Hancock County, Tennessee

Founding: 1846
Parent counties: Claiborne and Hawkins

Namesake: John Hancock, Founding Father
Seat: Sneedville (1848–)

Land area: 222 square miles

Population (2020): 6,662

Population (historic): 5,660 (1850); 9,098 (1880); 11,147 (1900); 9,673 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One town

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 413 (11.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 33.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $327
Average outbuilding value (1930): $223
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,820
Average farm size (1920): 43.9 acres
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Sneedville

Namesake: William Sneed, Tennessee politician

Founding: 1848 (platting); 1848 (post office); 1850 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,282

Population (historic): 177 (1870); 156 (1890)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8 (1.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Mahala Mullins Log House. Blackwater Road, southwest of Tennessee–Virginia border.
2. Farm (c. 1880). 4986 Caney Valley Road. Greek Revival.
3. Log House. 8826 Mulberry Gap Road.
4. Farm (c. 1850). River Road, west of Owens Ridge Road.