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Cookeville is the county seat and largest city of Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was reported to be 34,842. [10] It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, or smaller cities which function as significant regional economic hubs.
The largest college at Tennessee Tech is the College of Education. The university student population of 11,800 comprises one fourth of the resident population of Cookeville. [19] The Putnam County school system enrolls approximately 12,000 students in 18 schools throughout the county. All schools are accredited.
Tennessee Technological University (commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech) is a public research university in Cookeville, Tennessee. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and before that as University of Dixie, the name under which it was founded as a private institution. [5][6] Affiliated with the Tennessee Board of ...
The Cookeville Micropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in central Tennessee, anchored by the city of Cookeville. As of the 2020 census , the Cookeville Micropolitan Area had a population of 145,479.
A small but deadly tornado outbreak affected West and Middle Tennessee on the night of March 2 and into the morning of March 3, 2020, including a high-end EF3 tornado that hit Nashville and Mount Juliet, becoming the 6th costliest tornado in United States history, and a violent EF4 tornado that impacted areas in and just west of Cookeville.
According to Putnam County historian Mary Jean DeLozier, the first ‘high school’ established in Cookeville, Tennessee, was a privately funded, four-year subscription high school called Washington Academy. It was established in 1891, on Spring St. where the Cookeville City Hall is today.