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White County, Tennessee

White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,351.[2] Its county seat is Sparta.[3]

For other uses, see White County (disambiguation).

White County

 United States

September 11, 1806

John White, early settler[1]

Sparta

379 sq mi (980 km2)

377 sq mi (980 km2)

2.8 sq mi (7 km2)  0.7%

27,351 Increase

69/sq mi (27/km2)

6th

White County is a component of the Cookeville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

(north)

Putnam County

(east)

Cumberland County

(south)

Van Buren County

(southwest)

Warren County

(west)

DeKalb County

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White County High School

White County Middle School

BonDeCroft Elementary School

Cassville Elementary School

Central View Elementary School

Doyle Elementary School

Findlay Elementary School

Northfield Elementary School

Woodland Park Elementary School

Sparta

- National Football League head coach

David Culley

– U.S. Congressman and Confederate general

George Gibbs Dibrell

– Confederate guerrilla

Champ Ferguson

– bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in "The Foggy Mountain Boys"

Lester Flatt

– women's basketball head coach at the University of Tennessee Lady Vols - formerly (North Carolina State and Missouri State University) and a graduate of White County High School

Kellie Harper

– bluegrass musician; invented the eight-string fiddle

Benny Martin

– journalist, author, U.S. Ambassador to Finland

Carl Rowan

– Arizona mountain man, born in White County

Pauline Weaver

Major League Baseball record holder for most doubles in a season

Earl Webb

National Register of Historic Places listings in White County, Tennessee

Sparta-White County Chamber of Commerce

White County Schools

White County TNGenWeb

White County

landforms

Tennessee Department of Transportation Map of White County

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