Location: Northern Hamilton County, about 18 miles from downtown Chattanooga.
Size: Soddy-Daisy encompasses 18 square miles along Dayton Pike and U.S. 27 .
Population: 12,714.
Date founded: April 1969.
History: The origin of Soddy-Daisy’s name is not certain. Soddy likely comes from the Welsh corruption of William Sodder’s Trading Post to “Soddy,” while Daisy comes from Daisy Parks, daughter of the Tabler-Clendys Coal Co.’s Thomas Parks, who was vice president of the company in the 1930s.