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Whitwell is a city in Marion County, Tennessee, United States, approximately 24 miles northwest of Chattanooga. The population was 1,641 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Whitwell city overview:
Name:	Whitwell city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Tennessee
County:	Marion County
Incorporated:	1956
Elevation:	679 ft (207 m)
Total Area:	3.51 sq mi (9.09 km²)
Land Area:	3.51 sq mi (9.09 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km²)
Total Population:	1,641
Population Density:	467.65/sq mi (180.57/km²)
ZIP code:	37397
Area code:	423
FIPS code:	4780620
GNISfeature ID:	1304575
Website:	cityofwhitwell.com

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History

The town that became Whitwell was originally known as Cheekville, but renamed “Whitwell” for Thomas Whitwell, a British metallurgist, inventor and co-founder of the Southern States Coal, Iron and Land Company, who was killed in an accident in his own ironworks in Thornaby in 1878. Whitwell was incorporated as a city in 1956, having grown as a mining town due to the abundance of coal in the mountains near the town. In 1981, there was a major mining accident when 13 coal miners were killed in an explosion. A full list of the names of those killed in the mine explosion is on a monument at Whitwell High School. Whitwell also has an annual Labor Day celebration that has been celebrated for over 50 consecutive years.

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Geography

Whitwell is located at 35°11′51″N 85°31′9″W / 35.19750°N 85.51917°W / 35.19750; -85.51917 (35.197570, -85.519082). It is situated in the southwestern Sequatchie Valley at the base of a relatively steep escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau. The Sequatchie River passes just east of the city, and forms a portion of its southeastern boundary.

Tennessee State Route 28 (Hudson Street), which forms part of the main north–south corridor in the valley, connects Whitwell with Dunlap to the north and Jasper to the south. State Route 283 connects Whitwell with Powells Crossroads across the Sequatchie river to the east, and State Route 108 (South Main Street) connects Whitwell with Grundy County atop the Plateau to the northwest.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km), of which 3.3 square miles (8.5 km) is land and 0.30% is water.