Lincoln County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Seat
- Fayetteville
- Largest city
- Fayetteville
- Total
- 571 sq mi (1,480 km )
- Land
- 570 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km ) 0.07%
- Estimate 2025
- 36,853
- Density
- 63/sq mi (24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .lincolncountytn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Contains
- Fayetteville
- Capital
- Fayetteville
- Population
- 35319
- Area
- 1478
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Marshall County
- Official website
- www.vallnet.com/lincolncounty
- Image
- Lincoln County Tennessee Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 13788
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- Commons category
- Lincoln County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Lincoln County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1809-11-14
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lincoln County, Tennessee
- water as percent of area
- 0.07
- native label
- Lincoln County
- different from
- Lincoln
- per capita income
- 28519
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Encyclopedic overview
Lincoln County is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,319. Its county seat and largest city is Fayetteville. The county is named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lincoln County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.