History of Sequatchie County Tennessee United States of America

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Sequatchie County History

Sequatchie County was erected in 1857, out of Hamilton County, and was named for Sequatchie Valley and the Sequatchie River. It is traversed by the Sequatchie Valley which is very fertile. This county is rich in deposits of coal and iron. The county seat is Dunlap.

Statistics of Sequatchie County: Population, 1920, 3,632. Assessed valuation of taxable property, 1921, $2,168,407. Area, 250 square miles. Number of farms, 339. Railway mileage, 14. Drained by the Sequatchie River and intersected by the Sequatchie Valley. Soil in the valleys is very fertile. One of the best grape producing sections in the South. Fine hardwoods are found. Mineral resources are limestone, coal and iron ore. Corn, wheat, oats, grass and live stock are staple products. Fine grazing lands for cattle. Traversed by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. Dunlap, the county seat, has a population of 1,465, and is a flourishing town with good schools, churches, business establishments, and a weekly newspaper. Scholastic population of county, 1,584; high schools, 1; elementary schools, 13.

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