File:Moore_County_Courthouse_in_Lynchburg_Tennessee_4-8-2010.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Moore County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Moore County, Tennessee, Moore County, TN
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
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moore County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.