Robertson County, Tennessee

Founding: 1796
Parent counties: Tennessee and Sumner
Namesake: James Robertson, Tennessee settler
Seat: Springfield (1798–)
Land area: 476 square miles
Population (2020): 72,803
Population (historic): 4,280 (1800); 13,801 (1840); 16,166 (1870); 25,029 (1900); 28,191 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1850; 1860–1940; 1950–2020
Subdivisions: Eight cities; one town
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,214 (4.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $609
Average outbuilding value (1930): $464

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 4,002
Average farm size (1920): 52.7 acres
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Springfield

 
Namesake: A traditional name
Founding: 1798 (platting); 1800 (post office); 1819 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 18,782
Population (historic): 1,372 (1890); 2,085 (1910); 5,577 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1940; 1950–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 551 (7.5%)
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