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Clarksville, Tennessee, located in Montgomery County as its county seat, is the fifth-most populous city in Tennessee with a population of 166,722 as of the 2020 census and serves as the principal city of the Clarksville metropolitan area spanning Montgomery and Stewart counties in Tennessee and Christian and Trigg counties in Kentucky. Founded in 1785 and incorporated in 1807, the city was named after General George Rogers Clark, a Revolutionary War hero and brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Clarksville is home to Austin Peay State University and The Leaf-Chronicle, Tennessee's oldest newspaper, while sitting approximately 10 miles from Fort Campbell, a United States Army post housing the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) on the Tennessee-Kentucky border. The region was first surveyed by Thomas Hutchins in 1768 and settled beginning in the late 1770s following the 1775 Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, which transferred 20 million acres from Cherokee leadership to land speculator Richard Henderson. Early settlers including Hadley W. and Hannah W. arrived via Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road in 1779, establishing the foundation for what would become Tennessee's fifth-largest city. Cookeville is the county seat and largest city in Putnam County, Tennessee, with a 2020 population of 34,842 and a micropolitan area population of 141,333 that ranked as the 4th fastest-growing micropolitan area in the United States between 2022 and 2023. The city is home to Tennessee Technological University and is Tennessee's largest of 20 micropolitan areas, functioning as a significant regional economic hub. Named after Richard Fielding Cooke, a pioneer who settled in 1810 and helped establish Putnam County in 1854, Cookeville was founded on land with natural springs purchased by Charles Crook and officially incorporated as a chartered city in 1903. The area's development accelerated following the completion of the Isbell Hotel in 1886 and the Nashville and Knoxville Railroad in 1890, with electricity first distributed through the Cookeville Light and Water Department in 1905. Originally settled by Cherokee people and later by English and Scotch-Irish longhunters from Virginia and North Carolina in the late 1700s and early 1800s following the 1805 Treaty of Tellico, Cookeville's growth had been stalled by Civil War divisions before the railroad era brought economic recovery. Columbia is the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee, with a population of 48,885 as of 2024, and is part of the Nashville metropolitan area. Known as the "mule capital of the world" and home to the annual Mule Day festival each April, Columbia and Maury County are recognized as Tennessee's "Antebellum Homes Capital," containing more antebellum houses than any other county in the state. The city houses one of only two surviving residences of James Knox Polk, the 11th U.S. President, with the other being the White House. Founded in 1808 on the Duck River and incorporated in 1817, Columbia developed significantly during World War II through phosphate mining and chemical industry expansion, becoming a heritage tourism destination featuring attractions like the James K. Polk Home, Columbia Athenaeum, and Columbia State Community College, established in 1966 and dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967.