Cookeville, Tennessee A Great Place to Live...

 COOKEVILLE TENNESSEE IS HOME TO TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY, MOUNTAIN VIEWS, ROLLING HILLS, AND QUIET COUNTRY LANDSCAPES!  ONLY 1 HOUR FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE AND 1.5 HOURS FROM KNOXVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE, COOKEVILLE IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED TO PROVIDE A RETREAT LIFESTYLE WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED LESS THAN 2 HOURS AWAY. 

COOKEVILLE TENNESSEE WAS VOTED IN THE TOP 5 MOST ECONOMIC PLACES TO RETIRE IN THE US.

Geography Burgess Falls

Cookeville is located at 36°9′51″N, 85°30′15″W (36.164202, -85.504295)^[4].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.0 square miles (57.1 km²), of which, 21.9 square miles (56.6 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (0.77%) is water.

Average annual temperature, 57 degrees F.

Monthly average high, January 52.9 degrees F. and July 88 degrees F.

 Monthly average low, January 67.2 degrees F.

Average annual precipitation, 51", Average annual snowfall, 8".

Prevailing wind, SE.

Mean length of freeze free period, 211 days,

 Average relative humidity: 12:00 Midnight - 79%; 6 am - 85%; Noon - 48%; 6 p.m. - 62%.

 Altitude 1,140 feet above sea level.

Cookeville is located approximately 80 miles east of Nashville and 100 miles west of Knoxville on Interstate 40. Chattanooga is approximately 90 miles to the south on Appalachian Corridor J, or Tennessee Highway 111.

Located on the first tier of the Cumberland Plateau, Cookeville's elevation is a few hundred feet higher than either Nashville or Knoxville. As a result, temperatures and humidity levels are generally slightly lower in Cookeville than in either the Nashville Basin or in the Tennessee Valley.

Three man-made lakes maintained by the Corps of Engineers are located near Cookeville, created to help flood control in the narrow valleys of the Cumberland Plateau: Center Hill Lake, Cordell Hull Lake, and Dale Hollow Lake.

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Cookeville High School

• Cookeville is home to Tennessee Technological University and its 10,300 students. Tennessee Tech is ranked among the Top Public Schools in the South and among the top 40 Best Universities-Master's in U.S. News & World Report's 2005 edition of "America's Best Colleges." TTU was also ranked among the Top Public Schools in the South in the 2003 and 2005 college guides. This year, The Princeton Review also listed TTU as "Best Southeastern College."
• Cookeville High School is the largest non-metropolitan school in the state and is one of only five schools in Tennessee to offer the International Baccalaureate program. The other four Tennessee schools with the program are all in Nashville or Franklin.

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