Cumberland City is a town in Stewart County, Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, Cumberland City had a population of 305. It is part of the Clarksville, TN — Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Cumberland City is the site of a TVA Cumberland Fossil Plant along the Cumberland River that provides 2.6 gigawatts of electric power to much of the area, including the cities of Clarksville in Montgomery County and Dickson in Dickson County.
The power plant's stacks (some of the tallest structures in the state) can be seen for at least away.
Geography
Cumberland City is located at (36.390469, -87.640801).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 8.9% is water.
There is an impact crater centered at Wells Creek, just south of the Cumberland Fossil Plant.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Cumberland City racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 269
| 88.2%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 10
| 3.28%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 1
| 0.33%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 21
| 6.89%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 4
| 1.31%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 305 people, 148 households, and 64 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census