Dyer County was created in October of 1823 following a treaty between the Chickasaw Indians and Andrew Jackson in 1818. The county was named for Colonel Robert Henry Dyer, a west Tennessean who served under General Andrew Jackson.Dyer County is made up of three incorporated towns. Dyersburg, Newbern, and Trimble.
Dyersburg was built on what was known as Melver’s Bluff by the Okeena River. The Original plan for the town was determined in 1825. Melver’s Bluff became known as Dyersburg when the town was incorporated in 1850
Newbern is located on land that was originally the northern part of a 5,000 acre grant owned by J. W. Clark.
In 1850, Owen Philyou of New Bern, North Carolina, staked a claim in the area where Newbern now stands. Newbern was incorporated as a city in 1857
Trimble had its beginning in 1873, the result of the building of a railroad from Paducah, Kentucky to Memphis, Tennessee which ended at a bluff near the Dyer County line just across the Obion River Bottom.The County seat is Dyersburg.
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SURROUNDING COUNTIES
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Lake - Obion - Crockett - Lauderdale
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CITIES, TOWNS, AND COMMUNITIES OF DYER COUNTY
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Cities: Dyersburg - Newbern - Trimble
Communities: Bogota - Finley
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Historical Society 120 B McGaughey St. E Dyersburg, TN 38024
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McIver Grant Public Library 204 North Mill Avenue Dyersburg,TN 38024
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