Lake County, Tennessee

Founding: 1870
Parent county: Obion

Namesake: Reelfoot Lake
Seat: Tiptonville (1870–)

Land area: 166 square miles

Population (2020): 7,005

Population (historic): 2,428 (1870); 5,304 (1890); 8,704 (1910); 10,486 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1950; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two towns

National Register listings: One

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 229 (8.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 9.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $452
Average outbuilding value (1930): $371
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 850
Average farm size (1920): 61.9 acres
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Tiptonville

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps John Tipton, Tennessee politician

Founding: 1857 (platting); 1865 (post office); 1900 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,976

Population (historic): 946 (1880); 843 (1910); 1,359 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1910–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 71 (7.1%)
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