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Dickson County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Founded
- October 25, 1803
- Named after
- William Dickson
- Seat
- Charlotte
- Largest city
- Dickson
- Total
- 491 sq mi (1,270 km )
- Land
- 490 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Water
- 1.4 sq mi (3.6 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 58,662
- Density
- 110/sq mi (43/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 615 , 629
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- dicksoncountytn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 54315
- Area
- 1272
- Official website
- dicksoncountytn.gov
- Image
- Dickson-county-courthouse-tn1.jpg
- Households
- 19559
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- Commons category
- Dickson County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1803-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Dickson County
- per capita income
- 29125
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Article
Dickson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,315. Its county seat is Charlotte. Dickson County is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Dickson County is home to Tennessee's oldest courthouse in continuous use, built in 1835. This is the second courthouse in Charlotte as the first one, a log building, was destroyed in the Tornado of 1833, which destroyed all but one building on the courthouse square.
History