Crockett County, Tennessee

{{Infobox U.S. county

| county = Crockett County

| state = Tennessee

| ex image = Alamo-Crockett-County-Courthouse-tn.jpg

| ex image cap = Crockett County Courthouse in Alamo

| seal =

| founded = 1871

| named for = Davy CrockettAnnie Laurie James, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=332 Crockett County]," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved: June 25, 2013.

| seat wl = Alamo

| largest city wl = Bells

| city type = city

| area_total_sq_mi = 266

| area_land_sq_mi = 266

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

| area percentage = 0.08%

| census yr = 2020

| pop = 13911 {{decrease}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/crockettcountytennessee/PST045217 |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Crockett County, Tennessee |access-date=May 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116180940/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/crockettcountytennessee/PST045217 |archive-date=January 16, 2019 |url-status=dead }}

| density_sq_mi = 54

| time zone = Central

| footnotes =

| web =

| district = 8th

}}

Crockett County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,911.{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47033.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224134638/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47033.html|archive-date=December 24, 2015|url-status=dead}} Its county seat is Alamo.{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }} Crockett County is included in the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area.

History

Crockett County was formed in 1871 from portions of Haywood, Madison, Dyer and Gibson counties. It is named in honor of David Crockett, frontier humorist, soldier, Tennessee state legislator and U.S. congressman, and defender of the Alamo.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n95 96]}}

In 1876, in what apparently was a political rivalry gone bad,[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/tu_chet_ver01/data/sn83045160/00200293149/1876081501/0145.pdf Bloody Conflict, Memphis Daily Appeal, August 15, 1876] Crockett County Sheriff R. G. Harris and 19 other unidentified men removed four men from the county jail and beat them, killing one of them. The sheriff was arrested.[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/tu_brownie_ver01/data/sn85033673/00280779441/1876082301/0798.pdf Crockett County Troubles, Public Ledger, August 23, 1876, 3] In United States v. Harris (1883), the Supreme Court ruled that the Sheriff could not be prosecuted under federal law.[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=106&page=629 U.S. v. HARRIS, 106 U.S. 629 (1883)], Findlaw.com. Retrieved: June 25, 2013.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|266|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|266|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi}} (0.08%) is water.{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_47.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 2, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}

=Adjacent counties=

Gibson County (northeast)
Madison County (southeast)
Haywood County (south)
Lauderdale County (west)
Dyer County (northwest)

=State protected areas=

Horns Bluff Refuge (part)

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1880= 14109

|1890= 15146

|1900= 15867

|1910= 16076

|1920= 17438

|1930= 17359

|1940= 17330

|1950= 16624

|1960= 14594

|1970= 14402

|1980= 14941

|1990= 13378

|2000= 14532

|2010= 14586

|2020= 13911

|estref={{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2018.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=July 20, 2019}}

|align-fn=center

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 2, 2015}}
1790-1960{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=April 2, 2015|archive-date=December 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226073904/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}} 1900-1990{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/tn190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=April 2, 2015}}
1990-2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=April 2, 2015}} 2010-2014

}}

{{Stack|Image:USA Crockett County, Tennessee.csv age pyramid.svg data]]}}

=2020 census=

class="wikitable"

|+Crockett County racial composition{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US47033&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 8, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}

!Race

!Num.

!Perc.

White (non-Hispanic)

|10,056

|72.29%

Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

|1,879

|13.51%

Native American

|19

|0.14%

Asian

|25

|0.18%

Pacific Islander

|0.01%

Other/Mixed

|433

|3.11%

Hispanic or Latino

|1,498

|10.77%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 13,911 people, 5,491 households, and 3,700 families residing in the county.

=2000 census=

As of the census{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }} of 2000, there were 14,532 people, 5,632 households, and 4,066 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|55|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people|}}. There were 6,138 housing units at an average density of {{convert|23|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units }}. The racial makeup of the county was 81.96% White, 14.37% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 2.79% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. 5.46% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 5,632 households, out of which 32.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.40% were married couples living together, 11.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.80% were non-families. 25.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.10% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 28.30% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 15.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,015, and the median income for a family was $36,713. Males had a median income of $27,436 versus $21,073 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,600. About 13.20% of families and 16.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.50% of those under age 18 and 17.90% of those age 65 or over.

Media

=Radio=

WTJS Good News 93.1 - WTJS - Alamo - Contemporary Christian Music

=Newspaper=

The Crockett Times is the paper of record in Crockett County, Tennessee. Locally owned and operated, The Times publishes articles on Crockett County communities of Alamo, Bells, Crockett Mills, Friendship, Gadsden and Maury City, as well as surrounding areas. The Times also publicizes legal notices such as notice to creditors, foreclosure notices, adoption notices, and beer permits.

The newspaper is published once a week on Thursday. The Times began publishing in 1873 as the Crockett County Sentinel. In 1933, The Sentinel merged with two other newspapers and was renamed the Crockett Times.

Communities

=Cities=

=Towns=

Alamo (county seat)
Gadsden
Maury City

=Unincorporated communities=

Points of interest

Louise Pearson Memorial Arboretum

Politics

{{PresHead|place=Crockett County, Tennessee|source={{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 10, 2018}}}}

References

External links

[http://thecrockettreporter.com/ The Crockett Reporter]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
[http://crockettchamber.com/ Crockett County Chamber of Commerce]
[http://www.ccschools.net/ Crockett County Schools]
[http://www.tngenweb.org/crockett Crockett County, TNGenWeb] – genealogy resources

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = Crockett County, Tennessee

|North =

|Northeast = Gibson County

|East =

|Southeast = Madison County

|South = Haywood County

|Southwest =

|West = Lauderdale County

|Northwest = Dyer County

}}

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