Decatur County, Tennessee

 

Founding: 1846
Parent counties: Henderson and Perry

Namesake: Stephen Decatur, U.S. naval commander
Seat: Decaturville (1847–)

Land area: 334 square miles

Population (2020): 11,435

Population (historic): 6,003 (1850); 7,772 (1870); 8,995 (1890); 10,093 (1910); 10,106 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; one town

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 326 (4.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 55.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 44.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $396
Average outbuilding value (1930): $133
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,813
Average farm size (1920): 35.6 acres
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Decaturville

Namesake: Stephen Decatur, U.S. naval commander

Founding: 1847 (platting); 1847 (post office); 1862 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 807

Population (historic): 168 (1850); 188 (1870); 314 (1920); 419 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1910–1930; 1940–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 28 (7.2%)
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