Moore County, Tennessee

Moore County
Moore County
County
	Moore County Courthouse in Lynchburg
	Location within the U.S. state of Tennessee
	Tennessee's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 35°17′N 86°22′W / 35.28°N 86.36°W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Founded	1871
Named for	William Moore, state legislator
Seat	Lynchburg
Largest city	Lynchburg
Area
• Total	130 sq mi (300 km2)
• Land	129 sq mi (330 km2)
• Water	1.2 sq mi (3 km2) 0.9%
Population (2020)
• Total	6,461
• Density	49/sq mi (19/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	Government & Education Services

Moore County is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,461, making it the third-least populous county in Tennessee.^[2] It forms a consolidated city-county government with its county seat of Lynchburg.^[3] At 130 square miles (340 km²), it is the second-smallest county in Tennessee, behind only Trousdale. The county was created in 1871, during the Reconstruction era.^[1]^[4] Moore County is part of the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.

^ ^a ^b Megan Dobbs Eades, "Moore County," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved: March 11, 2013.
^ Cite error: The named reference 2020 Census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Origins Of Tennessee County Names" (PDF). Tennessee Blue Book. 2005–2006. p. 512. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2015.