Morgan County, Tennessee

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Morgan County Courthouse in Wartburg
Morgan County Courthouse in Wartburg
administration
US state : Tennessee
Administrative headquarters : Wartburg
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 387
Wartburg, TN 37887-0387
Foundation : October 15, 1817
Made up from: Roane County
Area code : 001 423
Demographics
Residents : 21,987  (2010)
Population density : 16.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1353 km²
Water surface : 1 km²
map
Map of Morgan County within Tennessee
Website : morgancountytn.gov. (English).

Morgan County is a county in the state of Tennessee in the United States . The county seat is Wartburg .

geography

The county is located in northeastern Tennessee, about 45 km north of Kentucky , and covers an area of ​​1,353 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Scott County , Anderson County , Roane County , Cumberland County, and Fentress County .

Localities

history

Morgan County was formed on October 14, 1817 from parts of Roane County. It was named after Daniel Morgan , an American pioneer, politician in the United States Congress and general in the American Revolutionary War .

RM Brooks General Store and Residence is one of the county's three listings on the NRHP.

Three buildings in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 26, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 9587 -
1910 11,458 19.5%
1920 13,285 15.9%
1930 13,603 2.4%
1940 15,242 12%
1950 15,727 3.2%
1960 14.304 -9%
1970 13,619 -4.8%
1980 16.604 21.9%
1990 17,300 4.2%
2000 19,757 14.2%
2010 21,987 11.3%
1900-1990

2000

Morgan County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Morgan County had 19,757 people in 6,990 households and 5,235 families. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.72 percent white, 2.23 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.12 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.14 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.59 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.61 percent of the population.

Of the 6,990 households, 33.5 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 60.7 percent were married couples living together, 10.3 percent were single mothers, and 25.1 percent were non-families. 22.1 percent were single households and 9.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.58 and the average household size was 3.01.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.8 percent between 18 and 24, 31.9 percent between 25 and 44, 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.5 percent were older than 65. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 114.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 116.4 males.

The median income for a household in the 27,712 USD , and the median income for a family was 31,901 USD. Males had a median income of $ 25,683 versus $ 18,606 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,925. 13.5 percent of families and 16.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Morgan County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . 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. 216 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  6. ^ Morgan County, Tennessee , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 36 ° 8 ′  N , 84 ° 38 ′  W