Grundy County, Tennessee

Founding: 1844
Parent counties: Coffee and Warren

Namesake: Felix Grundy, Tennessee politician
Seat: Beersheba Springs (1844–1848); Altamont (1848–)

Land area: 361 square miles

Population (2020): 13,529

Population (historic): 2,773 (1850); 3,250 (1870); 6,345 (1890); 8,322 (1910); 9,717 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930–1950; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; five towns; one CDP

National Register listings: 27

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 535 (8.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 33%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $472
Average outbuilding value (1930): $261
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 563
Average farm size (1920): 33.8 acres
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Altamont

Namesake: A portmanteau of alto ("high") and mont ("mountain")

Founding: 1848 (platting); 1848 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,117

Population (historic): 110 (1880); 67 (1890); 114 (1920); 140 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1920–1960; 1970s; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10 (2.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Anton Stoker Farm (1869). 329 Colony Cemetery Road.
2. *Christian Marugg Inn (c. 1875). 2361 Colony Road.
3. *Wrenn's Nest / George Wrenn Summer House (1908). 53 Valley View Drive. Queen Anne/Classical Revival.