Fentress County, Tennessee
Founding: 1823 Parent counties: Campbell, Morgan, and Overton Namesake: James Fentress, Tennessee politician Seat: Jamestown (1823–) Land area: 499 square miles Population (2020): 18,489 Population (historic): 2,748 (1830); 4,454 (1850); 4,717 (1870); 6,106 (1900); 11,036 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870s; 1890–1950; 1970s; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: Two cities; two CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 315 (3.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 14.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 33.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $292 Average outbuilding value (1930): $154 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,214 Average farm size (1920): 30.9 acres ___________________________________________________________________________...