According to today’s Daily News Journal, it appears as though Rutherford County will pick up an additional full State House seat in this year’s redistricting process:

Rutherford County’s explosive growth will net a fourth full House district in early 2012, likely on the county’s west side in the Blackman and Almaville areas, legislators say.

State lawmakers this week confirmed the county, which grew 44 percent to 262,600 in 2010 from 182,023 in 2000, will receive a new House seat in the coming redistricting of the state Legislature.

Redistricting is done every 10 years following the federal census to ensure the populace has equal representation. House members are holding meetings to start the process, which could be done in January.

According to 2010 Census data, Rutherford County was one of the fastest growing counties in the state from 2000 to 2010. The fastest growing parts of the county is the area immediately west of Murfreesboro — the Blackman and Almaville communities (where I grew up). The image in this DNJ article gives you an idea.

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