Dyer County, Tennessee

Founding: 1823
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Robert Dyer, Tennessee politician
Seat: Dyersburg (1823–)

Land area: 512 square miles

Population (2020): 36,801

Population (historic): 1,904 (1830); 10,536 (1860); 15,118 (1880); 23,776 (1900); 31,405 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1940; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: One city; two towns

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,174 (7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $517
Average outbuilding value (1930): $288
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,922
Average farm size (1920): 40.4 acres
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Dyersburg

Namesake: Robert Dyer, Tennessee politician

Founding: 1823 (post office); 1825 (platting)

Population (2020): 16,164

Population (historic): 683 (1870); 2,009 (1890); 4,149 (1910); 8,733 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 626 (8.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1870). 291 Quail Hollow Drive. Italianate.