Overton County, Tennessee

Founding: 1806
Parent county: Jackson
Namesake: John Overton, Tennessee judge
Seat: Monroe (1806–1833); Livingston (1833–)
Land area: 433 square miles
Population (2020): 22,511
Population (historic): 5,643 (1810); 9,279 (1840); 11,297 (1870); 13,353 (1900); 18,079 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1860; 1870s; 1890–1940; 1960–2020
Subdivisions: One town
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 786 (7.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 37%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $260
Average outbuilding value (1930): $137

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,714
Average farm size (1920): 38.4 acres
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Livingston

 
Namesake: Edward Livingston, New York politician
Founding: 1833 (platting); 1834 (post office); 1907 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,905
Population (historic): 268 (1860); 312 (1880); 1,421 (1910); 1,526 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1833–1860; 1870s; 1890–1910; 1920–1990; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 287 (16.4%)
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