Bledsoe County, Tennessee

Founding: 1807
Parent county: Roane

Namesake: Anthony Bledsoe, Tennessee politician
Seat: Madison (1807–1818); Pikeville (1818–)

Land area: 406 square miles

Population (2020): 14,913

Population (historic): 4,005 (1820); 5,959 (1850); 4,870 (1870); 6,626 (1900); 7,128 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1860–1900; 1910s; 1930–1950; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: One city

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 341 (5.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 33.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 33.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $435
Average outbuilding value (1930): $273
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,060
Average farm size (1920): 52.1 acres
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Pikeville

Namesake: Zebulon Pike, explorer

Founding: 1816 (platting); 1830 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,824

Population (historic): 188 (1870); 488 (1920)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 94 (11.2%)
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