Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
LINCOLN COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of Tennessee. Area, 650 square miles. Face of the country diversified; soil productive. Seat of justice, Fayetteville. Pop. in 1810, 6,104; in 1820, 14,761; in 1830, 22,086; in 1840, 21,493; in 1850, 23,492. (Fanning's, 1853)