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
National Register listings: 14
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.