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Cookeville is a city in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. It is the county seat of Putnam County and home to Tennessee Technological University. It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, smaller towns which nevertheless function as significant economic hubs. Ranked as having the strongest economy among Tennessee's twenty micropolitan areas, Cookeville is the largest in the state.

Points of interest

Bryan Fine Arts CenterGerald D. Coorts Memorial Arboretum
The Cookeville Depot Museum
Cane Creek Park
Burgess Falls State Park
City Lake park
Cookeville Drama Center
Tennessee Tech University
Arda E. Lee's Hidden Hollow
Cookeville History Museum

Cookeville is home to Tennessee Technological University and its 9,600 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 is also home to the only branch of Nashville State Community College, and Medvance Institute also provides higher education in medical and technical fields.

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