Hickman County, Tennessee

Founding: 1808
Parent county: Dickson

Namesake: Edwin Hickman, Tennessee surveyor
Seat: Vernon (1808–1823); Centerville (1823–)

Land area: 612 square miles

Population (2020): 24,925

Population (historic): 2,583 (1810); 8,119 (1830); 9,312 (1860); 12,095 (1880); 13,613 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1860–1910; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: One town; three CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 646 (6.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 19.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $478
Average outbuilding value (1930): $224
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,928
Average farm size (1920): 50.8 acres
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Centerville

Namesake: The town's location within Hickman County

Founding: 1821 (platting); 1824 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,532

Population (historic): 251 (1860); 287 (1880); 1,097 (1910); 943 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1910; 1920–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 152 (8.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1900). Dodd Hollow Road, west of Paul Fields Road. Eastlake.
2. Pinewood / Samuel Graham House (1866–1868). Pinewood Road, west of the Piney River. Italianate. Razed.
3. John Gordon House (1818). State Route 50, east of Natchez Trace Parkway.

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