Crockett County, Tennessee
Founding: 1872 Parent counties: Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, and Madison Namesake: Davy Crockett, American frontiersman Seat: Alamo (1872–) Land area: 266 square miles Population (2020): 13,911 Population (historic): 14,109 (1880); 15,867 (1900); 17,359 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: Two cities; three towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 634 (9.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 15.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $569 Average outbuilding value (1930): $231 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,072 Average farm size (1920): 38.3 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Alamo Namesake: The Battle of the Alamo, fought in 1836 Founding: ...