Shackle Island, Tennessee

Shackle Island, Tennessee
Census-designated place
Shackle Island, Tennessee
Coordinates: 36°22′14″N 86°37′00″W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Sumner
Area [1]
• Total	5.55 sq mi (14.38 km^2)
• Land	5.55 sq mi (14.38 km^2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km^2)
Elevation	518 ft (158 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	3,331
• Density	599.96/sq mi (231.64/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	615
GNIS feature ID	1315896[3]

Shackle Island is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 2,844 as of the 2010 census[4]

According to rootsweb.com The name Shackle Island became official when the post office recognized it in 1900[5]. According to an article published in The Nashville scene titled, Shackle Island: An Investigative Report. "Shackle Island, Tennessee got its name from a small shack on an island in a creek where illegal whiskey was sold, not because it is an actual island People would say "Let's go to the shack on the island for a drink" and eventually the name became Shackle Island", The same article states that research done at the Tennessee State Library and Archives turned up an interesting letter from Dr. Joshua Franklin to Daniel Montgomery in the letter the Doctor orders a $1.00 worth of whiskey from the distillery so he could make medicine. The distillery was ran by a man named Daniel Montgomery "Daniel Montgomery was born in 1789 in Sumner County and he "engaged in extensive farming operations and operated a grist mill, a sawmill, and a whiskey distillery at Shackle Island in Sumner County." In 1855, he "died at Shackle Island, buried in Beech Cemetery." (Betsy Phillips, Jan 18, 2016)[6]

References

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	3,331		—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

2020 census

Shackle Island racial composition[8]

Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	2,910	87.36%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	138	4.14%
Native American	4	0.12%
Asian	37	1.11%
Pacific Islander	1	0.03%
Other/Mixed	117	3.51%
Hispanic or Latino	124	3.72%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,331 people, 1,042 households, and 916 families residing in the CDP.

Geography

Shackle Island is located in the southwestern portion of Sumner County at the crossroad intersection of Tennessee State Routes 174 and 258, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Hendersonville.

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
3. "Shackle Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
4. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
5. "Local Names Tell Much About County's History". sites.rootsweb.com. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
6. Phillips, Betsy (January 18, 2016). "Shackle Island: An Investigative Report". Nashville Scene. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
8. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 26, 2021.