Obion County

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The Obion County Courthouse in Union City, listed on the NRHP with No. 95000340 [1]
The Obion County Courthouse in Union City, listed on the NRHP as # 95000340
administration
US state : Tennessee
Administrative headquarters : Union City
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
Court Square
Union City, TN 38261-0000
Foundation : October 24, 1823
Made up from: Chickasaw land
Area code : 001 731
Demographics
Residents : 31,807  (2010)
Population density : 22.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1438 km²
Water surface : 27 km²
map
Map of Obion County within Tennessee
Website : www.obioncountytn.com

The Obion County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 31,807 residents and a population density of 22.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Union City .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northwest of Tennessee, borders Kentucky to the north and has an area of ​​1,438 square kilometers, of which 27 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Obion County:

Fulton County,
Kentucky
Lake County Compass card (de) .svg Weakley County
Dyer County Gibson County

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 28,286 -
1910 29,946 5.9%
1920 28,393 -5.2%
1930 29,086 2.4%
1940 30,978 6.5%
1950 29,056 -6.2%
1960 26,957 -7.2%
1970 29,936 11.1%
1980 32,781 9.5%
1990 31,717 -3.2%
2000 32,450 2.3%
2010 31,807 -2%
1900-2000 2010

Obion County was formed from Chickasaw Land on October 24, 1823 . It was named after the Obion River , whose Indian name means "many peaks" and is related to its four bifurcations.

The Obion County Courthouse is one of 19 entries for the county in the NRHP.

19 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 27, 2018).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Obion County had 31,807 people in 12,662 households. The population density was 22.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 12,662 households.

The racial the population was composed of 87.6 percent white, 10.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.2 percent of the population.

22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,543  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,235. 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in Obion County

Citys

Towns

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Gibson County
2 - mostly in Dyer County

structure

Obion County is divided into seven numbered districts:

District Population (2010) FIPS
1 4459  47-90132
2 5110  47-90322
3 4245  47-90512
4th 4891  47-90702
5 4342  47-90892
6th 4507  47-91082
7th 4253  47-91272

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 95000340 Retrieved September 8, 2019
  2. ↑ Obion County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Accessed 22 February 2011
  3. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Obion County, TN ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been 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
  4. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 10, 2012
  5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  6. ↑ 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. 226 .
  7. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ 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 : Obion County, Tennessee  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 36 ° 22 ′  N , 89 ° 9 ′  W