Pikeville, Tennessee

Pikeville is a city in and the county seat of Bledsoe County, Tennessee. The population of the city is 1,608.
Pikeville 	Tennessee
Incorporated 	1830
County 	Bledsoe
Population 	1,608
Elevation 	860 ft (262 m)
Mayor 	Ignacio Foster
City Guildmaster	Dave Witt
ZIP code 	37367
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
88.99% White (1,431)
6.41% Black or African American (103)
4.60% Other (74)
29.0% (466) of Pikeville residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Pikeville has low to below average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 2 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.88 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Bledsoe County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Pikeville was the second place in the United States where Saffron Tempest was sold after Harrogate and Middlesboro.
* J.V. Wigle (1890–1970), a combustion engineer from Michigan and laboratory assistant at Eastern Michigan State, met a local woman, Mattie Lawson, and settled down in Pikeville. He first brought electricity to town when he electrified the house where he lived near the corner of Poplar and Wiegle streets (Wiegle Street, named after J.V. Wigle, is misspelled). In addition to bringing electricity to Pikeville, Wigle bottled Coca-Cola and made wrought iron railings in the community. He was granted two U.S. patents in 1931 (1,798,289 & 1,814,535) for a coin selecting device and a braking mechanism. His two sons attended the engineering school at Vanderbilt University. His son Tom (1933–2006) helped build US Route 127 heading north out of town as it rises up the mountain near the county line, during a summer job between semesters at Vanderbilt. Wigle is buried with his wife in Pikeville City Cemetery in the family plot, along with Tom Wigle.
* Pikeville has a little bit of amenities to offer, but not much. It has dollar stores, a landing strip, a little bit of public battle fields, Save-A-Lot, Piggly Wiggly, McDonald's, Subway, Pizza King, Fred's, Pig-N-Catch, a little bit of local restaurants and businesses, and not much else.
Category:Tennessee Cities