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Dyer County is a county located in the westernmost part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,335.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47045.html )〕 Its county seat is Dyersburg.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Dyer County comprises the Dyersburg, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== Dyer County was founded by a Private Act of Tennessee, passed on October 16, 1823.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tennessee State Archives — formation of Dyer county )〕 The area was part of the territory in Tennessee that was previously legally occupied by Chickasaw Native American people ("Indian Lands").〔Bergeron, Paul H.; Ash, Stephen V.; Keith, Jeanette.''Tennesseans and their history''. Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1999, p. 78.〕 The county was named for Robert Henry Dyer (circa 1774—1826). Dyer had been an army officer in the Creek War and War of 1812, and a cavalry colonel in the First Seminole War of 1818 before becoming a state senator. He was instrumental in the formation of the counties of Dyer and Madison County, Tennessee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tennessee Blue Book — Dyer county )〕 On April 2, 2006 a severe weather system passed through Dyer County, producing tornadoes that killed 16 in the county and 24 in Tennessee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dyer County, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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