Fayette County, Tennessee

Fayette County
Fayette County
County
	Fayette County Courthouse in Somerville
	Seal
	Location within the U.S. state of Tennessee
	Tennessee's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 35°11′N 89°25′W / 35.19°N 89.41°W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Founded	September 29, 1824
Named for	Marquis de Lafayette
Seat	Somerville
Largest town	Oakland
Area
• Total	706 sq mi (1,830 km2)
• Land	705 sq mi (1,830 km2)
• Water	1.5 sq mi (4 km2) 0.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	41,990
• Density	56.8/sq mi (21.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	8th
Website	fayettetn.us

Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,990.^[2] Its county seat is Somerville.^[3] The county was named after the Marquis de la Fayette, French hero of the American Revolution.^[4] A part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area, Fayette County is culturally alike to the Mississippi Delta and was a major area of cotton plantations dependent on slave labor in the nineteenth century.

^ Dorothy R. Morton, "Fayette County," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved: June 27, 2013.
^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 124.