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Hancock County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- John Hancock
- Seat
- Sneedville
- Largest town
- Sneedville
- Total
- 223 sq mi (580 km )
- Land
- 222 sq mi (570 km )
- Water
- 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,075
- Density
- 31/sq mi (12/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .hancockcountytn .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Hancock
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Capital
- Sneedville
- Population
- 6662
- Area
- 579
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Claiborne County
- Official website
- www.hancockcountytn.com
- Image
- Hancock-county-courthouse-tn1.jpg
- Households
- 2731
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- Commons category
- Hancock County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Hancock County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1844-00-00
- different from
- Hancock County
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Hancock County
- per capita income
- 24237
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hancock County, Tennessee
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Encyclopedic overview
Hancock County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,662, making it the fourth-least populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Sneedville.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hancock County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.