Lake County, Tennessee

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Lake County Courthouse
Lake County Courthouse
administration
US state : Tennessee
Administrative headquarters : Tiptonville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
229 Church Street
Tiptonville, TN 38079-1162
Foundation : June 24, 1870
Made up from: Obion County
Area code : 001 731
Demographics
Residents : 7832  (2010)
Population density : 18.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 502 km²
Water surface : 79 km²
map
Map of Lake County within Tennessee
Website : www.lakecountytn.com

The Lake County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 7,832 people and a population density of 18.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Tiptonville .

geography

The county is located in the extreme northwest of Tennessee, bordered to the west by the Mississippi River on Missouri and to the north on Kentucky . It has an area of ​​502 square kilometers, of which 79 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Lake County:

New Madrid County
(Missouri) 		Fulton County,
Kentucky
Pemiscot County,
Missouri 		Compass card (de) .svg Obion County
Dyer County

history

Lake County was formed on June 24, 1870 from parts of Obion County. It was named after Reelfoot Lake , a lake in this area that was formed by the New Madrid earthquake of 1811 .

Caldwell-Hopson House (2013)

A structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of August 18, 2018.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 7368 -
1910 8704 18.1%
1920 9075 4.3%
1930 10,486 15.5%
1940 11,235 7.1%
1950 11,655 3.7%
1960 9572 -17.9%
1970 7896 -17.5%
1980 7455 -5.6%
1990 7129 -4.4%
2000 7954 11.6%
2010 7832 -1.5%
1900-2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Lake County had 7,832 people in 2,300 households. The population density was 18.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.44 people lived in each of the 2300 households.

The racial the population was composed of 70.0 percent white, 28.1 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.

16.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 69.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.9 percent were 65 years or older. 36.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 24,700  USD . The per capita income was $ 11,813. 28.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Lake County localities

Citys

Unincorporated Community

structure

Lake County is divided into four numbered districts:

District Population (2010) FIPS
1 2538 47-90096
2 1466 47-90286
3 1857 47-90476
4th 1971 47-90666

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lake County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Lake County, TN ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 10, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  3. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 10, 2012
  4. ↑ 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. 169 .
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 18, 2018.
  6. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  7. ↑ 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 September 10, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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

Coordinates: 36 ° 20 ′  N , 89 ° 29 ′  W