Hawkins County, Tennessee
Founding: 1787 Parent counties: Greene and Sullivan Name origin: Benjamin Hawkins, North Carolina senator Seat: Rogersville (1787–) Land area: 487 square miles Population (2020): 56,721 Population (historic): 6,563 (1800); 15,035 (1840); 15,837 (1870); 24,267 (1900); 24,117 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1840; 1850s; 1870–1900; 1920–1950; 1960–2010 Subdivisions: Two cities; four towns; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,000 (7.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $526 Average outbuilding value (1930): $335 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,314 Average farm size (1920): 54.8 acres ___________________________________________________________...