Gibson County, Tennessee

Founding: 1823
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: John Gibson, Tennessee soldier
Seat: Trenton (1824–)

Land area: 603 square miles

Population (2020): 50,429

Population (historic): 5,801 (1830); 21,777 (1860); 32,685 (1880); 39,408 (1900); 46,528 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1930; 1940s; 1960–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Six cities; four towns

National Register listings: 20

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,110 (9.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $647
Average outbuilding value (1930): $282
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 6,585
Average farm size (1920): 38.2 acres
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Trenton

Namesake: Trenton, New Jersey

Founding: 1824 (platting); 1824 (post office); 1847 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,240

Population (historic): 694 (1850); 1,900 (1870); 1,693 (1890); 2,402 (1910); 2,892 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1880–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 331 (16.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Gordon Browning House (1873). Ledbetter Road, north of State Route 104. Italianate.