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Lewis County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Founded
- December 23, 1843
- Named after
- Meriwether Lewis
- Seat
- Hohenwald
- Largest city
- Hohenwald
- Total
- 282 sq mi (730 km )
- Land
- 282 sq mi (730 km )
- Water
- 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,487
- Density
- 43/sq mi (17/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .lewiscountytn .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Meriwether Lewis
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Capital
- Hohenwald
- Population
- 12582
- Area
- 732
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Perry County
- Official website
- www.lewiscountytn.com
- Image
- Lewis County Courthouse, Tennessee.JPG
- Households
- 4837
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- Commons category
- Lewis County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Lewis County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1843-12-23
- different from
- Lewis County
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- native label
- Lewis County
- per capita income
- 21800
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Encyclopedic overview
Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,582. Its county seat is Hohenwald. The county is named for explorer Meriwether Lewis, who died and was buried at Grinder's Stand near Hohenwald in 1809.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lewis County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.