According to US census data, Haywood County, Tenn., recorded its largest population in 1940. Nearly 28,000 people were reported residing here. This 1940 population was more than 10,000 persons larger than the present population of a little over 17,000. African Americans constituted roughly 65% of the 1940 population and they made up a majority portion ...
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