Stewart County, Tennessee

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Stewart County Courthouse
Stewart County Courthouse
administration
US state : Tennessee
Administrative headquarters : Dover
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 487
Dover, TN 37058-0487
Foundation : November 1, 1803
Made up from: Montgomery County
Area code : 001 931
Demographics
Residents : 13,324  (2010)
Population density : 11.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1277 km²
Water surface : 90 km²
map
Map of Stewart County within Tennessee
Website : www.stewartcogov.com

The Stewart County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 13,324 residents and a population density of 11.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Dover .

geography

The county is located northwest of the geographic center of Tennessee on both sides of the Cumberland River and on the east bank of the Tennessee River, which is dammed up to Kentucky Lake . It borders Kentucky to the north and has an area of ​​1,277 square kilometers, 90 square kilometers of which is water. The following neighboring counties border Stewart County:

Calloway County,
Kentucky
Trigg County,
Kentucky
Christian County,
Kentucky
Henry County Compass card (de) .svg Montgomery County
Benton County Houston County

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 15,224 -
1910 14,860 -2.4%
1920 14,664 -1.3%
1930 13,278 -9.5%
1940 13,549 2%
1950 9175 -32.3%
1960 7851 -14.4%
1970 7319 -6.8%
1980 8665 18.4%
1990 9479 9.4%
2000 12,370 30.5%
2010 13,324 7.7%
1900-2000 2010

Stewart County was formed on November 1, 1803 from parts of Montgomery County. It was named after Duncan Stewart (1763-1819), the first lieutenant governor of the state of Mississippi (1817-1819) and a member of the Senate of Tennessee (1801-1807).

Artillery position at Fort Donelson National Battlefield .

15 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of September 4, 2018), including the Fort Donelson National Battlefield .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Stewart County had 13,324 people in 5,383 households. The population density was 11.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.44 people lived in each of the 5383 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.8 percent white, 1.8 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,214  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,670. 17.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Stewart County localities

City

Town

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Stewart County is divided into seven numbered districts:

District Population (2010) FIPS
1 1976 47-90162
2 1824 47-90352
3 1840 47-90542
4th 1855 47-90732
5 1762 47-90922
6th 2107 47-91112
7th 1960 47-91302

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Stewart County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  2. a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Stewart County, TN Retrieved September 12, 2012
  3. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 12, 2012
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. 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. 291 .
  6. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 4, 2018.
  7. Missouri Census Data Center - Tennessee  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 12, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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

Coordinates: 36 ° 30 ′  N , 87 ° 50 ′  W