Morgan County, Tennessee

 

Founding: 1818
Parent counties: Anderson, Overton, and Roane

Namesake: Daniel Morgan, Virginia politician
Seat: Montgomery (1817–1870); Wartburg (1870–)

Land area: 522 square miles

Population (2020): 21,035

Population (historic): 1,676 (1820); 3,430 (1850); 2,969 (1870); 9,587 (1900); 13,603 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1870–1950; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; one town; two CDPs

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 499 (5.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 29%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $382
Average outbuilding value (1930): $195
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,251
Average farm size (1920): 24.1 acres
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Wartburg

Namesake: Wartburg Castle in Thuringia, Germany

Founding: 1845 (platting); 1851 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 848

Population (historic): 150 (1880); 206 (1890)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5 (1.1%)
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