Bedford County, Tennessee

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The Bedford County Courthouse in Shelbyville, listed on the NRHP since 1982 [1]
The Bedford County Courthouse in Shelbyville, listed on the NRHP since 1982
administration
US state : Tennessee
Administrative headquarters : Shelbyville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
1 Public Square
Shelbyville, TN 37160-3953
Foundation : December 3, 1807
Made up from: Rutherford County
Area code : 001 931
Demographics
Residents : 45,058  (2010)
Population density : 36.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1230 km²
Water surface : 3 km²
map
Map of Bedford County within Tennessee
Website : bedfordcountytn.org

The Bedford County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 the county had 45,058 residents and a population density of 36.7 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population increased to 45,901. The county seat is Shelbyville .

geography

The county is located in south-central Tennessee, about 50 km south of Alabama , and covers an area of ​​1,230 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water.

The Duck River , which is part of the Mississippi basin via the Tennessee River and the Ohio , flows through the entire county from east to west.

The following neighboring counties border Bedford County:

Rutherford County
Marshall County Compass card (de) .svg Coffee County
Lincoln County Moore County

history

Bedford County was formed on December 3, 1807 from former parts of Rutherford County. It was named after Thomas Bedford , an officer in the American Revolutionary War and a delegate in the Virginia House of Representatives who moved to Tennessee in 1795.

The Gov. Prentice Cooper House is one of the county's 31 entries in the NRHP.

31 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 9, 2018).

population

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1810 8242 -
1820 16,012 94.3%
1830 30,396 89.8%
1840 20,546 -32.4%
1850 21,511 4.7%
1860 21,584 0.3%
1870 24,333 12.7%
1880 26,025 7%
1890 24,739 -4.9%
1900 23,845 -3.6%
1910 22,667 -4.9%
1920 21,737 -4.1%
1930 21,077 -3%
1940 23,151 9.8%
1950 23,627 2.1%
1960 23,150 -2%
1970 25,039 8.2%
1980 27,916 11.5%
1990 30,411 8.9%
2000 37,586 23.6%
2010 45,058 19.9%
2013 estimate 45.901 1.9%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

According to the 2010 census , Bedford County had 45,058 people in 15,575 households. The population density was 36.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.74 people lived in each of the 15,575 households.

The racial the population was composed of 81.8 percent white, 7.9 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 11.3 percent of the population.

26.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,042  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,061. 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Bedford County

City

Towns

Census-designated place (CDP)

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Bedford County is divided into nine numbered districts:

District Population (2010) FIPS
1  4891 47-90004
2  5090 47-90194
3  5287 47-90384
4th  4589 47-90574
5  4605 47-90764
6th  4594 47-90954
7th  5455 47-91144
8th  5039 47-91334
9  5508 47-91524

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82001725. Retrieved August 13, 2014
  2. ^ Bedford County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Bedford County, TN. Retrieved August 13, 2014
  4. ↑ a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved August 13, 2014
  5. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 19 .
  6. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 9, 2018.
  7. ^ University of Virginia Library. Retrieved December 20, 2011
  8. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  9. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Tennessee  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 13, 2014@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

Commons : Bedford County, Tennessee  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 35 ° 31 ′  N , 86 ° 28 ′  W