Gibson County, Tennessee

administration
The Gibson County Courthouse in Trenton, listed on the NRHP with number 76001777
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Trenton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse One Court Square Trenton, TN 38382-0000
Foundation :	October 21, 1823
Made up from:	Chickasaw land
Area code :	001 731
Demographics
Residents :	49,683 (2010)
Population density :	31.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1563 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.gibsoncountygov.com

The Gibson County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 49,683 residents and a population density of 31.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Trenton .

geography

The county is located in western Tennessee, about 50 km to the north from Kentucky , to the west about 60 km from Missouri , and has an area of 1,563 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Gibson County:

Obion County		Weakley County
Dyer County		Carroll County
Crockett County	Madison County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	39,408	-
1910	41,630	5.6%
1920	43,388	4.2%
1930	46,528	7.2%
1940	44,835	-3.6%
1950	48.132	7.4%
1960	44,699	-7.1%
1970	47,871	7.1%
1980	49,467	3.3%
1990	46,315	-6.4%
2000	48,152	4%
2010	49,683	3.2%
1900-2000 2010

Gibson County was formed from Chickasaw Land on October 21, 1823. It was named after John H. Gibson (? -1823), an officer of the Natchez expedition and campaigns against the Creek -Indianer as part of the British-American war .

The Skullbone Store is one of the county's 20 listings in the NRHP.

20 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 1, 2020).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Gibson County had 49,683 people in 19,548 households. The population density was 31.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.47 people lived in each of the 19,548 households.

The racial the population was composed of 79.4 percent white, 18.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35,947 USD . The per capita income was 20,065 USD. 19.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.