Grainger County

administration
Grainger County Courthouse
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Rutledge
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 126, Rutledge, TN 37861-0126
Foundation :	April 22, 1796
Made up from:	Hawkins County Knox County
Area code :	001 865
Demographics
Residents :	22,657 (2010)
Population density :	31.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	783 km²
Water surface :	57 km²
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Grainger County is a county in the state of Tennessee in the United States . The county seat is Rutledge .

geography

The county is located in northeast Tennessee, about 35 km to the north from the southwest corner of Virginia , and has an area of 783 square kilometers, of which 57 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Hancock County , Hamblen County , Jefferson County , Knox County , Union County, and Claiborne Counties .

history

Grainger County was formed on April 22, 1796 from parts of Hawkins County and Knox County. It was named after Mary Grainger Blount , wife of William Blount , governor of the Southwest Territory that later became Tennessee.

The Tate Springs Springhouse is one of the county's seven entries in the NRHP.

Seven buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 14, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	15,512	-
1910	13,888	-10.5%
1920	13,369	-3.7%
1930	12,737	-4.7%
1940	14,356	12.7%
1950	13,086	-8.8%
1960	12,506	-4.4%
1970	13,948	11.5%
1980	16,751	20.1%
1990	17,095	2.1%
2000	20,659	20.8%
2010	22,657	9.7%
1900-1990 2000

Grainger County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Grainger County had 20,659 people in 8,270 households and 6,161 families. The population density was 28 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.41 percent white, 0.32 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.09 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island region and 0.40 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.61 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.09 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,270 households, 31.4 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 61.9 percent were married couples living together, 8.8 percent were single mothers, and 25.5 percent were non-families. 22.5 percent were single households and 9.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average household size was 2.89 people.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24, 30.5 percent between 25 and 44, 25.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.5 percent were older than 65. The mean age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 99.0 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 96.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,997 , and the median income for a family is $ 33,347. Males had a median income of $ 25,781 versus $ 19,410 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,505. 15.1 percent of families and 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

^ Grainger 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. 116 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 14, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
^ Grainger County, Tennessee , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

36.28 -83.51Coordinates: 36 ° 17 ′ N , 83 ° 31 ′ W

[1] Grainger 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. 116 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 14, 2018.

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

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

[6] Grainger County, Tennessee , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .