Rogersville, Tennessee

Rogersville
Rogersville
Town
	Downtown Rogersville in June 2020
	Location in Hawkins County, Tennessee
	Coordinates: 36°25′N 83°0′W / 36.417°N 83.000°W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Hawkins
Settled	1775
Founded	1789
Incorporated	1903
Named for	Joseph Rogers
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Mayor	Jim Sells (R)
• Vice Mayor	Brian Hartness
• Town Council	Aldermen
Area
• Town	3.76 sq mi (9.73 km2)
• Land	3.76 sq mi (9.73 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	1,312 ft (400 m)
Population (2020)
• Town	4,671
• Density	1,242.62/sq mi (479.83/km2)
• Urban	6,390
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37857
Area code	423
FIPS code	47-64820
GNIS feature ID	2407236
Website	townofrogersville.com

Rogersville is a town in, and the county seat of, Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States.^[5] It was settled in 1775 by the grandparents of Davy Crockett. It is named for its founder, Joseph Rogers. Tennessee's second oldest courthouse, the Hawkins County Courthouse, first newspaper The Knoxville Gazette, and first post office are all located in Rogersville. The Rogersville Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Rogersville is part of the Kingsport–Bristol (TN)–Bristol (VA) Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.

The population of Rogersville as of the 2010 census was 4,671.^[8]

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