Hardeman County, Tennessee

Founding: 1823
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Thomas Hardeman, Tennessee soldier
Seat: Hatchietown (1823–1824); Bolivar (1824–)

Land area: 668 square miles

Population (2020): 25,462

Population (historic): 11,655 (1830); 17,769 (1860); 22,921 (1880); 22,976 (1900); 22,193 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1890–1910; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; eight towns

National Register listings: 13

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 587 (5.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 14.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 33.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $359
Average outbuilding value (1930): $151
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,535
Average farm size (1920): 40.8 acres
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Bolivar

Namesake: Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military leader

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

Population (2020): 5,205

Population (historic): 626 (1850); 889 (1870); 1,100 (1890); 1,076 (1910); 1,217 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1890; 1900s; 1920–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 124 (5.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Charles Polk House (c. 1835/1860). 223 Mecklinburg Road. Greek Revival/Italianate. Burned in 1962.
2. House (c. 1850). 900 Mitchell Lane. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
3. *House (1857). 595 Nancy Lane. Greek Revival.