Marion County, Tennessee

Founding: 1817
Parent county: Bledsoe
Namesake: Francis Marion, Continental Army general
Seat: Liberty (1817–1819); Jasper (1819–)
Land area: 498 square miles
Population (2020): 28,837
Population (historic): 3,888 (1820); 6,314 (1850); 6,841 (1870); 17,281 (1900); 17,549 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1860–1910; 1920–1960; 1970–2020
Subdivisions: Three cities; five towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 722 (5.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 23.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $596
Average outbuilding value (1930): $286

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,037
Average farm size (1920): 49 acres
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Jasper

 
Namesake: William Jasper, South Carolina soldier
Founding: 1819 (post office); 1820 (platting); 1959 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,612
Population (historic): 249 (1860); 541 (1880); 728 (1920)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1920–
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9 (0.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Ketner's Mill (1872). 658 Ketner Mill Lane.

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