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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
Rutherford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, it is the state's fifth-largest county by population with 262,604 people, an increase of 44.3 percent over the 2000 population of 182,023. Its county seat is Murfreesboro, which is also the geographic center of Tennessee, as well as the center of population of Tennessee. The county is included in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1803 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1804 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1804 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1804 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1804 | Probate 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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| 1870 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1881 | 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 | 10,265
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| 1820 | 19,552
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| 1830 | 26,134
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| 1840 | 24,280
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| 1850 | 29,122
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| 1860 | 27,918
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| 1870 | 33,289
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| 1880 | 36,741
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| 1890 | 35,097
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| 1900 | 33,543
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| 1910 | 33,199
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| 1920 | 33,059
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| 1930 | 32,286
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| 1940 | 33,604
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| 1950 | 40,696
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| 1960 | 52,368
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| 1970 | 59,428
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| 1980 | 84,058
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| 1990 | 118,570
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Research Tips
External Links
- Outstanding guide to Rutherford 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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