Obion County
The Obion County Courthouse in Union City, listed on the NRHP as # 95000340 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Lake County | Weakley County | |
Dyer County | Gibson County |
history
Population development | |||
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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.
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
- Mason Hall 1st
- Midway
1 - partly in Gibson County
2 - mostly in Dyer County
structure
Obion County is divided into seven numbered districts:
District | Population (2010) | FIPS |
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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
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 95000340 Retrieved September 8, 2019
- ↑ Obion County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Accessed 22 February 2011
- ↑ 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
- ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 10, 2012
- ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 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. 226 .
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2018.
- ↑ 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
Web links
Coordinates: 36 ° 22 ′ N , 89 ° 9 ′ W