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Lewis County was formed in 1843 from parts of Perry, Hickman, Lawrence, Maury and Wayne counties. [1] It was named for explorer Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. [4] Lewis's grave is located at the geographic center of the county. The bill for its creation was proposed by Powhatan Gordon in the Tennessee State Senate. [5]
Advertisement for home demonstration event held in Winston County, Mississippi in 1931. Traditionally, each county of all the 50 states had a local extension office. This number has declined as some county offices have consolidated into regional extension centers. Today, there are approximately 2,900 extension offices nationwide.
Washington County is Tennessee's oldest county, having been established in 1777 when the state was still part of North Carolina. [4] Washington County is part of the Johnson City, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area, commonly known as the "Tri-Cities ...
Counties of Tennessee Location State of Tennessee Number 95 Populations 5,128 (Pickett) - 910,042 (Shelby) Areas 114 sq mi (300 km 2) (Trousdale) -755 sq mi (1,960 km 2) (Shelby) Government County government Subdivisions cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place There are 95 counties in the U.S. State of Tennessee. As of 2023, Shelby County was both Tennessee's most ...
Nov. 3—Between now and the deadline for the county's comprehensive plan update in June of 2025, residents in unincorporated parts of Lewis County have a once-in-a-decade opportunity to share ...
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — With early voting underway and the Nov. 5 election day quickly approaching, Democratic candidates in Washington County, Tennessee took the opportunity to meet ...
"From Canning to Contraceptives: Cooperative Extension Service Home Demonstration Clubs and Rural Montana Women in the Post-World War II Era" (PDF). Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 61: 3. USDA (1951). The Home Demonstration Agent. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Ward, Florence E. (January 1921).
Hohenwald is a city in and the county seat of Lewis County, Tennessee. [6] The population was 3,757 at the 2010 census. The name "Hohenwald" derives from German meaning “High Forest". Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, died and was buried seven miles east of the town at Grinder's Stand in 1809.