History of Van Buren County Tennessee United States of America

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Van Buren County History

Van Buren County was erected in 1840, from parts of White, Warren and Bledsoe counties and named for Martin Van Buren, who was president at that time. The first court was held on April 6, 1840, at Spencer, named for Thos. Sharp Spencer.

Burritt College, at Spencer, was established in the '50s, with accommodations for 250 students. Its influence on education in this section has been incalculable.

Statistics of Van Buren County: Population, 1920, 2,624. Assessed valuation of taxable property, 1921, $1,693,762. Area, 322 square miles. Number of farms, 432. Railway mileage, none. This county is well drained and has much fine timber and fine grazing lands for cattle and sheep. Staple products are corn, grasses, fruits and live stock. Spencer, the county seat, has a population of about three hundred, and has good schools and churches, a bank, and prosperous business establishments. Scholastic population of county, 1,013. High schools, one; elementary schools, twenty-one.

From: Moore, John Trotwood. Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923. Vol. 1. Chicago, IL, USA: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1923.

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