Scott County, Tennessee

Founding: 1849
Parent counties: Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, and Morgan

Namesake: Winfield Scott, U.S. army general
Seat: Huntsville (1850–)

Land area: 532 square miles

Population (2020): 22,039

Population (historic): 1,905 (1850); 4,054 (1870); 9,794 (1890); 12,947 (1910); 14,080 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1950; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Three towns; three CDPs

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 346 (3.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $333
Average outbuilding value (1930): $131
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,344
Average farm size (1920): 25.5 acres
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Huntsville

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps a local resident

Founding: 1850 (platting); 1850 (post office); 1965 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,270

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 13 (2.1%)
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