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<span>Town</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Town-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unincorporated_communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unincorporated_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Unincorporated communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unincorporated_communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_K%C5%ABn_(Tennessee)" title="Houston Kūn (Tennessee) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Houston Kūn (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Хюстън (окръг, Тенеси) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хюстън (окръг, Тенеси)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_County,_Tennessee" title="Houston County, Tennessee – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Houston County, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Tennessee)" title="Houston County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Tennessee) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Houston County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_County,_Tennessee" title="Houston County, Tennessee – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Houston County, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_County_(Tennessee)" title="Houston County (Tennessee) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Houston County (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A7%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD_(%CE%A4%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%AF)" title="Κομητεία Χιούστον (Τενεσί) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Χιούστον (Τενεσί)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Houston_(Tennessee)" title="Condado de Houston (Tennessee) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Houston (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_konderria_(Tennessee)" title="Houston konderria (Tennessee) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Houston konderria (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="شهرستان هیوستون، تنسی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان هیوستون، تنسی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Houston_(Tennessee)" title="Comté de Houston (Tennessee) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Houston (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Houston,_Tennessee" title="Contae Houston, Tennessee – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Houston, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A)" title="هیوستون ٚ شأرستان (تنسي) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="هیوستون ٚ شأرستان (تنسي)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9C%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B4%EA%B5%B0_(%ED%85%8C%EB%84%A4%EC%8B%9C%EC%A3%BC)" title="휴스턴군 (테네시주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="휴스턴군 (테네시주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D4%B9%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%AB)" title="Հյուստոն շրջան (Թենեսի) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հյուստոն շրջան (Թենեսի)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF" title="হাউসটন কাউন্টি, টেনেসি – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="হাউসটন কাউন্টি, টেনেসি" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Houston_(Tennessee)" title="Contea di Houston (Tennessee) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Houston (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Comitatus_(Tennesia)" title="Houston Comitatus (Tennesia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Houston Comitatus (Tennesia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_megye_(Tennessee)" title="Houston megye (Tennessee) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Houston megye (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C)" title="هیوستون شهرستان (تنسی) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="هیوستون شهرستان (تنسی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_G%C3%B4ng_(Tennessee)" title="Houston Gông (Tennessee) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Houston Gông (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_County_(Tennessee)" title="Houston County (Tennessee) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Houston County (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%86%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E5%B7%9E)" title="ヒューストン郡 (テネシー州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヒューストン郡 (テネシー州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Хьюстон (гуо, Теннесси) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Хьюстон (гуо, Теннесси)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" 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aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.28°N 87.71°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.28; -87.71</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">County in Tennessee, United States</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">County in Tennessee</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output 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.infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Houston County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Houston_County_Courthouse,_Erin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Houston County Courthouse in April 2014"><img alt="Houston County Courthouse in April 2014" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Houston_County_Courthouse%2C_Erin.jpg/300px-Houston_County_Courthouse%2C_Erin.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Houston_County_Courthouse%2C_Erin.jpg/450px-Houston_County_Courthouse%2C_Erin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Houston_County_Courthouse%2C_Erin.jpg/600px-Houston_County_Courthouse%2C_Erin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Houston County Courthouse in April 2014</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Houston_County,_Tennessee.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Houston County"><img alt="Flag of Houston County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.svg/100px-Flag_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.svg/150px-Flag_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.svg/200px-Flag_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_Houston_County,_Tennessee.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Houston County"><img alt="Official logo of Houston County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Logo_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.gif/100px-Logo_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.gif" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Logo_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.gif/150px-Logo_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Logo_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.gif/200px-Logo_of_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.gif 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="259" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Logo</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Tennessee"><img alt="Map of Tennessee highlighting Houston County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3907" data-file-height="958" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tennessee_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tennessee's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Tennessee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Tennessee_in_United_States.svg/300px-Tennessee_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Tennessee_in_United_States.svg/450px-Tennessee_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Tennessee_in_United_States.svg/600px-Tennessee_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Tennessee's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Houston_County,_Tennessee&params=36.28_N_87.71_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°17′N</span> <span class="longitude">87°43′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.28°N 87.71°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.28; -87.71</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1871<sup id="cite_ref-state.tn.us_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tn.us-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston" title="Sam Houston">Sam Houston</a><sup id="cite_ref-tehc_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Erin,_Tennessee" title="Erin, Tennessee">Erin</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Erin</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">207 sq mi (540 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">200 sq mi (500 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">6.7 sq mi (17 km<sup>2</sup>)  3.2%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">8,283 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">42/sq mi (16/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 7th congressional district">7th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.explorehoustoncountytn.com/">www<wbr />.explorehoustoncountytn<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Houston County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the population was 8,283. Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Erin,_Tennessee" title="Erin, Tennessee">Erin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county was founded in 1871.<sup id="cite_ref-state.tn.us_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tn.us-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was named for <a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston" title="Sam Houston">Sam Houston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 207 square miles (540 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 200 square miles (520 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 6.7 square miles (17 km<sup>2</sup>) (3.2%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_County,_Tennessee" title="Stewart County, Tennessee">Stewart County</a> - north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Tennessee" title="Montgomery County, Tennessee">Montgomery County</a> - northeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickson_County,_Tennessee" title="Dickson County, Tennessee">Dickson County</a> - east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphreys_County,_Tennessee" title="Humphreys County, Tennessee">Humphreys County</a> - south</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Tennessee" title="Benton County, Tennessee">Benton County</a> - west</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_Route_13_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Route 13 (Tennessee)">State Route 13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Route_46_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Route 46 (Tennessee)">State Route 46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Route_49_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Route 49 (Tennessee)">State Route 49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Route_147_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Route 147 (Tennessee)">State Route 147</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Route_149_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Route 149 (Tennessee)">State Route 149</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Route_231_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Route 231 (Tennessee)">State Route 231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Route_232_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Route 232 (Tennessee)">State Route 232</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid 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href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>4,295</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>5,390</td><td></td><td>25.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>6,476</td><td></td><td>20.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>6,224</td><td></td><td>−3.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>6,212</td><td></td><td>−0.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>5,555</td><td></td><td>−10.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>6,432</td><td></td><td>15.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>5,318</td><td></td><td>−17.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>4,794</td><td></td><td>−9.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>5,845</td><td></td><td>21.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>6,871</td><td></td><td>17.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>7,018</td><td></td><td>2.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>8,088</td><td></td><td>15.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>8,426</td><td></td><td>4.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>8,283</td><td></td><td>−1.7%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2020<sup id="cite_ref-QF_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020_Census_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_Census-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Houston_County,_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/USA_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg/150px-USA_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/USA_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg/225px-USA_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/USA_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg/300px-USA_Houston_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Age pyramid Houston County<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <caption>Houston County racial composition<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Race </th> <th scope="col">Number </th> <th scope="col">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>7,491 </td> <td>90.44% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>200 </td> <td>2.41% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </th> <td>32 </td> <td>0.39% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </th> <td>16 </td> <td>0.19% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a> </th> <td>8 </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </th> <td>334 </td> <td>4.03% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> </th> <td>202 </td> <td>2.44% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 8,283 people, 2,878 households, and 1,750 families residing in the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR8_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 8,088 people, 3,216 households, and 2,299 families residing in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 40.4 people per square mile (15.6 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 3,901 housing units at an average density of 19.5 per square mile (7.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 94.58% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 3.31% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.19% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 0.12% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.06% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.78% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 0.95% from two or more races. 1.25% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 3,216 households, out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.50% were non-families. 25.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.92. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.40% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 25.60% from 45 to 64, and 16.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.00 males. </p><p> The median income for a household in the county was $29,968, and the median income for a family was $35,395. Males had a median income of $29,528 versus $19,983 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $15,614. About 14.30% of families and 18.10% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 23.20% of those under age 18 and 20.80% of those age 65 or over.</p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like many other <a href="/wiki/Rural" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural">rural</a> southern and/or <a href="/wiki/Appalachia" title="Appalachia">Appalachian</a> counties, Houston County was a Democratic stronghold at the presidential level, but due to a combination of factors (such as the party's national shift on social liberalism, a direct contrast to the social conservatism of the region; and a lack of support for workers in these counties, the county (and state as a whole) has sped rapidly toward the Republican Party. The county's last Democratic presidential preference, Obama, won here in 2008, but by a much closer margin than any winning Democrat in recent memory. </p><p>Today's Houston County is as solidly Republican as historically GOP-friendly <a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East Tennessee</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright sticky-header-multi" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Houston County, Tennessee<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2024 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,989 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>78.45%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">773 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20.29% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">48 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,718 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>73.74%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">871 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23.63% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">97 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.63% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,182 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>68.88%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">866 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.34% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">120 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,579 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.16%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,400 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.25% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">48 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,608 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.94% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,678 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.03%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">68 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2004 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,440 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.02% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,126 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.09%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.89% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">993 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.76% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,081 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.55%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">53 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">742 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26.34% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,868 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.31%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">207 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1992 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">648 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21.96% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,012 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.18%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">291 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.86% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1988 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">882 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37.26% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,467 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>61.98%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.76% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1984 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">882 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.68% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,716 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65.52%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1980 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">738 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.04% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,757 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.15%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">46 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">407 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16.77% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,990 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>81.99%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">30 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1972 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">800 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.38% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">870 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.43%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">55 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D99FE8"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">232 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.82% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">636 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.16% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">941 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>52.02%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">287 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15.44% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,572 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>84.56%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1960 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">366 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23.87% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,150 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>75.02%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1956 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">340 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">24.55% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,033 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.58%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1952 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">465 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27.45% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,229 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>72.55%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">202 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13.88% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,159 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>79.66%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">94 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1944 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">248 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20.26% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">976 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>79.74%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1940 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">229 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17.21% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,093 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>82.12%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1936 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">193 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19.18% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">813 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>80.82%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1932 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">112 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.92% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">750 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>86.51%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1928 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">374 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.18%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">258 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.82% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1924 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">97 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16.84% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">444 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>77.08%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1920 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">385 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.27% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">790 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.22%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1916 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">207 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23.60% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">627 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>71.49%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">43 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1912 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">172 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.92% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">586 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.47%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">151 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">16.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1908 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">288 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.45% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">665 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.00%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">287 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.00% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">555 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>61.87%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">55 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1900 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">341 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30.89% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">738 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.85%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1896 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">343 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">896 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>70.16%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">38 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1892 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">206 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20.48% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">704 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.98%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">96 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">259 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.69% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">745 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>73.91%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1884 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">174 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21.64% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">630 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>78.36%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1880 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1880</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">127 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19.57% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">522 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>80.43%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1876 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1876</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">100 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16.61% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">502 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>83.39%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1872 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1872</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">94 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17.00% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">459 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>83.00%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The Board of Commissioners meets at the Houston County Courthouse the third Monday of odd months (January, March, May, July, September, November). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_officials">Elected officials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elected officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>County Mayor:</b> Joey Brake <sup id="cite_ref-HCMayor_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCMayor-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>County Clerk:</b> Robert Brown<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Administrator of Elections:</b> Annette Pulley</li> <li><b>Property Assessor:</b> Joy Hooper</li> <li><b>Register of Deeds:</b> Sherrill Potts Moore</li> <li><b>County Trustee:</b> Jimmy Lowery</li> <li><b>County Highway Department Superintendent:</b> Teresa Alsobrooks</li> <li><b>County Circuit Court Clerk:</b> Donna Potts Vincent</li> <li><b>General Sessions & Juvenile Judge:</b> W. Sidney Vinson</li> <li><b>Sheriff:</b> Kevin L. Sugg</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commissioners">Commissioners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Commissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>District 1:</b> William C. Agy and Ann Fielder<sup id="cite_ref-HCMayor_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCMayor-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>District 2:</b> Randall French and J. Steve Hall</li> <li><b>District 3:</b> Glen Baggett and Danny Warren</li> <li><b>District 4:</b> Charles Darrell Kingsmill and Howard Spurgeon</li> <li><b>District 5:</b> Lance Uffelman and Vickie Reedy</li> <li><b>District 6:</b> Joey Brake and Chris Pitts</li> <li><b>District 7:</b> Brant Lamastus and Tony Hayes</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Houston County was historically one of the state's most <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> counties, however, like other <a href="/wiki/Social_conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Social conservatism in the United States">socially conservative</a> rural counties, it has trended hard right in recent years. Formerly a part of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 8th congressional district">Tennessee's 8th congressional district</a>, which was represented by <a href="/wiki/Blue_Dog_Coalition" title="Blue Dog Coalition">Blue Dog Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Tanner_(Tennessee_politician)" title="John Tanner (Tennessee politician)">John Tanner</a>, Houston County is now part of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 7th congressional district">Tennessee's 7th congressional district</a> and is represented by Republican <a href="/wiki/Mark_Green_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Mark Green (Tennessee politician)">Mark Green</a>. </p><p>The county was formerly among the most consistently Democratic in the state on presidential elections. Democratic candidates failed to carry Houston County at the presidential level only twice prior to 2012. In 1928, <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> presidential candidate to ever carry Houston County, due to anti-Catholic voting against <a href="/wiki/Al_Smith" title="Al Smith">Al Smith</a> in this "Bible Belt" region.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second non-Democrat to carry Houston County was <a href="/wiki/George_Wallace" title="George Wallace">George Wallace</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Party" title="American Independent Party">American Independent Party</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" title="1968 United States presidential election">1968 presidential election</a>, following which Houston County became one of only six Wallace counties to vote for <a href="/wiki/George_McGovern" title="George McGovern">George McGovern</a> against <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>'s 3,000-plus-county landslide of 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008 presidential election</a>, when most other traditionally Democratic counties in the state voted for <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a>, Houston County supported <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>. However, the county's vote has been shifting Republican as reflected by <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s winning margin of barely more than 2%, the lowest margin among all Democratic presidential candidates who have carried Houston County since its creation.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012 presidential election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> became the first Republican in 80 years to win the county.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Republican Senator <a href="/wiki/Bob_Corker" title="Bob Corker">Bob Corker</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Republican Representative <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Blackburn" title="Marsha Blackburn">Marsha Blackburn</a> also won the county.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the county swung hard to the right, with Republican <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> winning it by more than 40 percentage points, a massive shift from Romney's margin of less than 6 points. As such, the county has become substantially more Republican than the state as a whole, voting similarly to the rock-ribbed Republican counties of <a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East Tennessee</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_high_schools">Public high schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Public high schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Houston County High School - (Students: 465; Location: 2500 State Route 149; Grades: 09 - 12)</li> <li>Houston County Adult High School - (Students: 2; Location: 3573 West Main Street; Grades: 11 - 12)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_primary/middle_schools"><span id="Public_primary.2Fmiddle_schools"></span>Public primary/middle schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Public primary/middle schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Erin Elementary School - (Students: 456; Location: 6500 State Route 13; Grades: KG - 05)</li> <li>Tennessee Ridge Elementary School - (Students: 280; Location: 135 School Street; Grades: KG - 05)</li> <li>Houston County Middle School - (Students: 338; Location: 1241 West Main Street; Grades: 06 - 08)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>FM radio:</b> <a href="/wiki/WENK-WTPR" class="mw-redirect" title="WENK-WTPR">WTPR-FM 101.7</a> "The Greatest Hits of All Time"</li> <li><b>Weekly newspaper:</b> <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County_Herald&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Houston County Herald (page does not exist)">Houston County Herald </a></i></li> <li>""Tv Station""<a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Creek_Basin_Network&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wells Creek Basin Network (page does not exist)">Wells Creek Basin Network</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City">City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erin,_Tennessee" title="Erin, Tennessee">Erin</a> (county seat)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Town">Town</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Ridge,_Tennessee" title="Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee">Tennessee Ridge</a> (small part in <a href="/wiki/Stewart_County,_Tennessee" title="Stewart County, Tennessee">Stewart County</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McKinnon,_Tennessee" title="McKinnon, Tennessee">McKinnon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart,_Tennessee" title="Stewart, Tennessee">Stewart</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Tennessee#Houston_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee">National Register of Historic Places listings in Houston County, Tennessee</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>History of Houston County, Tennessee 1871 - 1996 - History and Families</i>. Nashville: Turner Publishing Company (1995). <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em 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Tennessee counties of <a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Tennessee" title="Perry County, Tennessee">Perry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stewart_County,_Tennessee" title="Stewart County, Tennessee">Stewart</a>, plus the three Alabama Black Belt counties of <a href="/wiki/Bullock_County,_Alabama" title="Bullock County, Alabama">Bullock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lowndes_County,_Alabama" title="Lowndes County, Alabama">Lowndes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilcox_County,_Alabama" title="Wilcox County, Alabama">Wilcox</a> where Negro voter registration was severely delayed after <a href="/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965" title="Voting Rights Act of 1965">the Voting Rights Act</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houston_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-state.tn.us-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-state.tn.us_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-state.tn.us_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/facthouston.htm">Tennessee State Library and Archives, Genealogical "Fact sheets" about counties</a>. "Houston County: Houston County was formed in 1871 from Dickson, Humphreys and Montgomery Counties. Acts of Tennessee 1870-71, Chapter 46." Retrieved December 7, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tehc-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tehc_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Charles Lovelady and Nina Finley, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=662">Houston County</a>," <i>Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture</i>. Retrieved: October 17, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GR6-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GR6_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx">"Find a County"</a>. 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2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg/180px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg/270px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg/360px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Houston_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3907" data-file-height="958" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">Town</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Ridge,_Tennessee" title="Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee">Tennessee Ridge</a>‡</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated<br /> communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McKinnon,_Tennessee" title="McKinnon, Tennessee">McKinnon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart,_Tennessee" title="Stewart, Tennessee">Stewart</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" 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title="Category:Tourist attractions in Tennessee">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Tennessee" title="List of colleges and universities in Tennessee">Colleges and universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Tennessee" title="Crime in Tennessee">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Tennessee" title="Demographics of Tennessee">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Tennessee" title="Economy of Tennessee">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Tennessee" title="Education in Tennessee">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Tennessee">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tennessee" title="Music of Tennessee">Music</a></li> <li>Media <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Tennessee" title="List of newspapers in Tennessee">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Tennessee" title="List of radio stations in Tennessee">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Tennessee" title="List of television stations in Tennessee">TV</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Divisions_of_Tennessee" title="Grand Divisions of Tennessee">Grand Divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee" title="Middle Tennessee">Middle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Tennessee" title="West Tennessee">West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Appalachian_Valley" title="Great Appalachian Valley">Great Appalachian Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Rim" title="Highland Rim">Highland Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Alluvial Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_embayment" title="Mississippi embayment">Mississippi embayment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Basin" title="Nashville Basin">Nashville Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities,_Tennessee" title="Tri-Cities, Tennessee">Tri-Cities</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Tennessee" title="List of municipalities in Tennessee">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee" title="Chattanooga, Tennessee">Chattanooga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_Tennessee" title="Clarksville, Tennessee">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee" title="Murfreesboro, Tennessee">Murfreesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Tennessee" title="Franklin, Tennessee">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendersonville,_Tennessee" title="Hendersonville, Tennessee">Hendersonville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_of_Tennessee" title="List of metropolitan areas of Tennessee">Metropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_metropolitan_area" title="Chattanooga metropolitan area">Chattanooga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville_metropolitan_area" title="Clarksville metropolitan area">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Jackson metropolitan area, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City metropolitan area, Tennessee">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport%E2%80%93Bristol%E2%80%93Bristol_metropolitan_area" title="Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol metropolitan area">Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_metropolitan_area" title="Knoxville metropolitan area">Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_metropolitan_area" title="Memphis metropolitan area">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morristown_metropolitan_area" title="Morristown metropolitan area">Morristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_metropolitan_area" title="Nashville metropolitan area">Nashville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">Combined<br />statistical areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga%E2%80%93Cleveland%E2%80%93Dalton_combined_statistical_area" title="Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton combined statistical area">Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Micropolitan_statistical_area" title="Micropolitan statistical area">Micropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cookeville_micropolitan_area" title="Cookeville micropolitan area">Cookeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tullahoma%E2%80%93Manchester_micropolitan_area" title="Tullahoma–Manchester micropolitan area">Tullahoma–Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_City_micropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Union City micropolitan area, Tennessee">Union City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Tennessee" title="List of counties in Tennessee">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Tennessee" title="Anderson County, Tennessee">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Tennessee" title="Bedford County, Tennessee">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Tennessee" title="Benton County, Tennessee">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bledsoe_County,_Tennessee" title="Bledsoe County, Tennessee">Bledsoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blount_County,_Tennessee" title="Blount County, Tennessee">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_County,_Tennessee" title="Bradley County, Tennessee">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Tennessee" title="Campbell County, Tennessee">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_County,_Tennessee" title="Cannon County, Tennessee">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Tennessee" title="Carroll County, Tennessee">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_County,_Tennessee" title="Carter County, Tennessee">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheatham_County,_Tennessee" title="Cheatham County, Tennessee">Cheatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_Tennessee" title="Chester County, Tennessee">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claiborne_County,_Tennessee" title="Claiborne County, Tennessee">Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Tennessee" title="Clay County, Tennessee">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocke_County,_Tennessee" title="Cocke County, Tennessee">Cocke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_County,_Tennessee" title="Coffee County, Tennessee">Coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett_County,_Tennessee" title="Crockett County, Tennessee">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Tennessee" title="Cumberland County, Tennessee">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_Tennessee" title="Davidson County, Tennessee">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur_County,_Tennessee" title="Decatur County, Tennessee">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Tennessee" title="DeKalb County, Tennessee">DeKalb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickson_County,_Tennessee" title="Dickson County, Tennessee">Dickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyer_County,_Tennessee" title="Dyer County, Tennessee">Dyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Tennessee" title="Fayette County, Tennessee">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fentress_County,_Tennessee" title="Fentress County, Tennessee">Fentress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Tennessee" title="Franklin County, Tennessee">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_County,_Tennessee" title="Gibson County, Tennessee">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giles_County,_Tennessee" title="Giles County, Tennessee">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grainger_County,_Tennessee" title="Grainger County, Tennessee">Grainger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Tennessee" title="Greene County, Tennessee">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grundy_County,_Tennessee" title="Grundy County, Tennessee">Grundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamblen_County,_Tennessee" title="Hamblen County, Tennessee">Hamblen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Tennessee" title="Hamilton County, Tennessee">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Tennessee" title="Hancock County, Tennessee">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardeman_County,_Tennessee" title="Hardeman County, Tennessee">Hardeman</a></li> 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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 7th congressional district">United States House of Representatives</a> (1823–1827)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">Governor of Tennessee</a> (1827–1829)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Texian_Army" title="Texian Army">Texian Army</a> Commander-in-chief (1835–1836)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_Texas" title="President of the Republic of Texas">President of the Republic of Texas</a> (1836–1838; 1841–1844)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Republic_of_Texas" title="Congress of the Republic of Texas">Republic of Texas House of Representatives</a> (1839–1841)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> (1846–1859)</span></li> 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Caruthers">Thomas Caruthers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Price_Daniel_Jr." title="Price Daniel Jr.">Price Daniel Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson_Houston" title="Andrew Jackson Houston">Andrew Jackson Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Houston" title="Joshua Houston">Joshua Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Bell_Houston" title="Margaret Bell Houston">Margaret Bell Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Lea_Houston" title="Margaret Lea Houston">Margaret Lea Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Jr." title="Sam Houston Jr.">Sam Houston Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Lea_Houston" title="Temple Lea Houston">Temple Lea Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jolly" title="John Jolly">John Jolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Moffette_Lea" title="Nancy Moffette Lea">Nancy Moffette Lea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Houston_family_tree" title="Template:Houston family tree">Houston family tree</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Jacinto" title="Battle of San Jacinto">Battle of San Jacinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consultation_(Texas)" title="Consultation (Texas)">Consultation of 1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convention_of_1836" title="Convention of 1836">Convention of 1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runaway_Scrape" title="Runaway Scrape">Runaway Scrape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Texas Declaration of Independence">Texas Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Texas_Revolution" title="Timeline of the Texas Revolution">Timeline of the Texas Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Republic_of_Texas" title="Timeline of the Republic of Texas">Timeline of the Republic of Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaties_of_Velasco" title="Treaties of Velasco">Treaties of Velasco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellowstone_(steamboat)" title="Yellowstone (steamboat)"><i>Yellowstone</i> steamboat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cultural relations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_and_slavery" title="Sam Houston and slavery">Sam Houston and slavery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_and_Native_American_relations" title="Sam Houston and Native American relations">Sam Houston and Native American relations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_monuments_and_memorials_to_Sam_Houston" title="List of monuments and memorials to Sam Houston">Monuments and<br />memorials</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tennessee</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Houston County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Schoolhouse" title="Sam Houston Schoolhouse">Sam Houston Schoolhouse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Texas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Sam_Houston" title="Fort Sam Houston">Fort Sam Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Coliseum" title="Sam Houston Coliseum">Sam Houston Coliseum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Texas" title="Houston County, Texas">Houston County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_High_School_(Arlington,_Texas)" title="Sam Houston High School (Arlington, Texas)">Sam Houston High School (Arlington, Texas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_High_School_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Houston High School (Houston)">Sam Houston High School (Houston)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sam_Houston_Hotel" title="The Sam Houston Hotel">The Sam Houston Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Math,_Science,_and_Technology_Center" title="Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center">Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_National_Forest" title="Sam Houston National Forest">Sam Houston National Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Park" title="Sam Houston Park">Sam Houston Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Race_Park" title="Sam Houston Race Park">Sam Houston Race Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Regional_Library_and_Research_Center" title="Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center">Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Ship_Channel_Bridge" title="Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge">Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_State_University" title="Sam Houston State University">Sam Houston State University</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Minnesota" title="Houston County, Minnesota">Houston County, Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Mississippi" title="Houston, Mississippi">Houston, Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Missouri" title="Houston, Missouri">Houston, Missouri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Award_Medal" title="Sam Houston Award Medal">Sam Houston Award Medal</a> (Texas)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sam_Houston_(SSBN-609)" title="USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609)">USS <i>Sam Houston</i> (SSBN-609)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Monument" title="Sam Houston Monument">Sam Houston Monument</a> (Houston)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Sam_Houston_(Ney)" title="Statue of Sam Houston (Ney)">Sam Houston</a></i> (Austin and Washington, DC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Tribute_to_Courage" title="A Tribute to Courage"><i>A Tribute to Courage</i> statue</a> (Hunstville)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Heroes_Monument" title="Texas Heroes Monument">Texas Heroes Monument</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Misc</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Zephyr" title="Sam Houston Zephyr">Sam Houston Zephyr</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Popular culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Gone_to_Texas_(film)" title="Gone to Texas (film)">Gone to Texas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rising" title="Texas Rising">Texas Rising</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Alamo_(1960_film)" title="The Alamo (1960 film)">The Alamo</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Alamo_(2004_film)" title="The Alamo (2004 film)">The Alamo</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Alamo:_Thirteen_Days_to_Glory" class="mw-redirect" title="The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory">The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Conqueror_(1917_film)" title="The Conqueror (1917 film)">The Conqueror (1917 film)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Texan" title="The First Texan">The First Texan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Man_of_Conquest" title="Man of Conquest">Man of Conquest</a></i></li></ul> 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