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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Giles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 29,485. Its county seat is Pulaski.
Southern agriculture pioneer and publisher Cully Cobb was born in Giles County. He was an editor of Progressive Farmer magazine before accepting an appointment in Washington, D.C., in Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration as director of the Cotton Division of the New Deal agency, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1790 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1809 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1810 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1865 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1908 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1810 | 4,546
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| 1820 | 12,558
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| 1830 | 18,703
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| 1840 | 21,494
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| 1850 | 25,949
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| 1860 | 26,166
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| 1870 | 32,413
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| 1880 | 36,014
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| 1890 | 34,957
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| 1900 | 33,035
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| 1910 | 32,629
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| 1920 | 30,948
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| 1930 | 28,016
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| 1940 | 29,240
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| 1950 | 26,961
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| 1960 | 22,410
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| 1970 | 22,138
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| 1980 | 24,625
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| 1990 | 25,741
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Research Tips
External Links
- Outstanding guide to Giles County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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