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Decherd is a city in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,379 at the 2020 census and 2,361 at the 2010 census.

Peter Decherd came to the area in 1831 from Franklin County, Virginia and set up a plantation in Winchester TN that came to be known as Hundred Oaks. In the 1850s he granted right of way to the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad from property he owned. On February 14, 1856, the thirty first General Assembly of the state of Tennessee incorporated the town of Decherd with all the rights and privileges as the town of Cookeville, which was also incorporated at that time. After the Civil War, Decherd was again incorporated as a town on January 30, 1868. It was unincorporated in 1885 to avoid application of the "Four Mile Law", which permitted liquor sales within four miles of schools located in incorporated communities. The town was chartered once again by the General Assembly on April 22, 1901. The Haynes House in Decherd is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A violent F4 tornado heavily damaged the northern part of the town on February 13, 1952. The historic Asia School is located in Decherd.

Decherd is located at (35.215767, 86.079183). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12 km2), of which 4.7 square miles (12 km2) is land and 0.21% is water which is part of Tims Ford Lake. Decherd is immediately adjacent to the county seat of Winchester.

+Decherd racial composition Race Number Percentage White (non Hispanic) 1,763 74.11% Black or African American (non Hispanic) 234 9.84% Native American 13 0.55% Asian 41 1.72% Other/Mixed 180 7.57% Hispanic or Latino 148 6.22%
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,379 people, 1,229 households, and 758 families residing in the city.

As of the census In 2014 a second plant on the same property was launched to produce engines for Infiniti and Daimler.