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Hawkins County, Tennessee

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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 ___________________________________________________________...