE TWO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
W278AC (103.5 FM; WALDEN, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
W249BB (97.7 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Cowan:

WFLI-TV (Channel 53; CLEVELAND, TN; Owner: CHATTANOOGA MEDIA HOLDINGS, L.L.C.)
WZDX (Channel 54; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: HUNTSVILLE TELEVISION ACQUISITION CORP.)
WAAY-TV (Channel 31; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF HUNTSVILLE LICENSE LLC)
WHNT-TV (Channel 19; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
W64BJ (Channel 64; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

Cowan fatal accident list:
Dec 11, 1992 12:36 AM, Sr15, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Aug 16, 1990 08:50 AM, Sr15, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Mar 8, 1987 03:21 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Nov 25, 1978 11:49 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jan 9, 1976 01:45 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Nov 20, 1976 11:01 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 2 meters (7ft)
Total costs: $589,000
Total average daily traffic: 470
Total average daily truck traffic: 9
Total future (year 2028) average daily traffic: 752

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2

Muayyad Mustafa, 301 Hodge Street, Type: Mast, Structure height: 85.6 m, Overall height: 86.9 m
Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive, Ms: A-3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7422, Email:
Mary L Garner, 0.8 Miles Wsw Of Cowan City Center, Type: Tower, Structure height: 54.6 m, Overall height: 55.5 m, , Licensee ID: L01414571
Registrant: Tims Ford Broadcasting Company, 540 W. Cumberland St., Cowan, TN 37318-0398, Phone: (931) 967-7471, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1

Call Sign: W7LGD, Previous Call Sign: W8LGD, Licensee ID: L00202241
Grant Date: 02/05/2000, Expiration Date: 02/05/2010, Certifier: Edwin F Hohenthaner
Registrant: Edwin F Hohenthaner, 717 Mc Kown St, Cowan, TN 37318

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1

Aircraft: MOONEY M20E (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 127 mph), Engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 1260X , Serial Number: 133, Year manufactured: 1963, Airworthiness Date: 10/09/1963
Registrant (Individual): Paul D Cross, 700 Cumberland St E, Cowan, TN 37318

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 15
Good Intent Call: 2

Incident types - Cowan

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