Houston County, Tennessee

Founding: 1871
Parent counties: Dickson, Humphreys, and Stewart

Namesake: Sam Houston, Texas politician
Seat: Arlington (1871–1878); Erin (1878–)

Land area: 200 square miles

Population (2020): 8,283

Population (historic): 4,295 (1880); 6,476 (1900); 5,555 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1930s; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: One city; one town

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 345 (8.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 25.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $378
Average outbuilding value (1930): $238
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 724
Average farm size (1920): 42.5 acres
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Erin

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps a poetic allusion to Ireland

Founding: 1868 (post office); 1871 (platting); 1873 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,224

Population (historic): 485 (1880); 943 (1910); 819 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1930s; 1950–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 102 (18.3%)
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