Stewart County, Tennessee

Founding: 1803
Parent county: Montgomery

Namesake: Duncan Stewart, Tennessee politician
Seat: Dover (1805–)

Land area: 459 square miles

Population (2020): 13,657

Population (historic): 4,262 (1810); 9,719 (1850); 12,019 (1870); 15,224 (1900); 13,278 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1820; 1830–1880; 1890s; 1930s; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: One city; one town

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 358 (5.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $377
Average outbuilding value (1930): $283
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,612
Average farm size (1920): 39.9 acres
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Dover

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Dover, England

Founding: 1805 (platting); 1807 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,826

Population (historic): 298 (1860); 317 (1880); 400 (1900)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 47 (5.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Samuel Stacker Farm (c. 1850). 345 Long Creek Road. Greek Revival.
2. Henry Hollister House (1856). 359 Old Scott Road. Greek Revival.

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