Lewis County, Tennessee

Founding: 1843
Parent counties: Hickman, Lawrence, Maury, and Wayne

Namesake: Meriwether Lewis, American explorer
Seat: Gordonsburg (1846–1848); Newburg (1848–1897); Hohenwald (1897–)

Land area: 282 square miles

Population (2020): 12,582

Population (historic): 4,438 (1850); 1,986 (1870); 2,555 (1890); 6,033 (1910); 5,258 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1870–1910; 1930–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: One city

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 324 (5.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $497
Average outbuilding value (1930): $221
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 537
Average farm size (1920): 36.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Germany, and Switzerland
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Hohenwald

Namesake: A German word meaning "high forest"

Founding: 1878 (founding); 1923 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,668

Population (historic): 742 (1920); 980 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 69 (4.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Ambrose Blackburn Log House (c. 1810). 121 John Sharp Road.
2. James Fain House (1888). 288 McCord Hollow Road. Eastlake.
3. Netherland Tait Log House (c. 1850). 694 Napier Road. Razed.

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