Robertson County, Tennessee
Geography: Removed statements about part of the county not being in the Sun Belt. The Sun Belt has no official definition or status, and these statements are mostly about a minor detail in some unofficial definitions.
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According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|476|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|476|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi}} (0.04%) is water.{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_47.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 14, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}} |
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|476|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|476|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi}} (0.04%) is water.{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_47.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 14, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}} |
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Unlike most of Tennessee, a sizable part of northern Robertson County is outside of the [[Sun Belt]] due to a past error surveying the northern border of [[Middle Tennessee|Middle]] and [[East Tennessee]]. Downtown Springfield in particular is north of the Sun Belt.{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Bill |date=2020-02-19 |title=Tennessee History: A closer look at why state's northern border is askew |url=https://www.williamsonherald.com/features/w_life/tennessee-history-a-closer-look-at-why-state-s-northern-border-is-askew/article_fa390acc-5383-11ea-ab72-9bfcdc4177a8.html |access-date= |website=Williamson Herald |language=en}} The Sun Belt is defined by the Kinder Institute as being south of [[Parallel 36°30′ north|36°30'N latitude]], which was intended to be the northern border of Tennessee and is the actual northern border of [[West Tennessee]].{{Cite web |last=Olin |first=Andy |title=Large, young and fast-growing Sun Belt metros need urban policy innovation |url=https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/large-young-and-fast-growing-sun-belt-metros-need-urban-policy-innovation |access-date= |website=Kinder Institute for Urban Research {{!}} Rice University |language=en}} |
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===Adjacent counties=== |
===Adjacent counties=== |
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