Clarksville, Tennessee, United States

🇺🇸 Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is the fifth-largest city in the state behind Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.

It is the principal central city of the Clarksville, TN–KY metropolitan statistical area, which consists of Montgomery and Stewart counties in Tennessee, and Christian and Trigg counties in Kentucky. The city was founded in 1785 and incorporated in 1807, and named for General George Rogers Clark, frontier fighter and Revolutionary War hero, and brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Clarksville is the home of Austin Peay State University; The Leaf-Chronicle, the oldest newspaper in Tennessee; and neighbour to the Fort Campbell, United States Army post. Site of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell is located about 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Clarksville, and spans the Tennessee-Kentucky state line.

Clarksville is located on the north-west edge of the Highland Rim, which surrounds the Nashville Basin, and is 45 miles (72 km) north-west of Nashville.

Economy Major industrial employers in Clarksville include: • Agero, Inc., driver assistance services • Amazon.com, Inc., Distribution Center (details still TBD) • Atlas BX, a member of the Hankook Tire Family, produces Batteries for start-stop vehicles • American Standard • Bridgestone Metalpha USA • Convergys Corporation • Florim Tile Company US Headquarters and Production plant • Fort Campbell • Google • Hankook Tires • Jostens, printing and publishing division • LG • Microvast, Electric Car Battery Manufacturer • Multi-Color Corporation, label printing company • Nyrstar Clarksville, Zinc Refinery • SPX Corporation, metal forge division • Trane, Clarksville's largest private employer.

Colleges and universities • Austin Peay State University • Daymar Institute • Miller-Motte Technical College • Nashville State Community College • North Tennessee Bible Institute.