Cannon County

administration
Cannon County Courthouse
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Woodbury
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse Courthouse Square Woodbury, TN 37190
Foundation :	January 31, 1836
Made up from:	Coffee County Rutherford County Warren County Wilson County
Area code :	001 615
Demographics
Residents :	13,801 (2010)
Population density :	20.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	688 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Cannon County is a county in the state of Tennessee in the United States . The county seat is Woodbury , named after General Levi Woodbury , Secretary of the Navy under President Andrew Jackson .

geography

The county is located just east of the geographic center of Tennessee and covers an area of 688 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered clockwise by DeKalb County , Warren County , Coffee County , Rutherford County, and Wilson Counties .

history

Cannon County was formed on January 31, 1836 from parts of Coffe County, Rutherford County, Warren County and Wilson County. It was named after Newton Cannon , a governor of Tennessee.

The Baptist Female College-Adams House is one of seven entries for the county in the NRHP.

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

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	12.121	-
1910	10,825	-10.7%
1920	10,241	-5.4%
1930	8935	-12.8%
1940	9880	10.6%
1950	9174	-7.1%
1960	8537	-6.9%
1970	8467	-0.8%
1980	10,234	20.9%
1990	10,467	2.3%
2000	12,826	22.5%
2010	13,801	7.6%
1900-1990 2000

Cannon County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Cannon County had 12,826 people in 4,998 households and 3,643 families. The population density was 19 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.87 percent white, 1.46 percent African American, 0.33 percent Native American, 0.12 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.40 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.81 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.22 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,998 households, 33.3 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.6 percent were married couples living together, 9.9 percent were single mothers, and 27.1 percent were non-families. 24.3 percent were single households and 10.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average household size was 2.99 people.

25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.3 percent between 18 and 24, 28.9 percent between 25 and 44, 23.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.7 percent were older than 65. The mean age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 96.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 32,809 , and the median income for a family is $ 38,424. Males had a median income of $ 28,659 versus $ 21,489 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,405. 9.6 percent of families and 12.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

^ Cannon County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ 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. 43 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 10, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
^ Cannon County, Tennessee , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

35.81 -86.06Coordinates: 35 ° 49 ′ N , 86 ° 4 ′ W

[1] Cannon County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011

[2] 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. 43 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 10, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

[6] Cannon County, Tennessee , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .