Carroll County, Tennessee

Founding: 1821
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: William Carroll, Tennessee governor
Seat: Huntingdon (1822–)

Land area: 599 square miles

Population (2020): 28,440

Population (historic): 9,397 (1830); 15,967 (1850); 19,447 (1870); 24,250 (1900); 26,132 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1910–1930; 1940s; 1960–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; seven towns

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 893 (6.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $433
Average outbuilding value (1930): $180
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,141
Average farm size (1920): 40 acres

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Huntingdon

Namesake: Memucan Hunt, owner of the town site

Founding: 1822 (platting as Huntsville); 1824 (post office); 1849 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,439

Population (historic): 245 (1850); 609 (1870); 707 (1890); 1,112 (1910); 1,286 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1910–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 133 (7.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *John Hillsman House (1866–1869). 1170 Oak Grove Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.