Bedford County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Founded
- December 7, 1807
- Named after
- Thomas Bedford
- Seat
- Shelbyville
- Largest city
- Shelbyville
- Total
- 475 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Land
- 474 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Water
- 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 55,273
- Density
- 105.99/sq mi (40.92/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .bedfordcountytn .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Contains
- Shelbyville
- Capital
- Shelbyville
- Population
- 50237
- Area
- 1230
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Coffee County
- Official website
- www.bedfordcountytn.gov
- Image
- Bedford County Tennessee Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 17490
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- Commons category
- Bedford County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Bedford County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1807-12-03
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bedford County, Tennessee
- different from
- Bedford County
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Bedford County
- topic has template
- Template:Bedford County, Tennessee
- per capita income
- 26134
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Encyclopedic overview
Bedford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 50,237. Its county seat is Shelbyville. Bedford County comprises the Shelbyville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bedford County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.