Haywood County, Tennessee

 

Founding: 1824
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: John Haywood, Tennessee lawyer
Seat: Brownsville (1824–)

Land area: 533 square miles

Population (2020): 17,864

Population (historic): 5,334 (1830); 17,259 (1850); 25,094 (1870); 25,189 (1900); 26,063 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1890–1910; 1920–1940; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; one town

National Register listings: 15

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 632 (7.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 12.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $429
Average outbuilding value (1930): $202
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,359
Average farm size (1920): 36.6 acres
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Brownsville

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1823 (platting); 1824 (post office); 1826 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,788

Population (historic): 971 (1850); 2,457 (1870); 2,516 (1890); 2,882 (1910); 3,204 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 271 (5.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Farm (c. 1880). 4469 Dancyville–Eurekaton Road. Gothic Revival.
2. *William Anthony House (1868). 5818 Fulton Road. Greek Revival.
3. *Cedar Grove / Crowder Holloway House (c. 1850). 47 Lightfoot Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
4. *Thomas Powell Farm (1872). 599 Thomas Powell Road. Greek Revival.
5. *House (1838). 3591 US Highway 54. Greek Revival.