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Moore County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- William Moore, state legislator
- Seat
- Lynchburg
- Largest city
- Lynchburg
- Mayor
- Sloan Stewart (R)
- Total
- 130 sq mi (340 km )
- Land
- 129 sq mi (330 km )
- Water
- 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,920
- Density
- 49/sq mi (19/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- Government & Education Services
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 6461
- Area
- 338
- Official website
- metromoorecounty.org
- Image
- Moore County Courthouse in Lynchburg Tennessee 4-8-2010.jpg
- Households
- 2599
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- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Moore County
- Commons category
- Moore County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1871-00-00
- per capita income
- 30430
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Moore 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 6,461, making it the third-least populous county in Tennessee. It forms a consolidated city-county government with its county seat of Lynchburg. At 130 square miles (340 km), it is the second-smallest county in Tennessee, behind only Trousdale. The county was created in 1871, during the Reconstruction era. Moore County is part of the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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