Pickett County, Tennessee

Founding: 1881
Parent counties: Fentress and Overton

Namesake: Howard Pickett, Tennessee politician
Seat: Byrdstown (1881–)

Land area: 163 square miles

Population (2020): 5,001

Population (historic): 4,736 (1890); 5,087 (1910); 5,615 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1900; 1910–1940; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One town

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 177 (5.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 14.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $267
Average outbuilding value (1930): $150
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 935
Average farm size (1920): 39 acres
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Byrdstown

Namesake: Robert Byrd, Tennessee politician

Founding: 1879 (founding); 1882 (post office); 1917 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 798

Population (historic): 125 (1920); 135 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1960; 1970–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 32 (6.6%)
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