Macon County, Tennessee

Founding: 1842
Parent counties: Smith and Sumner

Namesake: Nathaniel Macon, North Carolina politician
Seat: Lafayette (1842–)

Land area: 307 square miles

Population (2020): 25,216

Population (historic): 6,948 (1850); 6,633 (1870); 10,878 (1890); 14,559 (1910); 13,872 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1920; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 616 (6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $440
Average outbuilding value (1930): $243
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,743
Average farm size (1920): 35.6 acres
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Lafayette

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general

Founding: 1842 (post office); 1843 (platting); 1945 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,584

Population (historic): 210 (1850); 161 (1870); 256 (1890); 678 (1910)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1900s; 1920–1980; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 114 (5.6%)
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