Clarksville is an often overlooked destination when it comes to a Tennessee vacation, but Tennessee’s fifth-largest city is an easy daytrip from Nashville.
The city, located on the Tennessee-Kentucky line, is perhaps best known as the home of Fort Campbell, Ky., and the 101st Airborne Division. It is also home to Austin Peay State University, named in honor of a native son and former state governor.
Steeped in history, the downtown is quaint, but quiet, comprised of mostly lawyers’ offices interspersed by eateries and merchants. One downtown landmark – the Roxy Regional Theater on Franklin Street – served as the backdrop for Sheryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do” video filmed in 1998.
The following year, a tornado destroyed much of downtown. Since largely rebuilt, a series of interpretive panels near the historic courthouse detail Mother Nature’s impact on Clarksville throughout the years.
- UPDATE 2: WORK COMPLETE, ROAD REOPENED (Holly Circle lane closed for water main leak repair)
- City of Clarksville presents service pins to Employees
- Clarksville Flying Fish Swim Team Returns for Second Year
- Bunker Hill Road water outage for water main leak repair
- Aisle Street water outage for fire hydrant replacement
- Property taxes due in February, Finance and Revenue adds Saturday hours
- City announces major ‘Restoring Clarksville Initiative’
- Trenton Road/Spring Creek Parkway traffic signal expected to go live February 5
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., lives at the center of peace in America
- Montgomery County Hazard Mitigation Plan update meeting