Claiborne County, Tennessee

Founding: 1801
Parent counties: Grainger and Hawkins
Namesake: William Claiborne, Louisiana governor
Seat: Tazewell (1804–)
Land area: 435 square miles
Population (2020): 32,043
Population (historic): 4,798 (1810); 9,474 (1840); 9,321 (1870); 20,696 (1900); 24,313 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1840; 1850s; 1870–1910; 1920–1950; 1960–2010
Subdivisions: Two cities; two towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,209 (7.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 24.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $502
Average outbuilding value (1930): $250

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,022
Average farm size (1920): 39 acres
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Tazewell

 
Namesake: Henry Tazewell, Virginia politician
Founding: 1801 (founding); 1806 (post office)
Population (2020): 2,348
Population (historic): 345 (1870); 886 (1910); 424 (1920)
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 59 (5.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Powell Valley Academy (1827). 220 Academy Road.
2. John Kincaid Farm (1851). 249 Ausmus Road. Federal.
3. Thomas McClain Farm (1793). 317 Ellison Lane.
4. William Kincaid Farm (c. 1840). 718 Russell Hill Road. Federal.
5. Gary Kesterson Farm (1900). 500 Watkins Lane. Eastlake.

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