Spring Hill, Tennessee

Spring Hill, Tennessee
City
Location of Spring Hill, Tennessee
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Counties	Williamson, Maury
City	Established 1808
Government
• Type	City
• Mayor	Michael Dinwiddie (2009)
Area
• Total	17.7 sq mi (45.9 km2)
• Land	17.7 sq mi (45.9 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	751 ft (229 m)
Population  (2010 US Census)
• Total	29,036
• Density	1,640.5/sq mi (633.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	37174
Area code	931 615
FIPS code	47-70580Template:GR
GNIS feature ID	1303764Template:GR
Website	http://www.springhilltn.org
Spring Hill Tennessee's Official Website

Spring Hill is a city in Maury and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, located approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Nashville. The population was 7,715 at the 2000 census. Rapid growth has occurred in recent years with a population of 23,462 in 2007 and a 2010 census population of 29,036.

Geography

Spring Hill is located at 35°45′9″N 86°54′50″W (35.752556, -86.914021)Template:GR.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.7 square miles (45.9 km²), of which, 17.7 square miles (45.9 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.17%) is water.

The official main street of Spring Hill is also called Tennessee State Highway 31, Columbia Pike, or Nashville Highway.

History

The first settlers of Spring Hill arrived in 1808, and the city was established in 1809. Albert Russell was the first to build a home on the land that became Spring Hill. Spring Hill was the site of a Civil War battle, now known as the Battle of Spring Hill, on November 29, 1864.

Demographics

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 7,715 people, 2,634 households, and 2,159 families residing in the city. The population density was 435.6 people per square mile (168.2/km²). There were 2,819 housing units at an average density of 159.2 per square mile (61.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 88.33% White, 7.80% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.81% from other races, and 1.17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.98% of the population.

There were 2,634 households out of which 50.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.3% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.0% were non-families. 14.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the city the population was spread out with 32.8% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 42.0% from 25 to 44, 15.2% from 45 to 64, and 3.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $60,872, and the median income for a family was $62,643. Males had a median income of $50,819 versus $29,821 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,688. About 3.1% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

Attractions

Rippavilla Plantation, which is located at 5700 Main Street (TN-31, Columbia Pike, or Nashville Hwy), offer educational activities and an annual corn maze among other attractions.

Education

Schools in Maury County

• Spring Hill High School (Public)
• Spring Hill Elementary School (Public)
• Marvin Wright Elementary School (Public)
• Spring Hill Middle School (Public)
• Columbia Academy (Private)

Schools in Williamson County

• Allendale Elementary (Public)
• Heritage Elementary (Public)
• Heritage Middle (Public)
• Bethesda Elementary (Public)
• Longview Elementary (Public)
• Chapmans Retreat Elementary (Public)
• Independence High (Public)
• Hillsboro Elementary Middle (Public)
• Spring Station Middle (Public)
• Summit High (Public)
• Spring Hill Academy (Private)

Economy

Spring Hill is home to Dawson McAllister Ministries, which broadcasts Dawson McAllister Live weekly on local radio stations.

Spring Hill was the site of the Saturn Corporation production facility, which operated from 1990 to 2007. The Saturn S-Series, Saturn ION, and Saturn VUE were produced there. In 2007, the General Motors Corporation (GM), the parent company of Saturn, shut the facility down to retool the facility for production of other GM vehicles and renamed it Spring Hill Manufacturing. The plant reopened in February 2008 and became the assembly point for the new Chevrolet Traverse. However, after a battle among plants in Spring Hill, Orion Township, MI and Janesville, WI, GM announced on June 26, 2009 that they had chosen to build a new small car in Orion Township. Nearly 2,500 Spring Hill auto workers were faced lay-off, buy-out and early retirement. The vehicle assembly part of the Spring Hill plant was idled in late 2009 when production of the Traverse was moved to Lansing, MI, while production of power trains and metal stamping continued. In November 2011, GM announced plans for retooling of the vehicle assembly portion of the plant for use as an "ultra-flexible" plant which will initially be used to build the Chevy Equinox and GMC Terrain but will be designed for rapid retooling to other vehicles of similar size.

References

http://www.americanmachinist.com/304/News/Article/False/86320/

External links

• City of Spring Hill Official Website
• The Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee by John K. Shellenberger