Clarksville, Tennessee TN Hotels/Motels/Lodging

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Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA. Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County and is Tennessee's fifth largest city. As of the 2005 census estimates, the city had a total population of 123,395. Clarksville is the principal central city of the Clarksville-Hopkinsville metropolitan statistical area, which consists of Montgomery County and Christian County, Kentucky.

Clarksville is the home of Austin Peay State University. The Fort Campbell, Kentucky Army post, which straddles the Tennessee-Kentucky state line, is approximately 10 miles (16 km) from Clarksville.

Clarksville was incorporated in 1785, and named for General George Rogers Clark, frontier fighter and Revolutionary War hero. Clarksville is home to the state's oldest newspaper, The Leaf-Chronicle, established in 1808.

The city has several nicknames: "The Queen City", "Gateway to the New South", and "Clarksvegas" (The name of a former bar in town).

Colleges and universities:

Austin Peay State University
Miller-Motte Technical College
Draughons Junior College
Austins Beauty College
North Central Institute
North Tennessee Bible Institute
Queen City College

Points of interest

Downtown Artist Co-Op Also known as the DAC.
Roxy Theatre (located downtown Clarksville)
Governor's Square Mall
Clarksville City Arboretum
Clarksville Speedway race track
Beachaven Vineyards & Winery
Ringgold Mill (located in North Clarksville)
Port Royal State Park (historic community site and location of one of the oldest points of European civilization in Montgomery County)
Historic Collinsville (Historic village restored to illustrate the living conditions of early European and African American settlers)
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center (located in downtown Clarksville, second largest general museum in Tennessee)
L & N Train Station Restored downtown train station.
Wilma Rudolph Statue (To honor one of America's most outstanding Olympic athletes and her legacy)
Cumberland RiverWalk
Dunbar Cave
Clarksville Public Square
Alter Gallery
Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Fire (Sculpture by Gregg Schlanger located downtown near the DAC)
Enoch Tanner Wickham Statues located in nearby Palmyra, Tennessee

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