Stewart County, Tennessee
Founding: 1803 Parent county: Montgomery Namesake: Duncan Stewart, Tennessee politician Seat: Dover (1805–) Land area: 459 square miles Population (2020): 13,657 Population (historic): 4,262 (1810); 9,719 (1850); 12,019 (1870); 15,224 (1900); 13,278 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1820; 1830–1880; 1890s; 1930s; 1970–2020 Subdivisions: One city; one town Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 358 (5.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.3% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.5% Average farmhouse value (1930): $377 Average outbuilding value (1930): $283 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,612 Average farm size (1920): 39.9 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Dover Nam...