Dyer County, Tennessee
Founding: 1823 Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Robert Dyer, Tennessee politician Seat: Dyersburg (1823–) Land area: 512 square miles Population (2020): 36,801 Population (historic): 1,904 (1830); 10,536 (1860); 15,118 (1880); 23,776 (1900); 31,405 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1940; 1960–2010 Subdivisions: One city; two towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,174 (7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.9% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $517 Average outbuilding value (1930): $288 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,922 Average farm size (1920): 40.4 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Dyersburg Namesake: ...