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

National Register listings: Seven

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.