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Cookeville is a city in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. Its population at the 2010 census was 30,435.〔http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=85000US385&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format=ZI-1&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_ZI1&-_sse=on〕 It is the county seat of Putnam County〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 and home to Tennessee Technological University. It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, smaller cities which nevertheless function as significant economic hubs. Of the twenty micropolitan areas in Tennessee, Cookeville is the largest; the Cookeville micropolitan area's 2010 Census population was 106,042.〔http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/cities.html〕 ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (0.77%) is water. Average annual temperature, . Monthly average high, January . and July . Monthly average low, January . 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 above sea level. Cookeville is located approximately east of Nashville and west of Knoxville on Interstate 40. Chattanooga is approximately to the south on Appalachian Corridor J, or Tennessee Highway 111. Located on the Highland Rim, 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. Two smaller man-made lakes, City Lake and Burgess Falls Lake, lie along the Falling Water River, which flows through the southeastern part of the county. Cane Creek Lake, created by an earthen dam built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, lies in the western part of the city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cookeville, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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