Hardin County, Tennessee

Founding: 1819
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Joseph Hardin, North Carolina politician
Seat: Hardinville (1822–1829); Savannah (1829–)

Land area: 577 square miles

Population (2020): 26,831

Population (historic): 1,462 (1820); 10,328 (1850); 11,768 (1870); 19,246 (1900); 16,213 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1900; 1930s; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; one town; two CDPs

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 536 (3.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $286
Average outbuilding value (1930): $122
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,907
Average farm size (1920): 37.7 acres
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Savannah

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Savannah, Georgia

Founding: 1828 (post office); 1833 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,213

Population (historic): 466 (1850); 328 (1870); 1,087 (1890); 758 (1920); 1,129 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1870–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 74 (2.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *James Graham House (1822). 2280 Airport Road.
2. *Meady White House (1847). 47915 State Route 69. Italianate.