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Name of County
|
Year Organized
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From
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County Seat
|
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Anderson
|
1801
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Knox, & Grainger
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Clinton
|
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Bedford
|
1807
|
Parts of Rutherford, & Indian Lands
|
Shelbyville
|
|
Benton
|
1835
|
Humphreys
|
Camden
|
|
Bledsoe
|
1807
|
Parts of Roane, & Indian Lands
|
Pikeville
|
|
Blount
|
1795
|
Knox
|
Maryville
|
|
Bradley
|
1836
|
Indian Lands
|
Cleveland
|
|
Campbell
|
1806
|
Anderson, & Claiborne
|
Jacksboro
|
|
Cannon
|
1836
|
Rutherford, Smith, & Warren
|
Woodbury
|
|
Carroll
|
1821
|
Indian Lands
|
Huntingdon
|
|
Carter
|
1796
|
Washington
|
Elizabethton
|
|
Cheatham
|
1856
|
Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, & Robertson
|
Ashland City
|
|
Chester
|
1879
|
Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, & Madison
|
Henderson
|
|
Claiborne
|
1801
|
Grainger, & Hawkins
|
Tazewell
|
|
Clay
|
1870
|
Jackson, & Overton
|
Celina
|
|
Cocke
|
1810
|
Jefferson
|
Newport
|
|
Coffee
|
1836
|
Bedford, Franklin, & Warren
|
Manchester
|
|
Crockett
|
1871
|
Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, & Madison
|
Alamo
|
|
Cumberland
|
1855
|
Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, & White
|
Crossville
|
|
Davidson
|
1783
|
By an act of the state of North Carolina
|
Nashville
|
|
Decatur
|
1845
|
Perry
|
Decaturville
|
|
DeKalb
|
1837
|
Cannon, Jackson, & White
|
Smithville
|
|
Dickson
|
1803
|
Montgomery, & Robertson
|
Charlotte
|
|
Dyer
|
1823
|
Indian Lands
|
Dyersburg
|
|
Fayette
|
1824
|
Indian Lands
|
Somerville
|
|
Fentress
|
1823
|
Morgan, Overton, & White
|
Jamestown
|
|
Franklin
|
1807
|
Rutherford, & Indian Lands
|
Winchester
|
|
Gibson
|
1823
|
Indian Lands
|
Trenton
|
|
Giles
|
1809
|
Indian Lands
|
Pulaski
|
|
Grainger
|
1796
|
Hawkins, & Knox
|
Rutledge
|
|
Greene
|
1783
|
Washington
|
Greeneville
|
|
Grundy
|
1844
|
Franklin, & Warren
|
Altamont
|
|
Hamblen
|
1870
|
Grainger, Hawkins, & Jefferson
|
Morristown
|
|
Hamilton
|
1819
|
Rhea, & Indian Lands
|
Chattanooga
|
|
Hancock
|
1844
|
Claiborne, & Hawkins
|
Sneedville
|
|
Hardeman
|
1823
|
Hardin & Indian Lands
|
Boliver
|
|
Hardin
|
1818
|
Indian Lands
|
Savannah
|
|
Hawkins
|
1786
|
Sullivan
|
Rogersville
|
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Haywood
|
1823
|
Indian Lands
|
Brownsville
|
|
Henderson
|
1821
|
Indian Lands
|
Lexington
|
|
Henry
|
1821
|
Indian Lands
|
Paris
|
|
Hickman
|
1807
|
Dickson
|
Centerville
|
|
Houston
|
1871
|
Dickson, Humphreys, & Montgomery
|
Erin
|
|
Humphreys
|
1809
|
Stewart
|
Waverly
|
|
Jackson
|
1801
|
Smith, & Indian Lands
|
Gainesboro
|
|
James
|
1871 -1919
(Became again apart of Hamilton)
|
Bradley, & Hamilton
|
Ooltewah
|
|
Jefferson
|
1792
|
Greene, & Hawkins
|
Dandridge
|
|
Johnson
|
1836
|
Carter
|
Mountain City
|
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Knox
|
1792
|
Greene, & Hawkins
|
Knoxville
|
|
Lake
|
1870
|
Obion
|
Tiptonville
|
|
Lauderdale
|
1835
|
Dyer, Haywood, & Tipton
|
Ripley
|
|
Lawrence
|
1817
|
Hickman, & Indian Lands
|
Lawrenceburg
|
|
Lewis
|
1843
|
Hickman, Lawrence, Maury, & Wayne
|
Hohenwald
|
|
Lincoln
|
1809
|
Bedford
|
Fayetteville
|
|
Loudon
|
1870
|
Blount, McMinn, Monroe, & Roane
|
Loudon
|
|
Macon
|
1824
|
Smith & Sumner
|
Lafayette
|
|
Madison
|
1821
|
Indian Lands
|
Jackson
|
|
Marion
|
1817
|
Indian Lands
|
Jasper
|
|
Marshall
|
1836
|
Bedford, Lincoln, & Maury
|
Lewisburg
|
|
Maury
|
1807
|
Williamson, & Indian Lands
|
Columbia
|
|
McMinn
|
1819
|
Indian Lands
|
Athens
|
|
McNairy
|
1823
|
Hardin
|
Selmer
|
|
Meigs
|
1836
|
Rhea
|
Decatur
|
|
Monroe
|
1819
|
Indian Lands
|
Madisonville
|
|
Montgomery
|
1796
|
Tennessee
|
Clarksville
|
|
Moore
|
1871
|
Bedford, Franklin, & Lincoln
|
Lynchburg
|
|
Morgan
|
1840
|
Anderson, & Roane
|
Wartburg
|
|
Obion
|
1823
|
Indian Lands
|
Union City
|
|
Overton
|
1806
|
Jackson, & Indian Lands
|
Livingston
|
|
Perry
|
Nov 1819
|
Hickman, & Humphreys
|
Linden
|
|
Pickett
|
1879
|
Fentress, & Overton
|
Byrdstown
|
|
Polk
|
1839
|
Bradley, & McMinn
|
Benton
|
|
Putnam
|
1854
|
Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Smith, & White
|
Cookeville
|
|
Rhea
|
1807
|
Roane
|
Dayton
|
|
Roane
|
1801
|
Knox, & Indian Lands
|
Kingston
|
|
Robertson
|
1796
|
Tennessee, & Sumner
|
Springfield
|
|
Rutherford
|
1802
|
Davidson, Williamson, & White
|
Murfreesboro
|
|
Scott
|
1849
|
Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, & Morgan
|
Huntsville
|
|
Sequatchie
|
1857
|
Hamilton, Marion, & Warren
|
Dunlap
|
|
Sevier
|
1794
|
Jefferson
|
Sevierville
|
|
Shelby
|
1819
|
Indian Lands
|
Memphis
|
|
Smith
|
1799
|
Sumner, & Indian Lands
|
Carthage
|
|
Stewart
|
1803
|
Montgomery
|
Dover
|
|
Sullivan
|
1799
|
Washington
|
Blountville
|
|
Sumner
|
1786
|
Davidson
|
Gallatin
|
|
Tipton
|
1823
|
Indian Lands
|
Covington
|
|
Trousdale
|
1870
|
Macon, Smith, Sumner, & Wilson
|
Hartsville
|
|
Unicoi
|
1875
|
Carter, & Washington
|
Erwin
|
|
Union
|
1850
|
Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, & Knox
|
Maynardville
|
|
Van Buren
|
1840
|
Warren, & White
|
Spencer
|
|
Warren
|
1870
|
Jackson, Smith, White, & Indian Lands
|
McMinnville
|
|
Washington
|
1777
|
Act of North Carolina
|
Jonesborough
|
|
Wayne
|
1817
|
Hickman
|
Waynesboro
|
|
Weakley
|
1823
|
Indian Lands
|
Dresden
|
|
White
|
1806
|
Jackson & Smith
|
Sparta
|
|
Williamson
|
1799
|
Davidson
|
Franklin
|
|
Wilson
|
1799
|
Sumner
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Lebanon
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