Hardeman County is home for the Tennessee Forest Festival, held
annually in October. The festival gives the state lumber industry an
opportunity to display its products, and it's a time for festivities
such as the parade, an art show, arts and crafts sales, the Logger's
Breakfast, golf tournament and the Miss Forest Festival Pageant, a
preliminary to the Miss Tennessee Pageant.
The county also plays host to the
annual National Field Trials at the Ames Plantation in Grand
Junction. Other events, such as the Hardeman County Fair,
Middleton's Fur, Fin and Feather Festival and the Grand Junction
fall festival attract guests to Hardeman County on an annual basis.
Hardeman County is first in the state in hardwood; 18th in soybeans:
27th in wheat;
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21st in corn; 9th in cotton; 10th in sorghum; 15th in
hogs and pigs; and 43rd in beef cows.
Hardeman County is a leading producer of hardwood in west Tennessee.
The economy of the county remains at a consistently high level due
to the favorable balance of agriculture, manufacturing and
retailing. The county boasts of its many industrial manufacturers,
service and transportation industries, clothing, pyrotechnics,
plastic structural material, kitty litter, electrical switches and
wall panels for modular construction. Sand and gravel are also
shipped from Hardeman County to a very wide area. Cotton, soybeans,
corn, milo and livestock are the county's principal agricultural
products.
Hardeman County's public education system includes six elementary
schools, one middle school and one junior high and high school
combined and one high school grades 9-12. In addition to providing
education for Hardeman County children from kindergarten to 12th
grade, the Tennessee Technology Center at Whiteville serves
residents of Hardeman, Fayette and Haywood counties. The school
offers courses in business systems technology, practical nursing and
nursing assistant training, machine shop and welding,
HVAC/refrigeration, computer operations, automotive technology,
industrial and computer electronics and drafting-CAD. The school
works with local industry to provide trained employees.
Higher education is available on two-year, four-year and master's
degree levels in Jackson, Henderson and Memphis. Satellite courses
from Jackson State Community College are offered periodically in
Bolivar.
Bolivar is served by
Bolivar General Hospital, two nursing homes, four clinics, seven
doctors and three dentists. Bolivar and Hardeman County also are
served by a number of specialists from the Memphis and Jackson medical
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