Giles County, Tennessee
| Giles County, Tennessee | |
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Giles County courthouse in Pulaski
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 Location in the U.S. state of Tennessee |
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 Tennessee's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | November 14, 1809 |
| Named for | William B. Giles |
| Seat | Pulaski |
| Largest city | Pulaski |
| Area | |
| • Total | 611 sq mi (1,582 km2) |
| • Land | 611 sq mi (1,582 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (1 km2), 0.04% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 28,946 |
| • Density | 48/sq mi (19/km²) |
| Congressional district | 7th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | gilescounty-tn |
Giles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,485. Its county seat is Pulaski.
Giles County is named after William Branch Giles, a Senator from Virginia who sponsored the admission of Tennessee as the sixteenth state into the Union. He also sponsored the building of the city and courthouse, which has burned four times. The current courthouse was built in 1909. One of Giles County's local heroes is James McCallum, who served as Grandmaster of the Tennessee Masons, a member of the Confederate Congress, and mayor. He lived in Giles County for seventy years.
Until Maury County was established in November 1807, the area of the future Giles County was considered to be part of Williamson County. Two years after the formation of Maury County, Giles County was created from southern Maury County on November 14, 1809 by an act of the State Legislature. Nearly half of the new county lay in Chickasaw territory until September 1816.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 611 square miles (1,580 km2), of which 611 square miles (1,580 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (0.04%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 29,447 people, 11,713 households, and 8,363 families residing in the county. The population density was 48 people per square mile (19/km²). There were 13,113 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile (8/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 86.44% White, 11.80% Black or African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.89% from two or more races. 0.90% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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