Jackson County, Tennessee

Founding: 1801
Parent counties: Smith
Namesake: Andrew Jackson, U.S. president
Seat: Gainesboro (1820–)
Land area: 308 square miles
Population (2020): 11,617
Population (historic): 5,401 (1810); 12,872 (1840); 12,583 (1870); 15,039 (1900); 13,589 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1860s; 1870–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010
Subdivisions: One town; one CDP
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 506 (8.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 30.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $407
Average outbuilding value (1930): $240

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,403
Average farm size (1920): 38.3 acres
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Gainesboro

 
Namesake: Edmund Gaines, U.S. army officer
Founding: 1817 (platting); 1905 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 920
Population (historic): 352 (1880); 408 (1910); 556 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1920–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 65 (14.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Draper House (c. 1905). 3292 Jennings Creek Highway. Queen Anne.

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