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White County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Founded
- September 11, 1806
- Named after
- John White, early settler
- Seat
- Sparta
- Largest city
- Sparta
- Total
- 379 sq mi (980 km )
- Land
- 377 sq mi (980 km )
- Water
- 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 29,612
- Density
- 72.5/sq mi (28.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- whitecountytn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,351. Its county seat is Sparta. White County is in the Cookeville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.