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

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.

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