Cookeville

Cookeville is located in Putnam County 79 miles east of Nashville and 101 miles west of Knoxville along Interstate 40 near Center Hill Lake. Cookeville is the Putnam county seat.

Cookeville is a regional center for employment, education, retailing, health care, and recreational/cultural activities. Approximately 15,000 Upper Cumberland Region residents travel to Cookeville each day to work, attend school, received health care, shop, or participated in leisure time activities.

The population is close to 26,000 residents.