Lincoln County (Tennessee)

administration
Lincoln County Courthouse
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Fayetteville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 112 Main Avenue South Fayetteville, TN 37334-3032
Foundation :	November 14, 1809
Made up from:	Bedford County
Area code :	001 931
Demographics
Residents :	33,361 (2010)
Population density :	22.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1478 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.vallnet.com/lincolncounty

Lincoln County is a county in the state of Tennessee in the United States . The county seat is Fayetteville .

geography

The county is located in southern Tennessee, bordering Alabama and has an area of 1,478 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Bedford County , Moore County , Franklin County , Madison County, Alabama, Limestone County, Alabama, Giles County, and Marshall Counties .

history

Lincoln County was formed on November 14, 1809 from parts of Bedford County. It was named after Benjamin Lincoln , a Continental Army general in the American Revolutionary War and a key figure in the Battle of Yorktown .

The Whitaker-Motlow House is one of 16 entries for the county in the NRHP.

16 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 23, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	26,304	-
1910	25,908	-1.5%
1920	25,786	-0.5%
1930	25,422	-1.4%
1940	27.214	7%
1950	25,624	-5.8%
1960	23,829	-7%
1970	24,318	2.1%
1980	26,483	8.9%
1990	28,157	6.3%
2000	31,340	11.3%
2010	33,361	6.4%
1900-1990 2000

Lincoln County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Lincoln County had 31,340 people in 12,503 households and 9,077 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.26 percent white, 7.35 percent African American, 0.49 percent Native American, 0.32 percent Asian, 0.03 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.34 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.19 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.02 percent of the population.

Of the 12,503 households, 31.6 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.2 percent were married couples living together, 10.9 percent were single mothers, and 27.4 percent were non-families. 24.6 percent were single households and 11.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.47 and the average household size was 2.93 people.

23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24, 27.7 percent between 25 and 44, 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.6 percent were older than 65. The mean age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 93.9 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 90.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 33,434 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,211. Males had a median income of $ 30,917 versus $ 21,722 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,837. 10.0 percent of families and 13.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

↑ Lincoln County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . 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. 181 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 23, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Lincoln County, Tennessee , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

35.14 -86.59Coordinates: 35 ° 8 ′ N , 86 ° 35 ′ W

[1] Lincoln County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . 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. 181 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 23, 2018.

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

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

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