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Putnam County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Founded
- February 11, 1854
- Named after
- Israel Putnam
- Seat
- Cookeville
- Largest city
- Cookeville
- County executive
- Randy Porter ( R )
- Total
- 403 sq mi (1,040 km )
- Land
- 401 sq mi (1,040 km )
- Water
- 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 86,612
- Density
- 199/sq mi (76.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 38501, 38502, 38503, 38505, 38506, 38544, 38545, 38548, 39574, 38582
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- putnamcountytn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Israel Putnam
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Capital
- Cookeville
- Population
- 79854
- Area
- 1043
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Jackson County
- Official website
- www.putnamcountytn.gov
- Image
- Putnam-County-Courthouse-tn1.jpg
- Households
- 31777
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- Commons category
- Putnam County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Putnam County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1854-02-11
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Putnam County, Tennessee
- different from
- Putnam County
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Putnam County
- social media followers
- 2285
- per capita income
- 25208
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Encyclopedic overview
Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,854. Its county seat is Cookeville. Putnam County is part of the Cookeville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Putnam County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.