Lawrence County, Tennessee

Founding: 1817
Parent county: Hickman

Namesake: James Lawrence, U.S. naval officer
Seat: Lawrenceburg (1819–)

Land area: 617 square miles

Population (2020): 44,159

Population (historic): 3,271 (1820); 9,280 (1850); 7,601 (1870); 15,402 (1900); 26,776 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1860; 1870–1950; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Four cities; one town; one CDP

National Register listings: 16

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,372 (7.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 30.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $427
Average outbuilding value (1930): $226
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,590
Average farm size (1920): 33.6 acres
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Lawrenceburg

Namesake: James Lawrence, U.S. naval officer

Founding: 1819 (platting); 1821 (post office); 1825 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 11,633

Population (historic): 351 (1870); 618 (1890); 1,687 (1910); 3,102 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 468 (9.4%)
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