Campbell County, Tennessee

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Campbell County Courthouse
Campbell County Courthouse
administration
US state : Tennessee
Administrative headquarters : Jacksboro
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 435
Jacksboro, TN 37757-0435
Foundation : September 11, 1806
Made up from: Anderson County
Claiborne County
Area code : 001 423
Demographics
Residents : 40,716  (2010)
Population density : 32.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1290 km²
Water surface : 47 km²
map
Map of Campbell County within Tennessee
Website : www.campbellcountytn.gov

The Campbell County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 40,716 residents and a population density of 32.8 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 40,238. The county seat is Jacksboro .

Campbell County is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Knoxville .

geography

The county is located in northeast Tennessee and borders Kentucky to the north . It has an area of ​​1290 square kilometers, of which 47 square kilometers are water.

In the southeast, the county is bounded by Norris Lake , a reservoir of the Clinch River and Powell River , which belong to the Mississippi River basin via the Tennessee River and the Ohio .

The following neighboring counties border Campbell County:

McCreary County
( Kentucky )
Whitley County,
Kentucky
Scott County Compass card (de) .svg Claiborne County
Anderson County Union County

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 17,317 -
1910 27,387 58.2%
1920 28,265 3.2%
1930 26,827 -5.1%
1940 31,131 16%
1950 34,369 10.4%
1960 27,936 -18.7%
1970 26,045 -6.8%
1980 34,923 34.1%
1990 35,079 0.4%
2000 39,854 13.6%
2010 40,716 2.2%
2013 estimate 40,238 -1.2%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Campbell County was formed on September 11, 1806 from parts of Anderson County and Claiborne County. The background of the naming is not completely clear: The county could be named after Arthur Campbell (1742-1811), who was the commanding officer of the border militia during the American Revolutionary War , or after George Washington Campbell (1769-1848), who among other things was Senator , Minister, judge and ambassador to Russia .

The Jellico Commercial Historic District is one of the county's six entries in the NRHP.

Six buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 10, 2018).

population

According to the 2010 census , Campbell County had 40,716 people in 15,959 households. The population density was 32.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 15,959 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

21.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 31,943  USD . The per capita income was $ 16,812. 23.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Campbell County localities

Citys , Towns and Census-designated places (CDP) :

place Residents
2010
Residents
2013
Type
La Follette 7456 7251 City
Jellico 2355 2304 City
Caryville 2297 2257 Town
Jacksboro 2020 1996 Town
Rocky Top 1 1781 1777 City
Fincastle 1618 1417 CDP

1 - mostly in Anderson County

Other unincorporated communities not recorded separately from the census :

structure

Campbell County is divided into five numbered districts:

District Population (2010) FIPS
1 8795 47-90014
2 7145 47-90204
3 8672 47-90394
4th 8538 47-90584
5 7566 47-90774

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Campbell County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  2. a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Campbell County, TN Retrieved February 18, 2015
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties. Retrieved February 18, 2015
  4. Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  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. 42 .
  6. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 10, 2018.
  7. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 18, 2015
  8. Census Data Center - Tennessee  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 18, 2015@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 36 ° 25 ′  N , 84 ° 9 ′  W