Trousdale County | |
|---|---|
| Hartsville-Trousdale County | |
 Trousdale County Courthouse in Hartsville | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Tennessee | |
 Tennessee's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 36°23′N 86°10′W / 36.39°N 86.16°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Tennessee |
| Founded | September 5, 1870[1] |
| Named for | William Trousdale[2] |
| Seat | Hartsville |
| Largest town | Hartsville |
| Area | |
| • Total | 117 sq mi (300 km2) |
| • Land | 114 sq mi (300 km2) |
| • Water | 2.5 sq mi (6 km2) 2.1% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 11,615  |
| • Density | 69/sq mi (27/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 6th |
| Website | www |
Trousdale County, also known as Hartsville/Trousdale County,[3] is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,615.[4] Its county seat is Hartsville,[5] with which it shares a uniquely formed consolidated city-county government. With an area of just 117 square miles (300 km2), it is Tennessee's smallest county.
Trousdale County is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area, although it is located just beyond the ring of "bedroom communities" in the Nashville metropolitan area. Farming and livestock-raising characterize this largely rural area.
Hartsville is the county seat of Trousdale County and now coextensive with it as a metropolitan government by virtue of a referendum which passed in Trousdale County by a single vote. Trousdale County High School is located here, as well as a technical school operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. Trousdale County is one of two counties in Tennessee to have legalized parimutuel betting on horse racing, but no group has ever stepped forward to build a racetrack.[6]
In 2016, Corrections Corporation of America (since renamed CoreCivic) opened the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville. Its approximately 2,500 prisoners comprise over a fifth of the county's residents and nearly 12% of Tennessee state prisoners.[7] The prison became a hot spot for COVID-19 cases during the COVID-19 pandemic, giving the county the highest incidence rate in the U.S. in May 2020, with 1 in 7 residents known to be infected with coronavirus.[8]
- ^ "[1] Genealogy Inc. Trousdale County, Tennessee Facts. Retrieved: June 12, 2016.
- ^ Jeffrey Durbin, "Trousdale County," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved: April 19, 2013.
- ^ Hartsville/Trousdale County, USA.com. Retrieved: November 6, 2013.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Ridley Wills II, "Thoroughbred Horse Breeding and Racing." The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: February 11, 2013.
- ^ Tennessee Department of Correction (April 30, 2020), Tennessee Bed Space and Operating Capacities Report (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022
- ^ See "Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count" The New York Times May 15, 2020.