Alphabetical List
| County |
FIPS code |
County seat |
Established |
Origin |
Etymology |
Population |
Area |
Map |
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| Anderson County | 001 | Clinton | 1801 | Knox and Grainger Counties | Joseph Anderson, U.S. Senator from Tennessee and first Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. | 700475129000000000075,129 | 7002338000000000000338 sq mi (7002875000000000000875 km2) |
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| Bedford County | 003 | Shelbyville | 1807 | Rutherford County | Revolutionary War officer Thomas Bedford, a large landowner in the area | 700445058000000000045,058 | 7002474000000000000474 sq mi (70031228000000000001,228 km2) |
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| Benton County | 005 | Camden | 1835 | Humphreys County | Creek War veteran David Benton, an early settler in the county. | 700416489000000000016,489 | 7002394000000000000394 sq mi (70031020000000000001,020 km2) |
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| Bledsoe County | 007 | Pikeville | 1807 | Roane County and Indian lands | Anthony Bledsoe, Revolutionary War soldier, surveyor, and early settler in Sumner County | 700412876000000000012,876 | 7002406000000000000406 sq mi (70031052000000000001,052 km2) |
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| Blount County | 009 | Maryville | 1795 | Knox County | William Blount, governor of the Southwest Territory and later U.S. Senator | 7005123010000000000123,010 | 7002559000000000000559 sq mi (70031448000000000001,448 km2) |
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| Bradley County | 011 | Cleveland | 1836 | Indian lands | Tennessee state legislator Edward Bradley. | 700498963000000000098,963 | 7002329000000000000329 sq mi (7002852000000000000852 km2) |
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| Campbell County | 013 | Jacksboro | 1806 | Anderson and Claiborne counties | Virginia House of Burgesses member Arthur Campbell, who was a negotiator of Indian treaties. | 700440716000000000040,716 | 7002480000000000000480 sq mi (70031243000000000001,243 km2) |
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| Cannon County | 015 | Woodbury | 1836 | Rutherford, Smith and Warren counties | Governor of Tennessee Newton Cannon . | 700413801000000000013,801 | 7002266000000000000266 sq mi (7002689000000000000689 km2) |
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| Carroll County | 017 | Huntingdon | 1821 | Indian lands | Governor of Tennessee William Carroll . | 700428522000000000028,522 | 7002599000000000000599 sq mi (70031551000000000001,551 km2) |
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| Carter County | 019 | Elizabethton | 1796 | Washington County | Speaker of the State of Franklin senate Landon Carter . | 700457424000000000057,424 | 7002341000000000000341 sq mi (7002883000000000000883 km2) |
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| Cheatham County | 021 | Ashland City | 1856 | Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery and Robertson counties | Tennessee state legislator Edward Cheatham. | 700439105000000000039,105 | 7002303000000000000303 sq mi (7002785000000000000785 km2) |
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| Chester County | 023 | Henderson | 1879 | Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy and Madison counties | Tennessee state legislator Robert I. Chester. | 700417131000000000017,131 | 7002289000000000000289 sq mi (7002749000000000000749 km2) |
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| Claiborne County | 025 | Tazewell | 1801 | Grainger and Hawkins counties | Governor of Louisiana and Governor of Mississippi Territory William C. C. Claiborne . | 700432213000000000032,213 | 7002434000000000000434 sq mi (70031124000000000001,124 km2) |
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| Clay County | 027 | Celina | 1870 | Jackson and Overton counties | U.S. Speaker of the House and Secretary of State Henry Clay . | 70037861000000000007,861 | 7002236000000000000236 sq mi (7002611000000000000611 km2) |
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| Cocke County | 029 | Newport | 1797 | Jefferson County | William Cocke, one of Tennessee's first U.S. Senators. | 700435662000000000035,662 | 7002434000000000000434 sq mi (70031124000000000001,124 km2) |
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| Coffee County | 031 | Manchester | 1836 | Bedford, Warren and Franklin counties | John Coffee, frontiersman, planter, and veteran of Creek War and War of 1812. | 700452796000000000052,796 | 7002429000000000000429 sq mi (70031111000000000001,111 km2) |
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| Crockett County | 033 | Alamo | 1871 | Haywood, Madison, Dyer and Gibson counties | Davy Crockett, frontier humorist, Congressman, and defender of the Alamo. | 700414586000000000014,586 | 7002265000000000000265 sq mi (7002686000000000000686 km2) |
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| Cumberland County | 035 | Crossville | 1855 | White, Bledsoe, Rhea, Morgan, Fentress and Putnam counties | The Cumberland Mountains. | 700456053000000000056,053 | 7002682000000000000682 sq mi (70031766000000000001,766 km2) |
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| Davidson County | 037 | Nashville | 1783 | Part of North Carolina | William Lee Davidson, a Brigadier General who died at the Revolutionary War Battle of Cowan's Ford. | 7005626681000000000626,681 | 7002502000000000000502 sq mi (70031300000000000001,300 km2) |
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| Decatur County | 039 | Decaturville | 1845 | Perry County | U.S. naval officer and War of 1812 hero Stephen Decatur . | 700411757000000000011,757 | 7002333000000000000333 sq mi (7002862000000000000862 km2) |
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| DeKalb County | 041 | Smithville | 1837 | Franklin, Cannon, Jackson and White counties | Johann de Kalb, a German-born baron who assisted the Continentals during the American Revolutionary War. | 700418723000000000018,723 | 7002304000000000000304 sq mi (7002787000000000000787 km2) |
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| Dickson County | 043 | Charlotte | 1803 | Montgomery and Robertson counties | U.S. Representative William Dickson . | 700449666000000000049,666 | 7002490000000000000490 sq mi (70031269000000000001,269 km2) |
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| Dyer County | 045 | Dyersburg | 1823 | Indian lands | Tennessee state legislator Robert Henry Dyer. | 700438335000000000038,335 | 7002510000000000000510 sq mi (70031321000000000001,321 km2) |
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| Fayette County | 047 | Somerville | 1824 | Indian lands | Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, a French-born general in the American Revolutionary War. | 700438412000000000038,412 | 7002705000000000000705 sq mi (70031826000000000001,826 km2) |
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| Fentress County | 049 | Jamestown | 1823 | Morgan, Overton and White counties | Tennessee state legislator James Fentress. | 700417959000000000017,959 | 7002499000000000000499 sq mi (70031292000000000001,292 km2) |
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| Franklin County | 051 | Winchester | 1807 | Rutherford County and Indian lands | Publisher, scholar, orator, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin . | 700441052000000000041,052 | 7002553000000000000553 sq mi (70031432000000000001,432 km2) |
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| Gibson County | 053 | Trenton | 1823 | Indian lands | John H. Gibson, a soldier of the Natchez Expedition and the Creek War. | 700449683000000000049,683 | 7002603000000000000603 sq mi (70031562000000000001,562 km2) |
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| Giles County | 055 | Pulaski | 1809 | Indian lands | U.S. Senator and Governor of Virginia William B. Giles . | 700429485000000000029,485 | 7002611000000000000611 sq mi (70031582000000000001,582 km2) |
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| Grainger County | 057 | Rutledge | 1796 | Hawkins and Knox counties | Mary Grainger Blount, wife of William Blount and "first lady" of the Southwest Territory, which later became Tennessee. | 700422657000000000022,657 | 7002280000000000000280 sq mi (7002725000000000000725 km2) |
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| Greene County | 059 | Greeneville | 1783 | Washington County | American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene . | 700468831000000000068,831 | 7002622000000000000622 sq mi (70031611000000000001,611 km2) |
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| Grundy County | 061 | Altamont | 1844 | Coffee, Warren and Franklin counties | U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy . | 700413703000000000013,703 | 7002361000000000000361 sq mi (7002935000000000000935 km2) |
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| Hamblen County | 063 | Morristown | 1870 | Jefferson, Grainger and Greene counties | Early settler Hezekiah Hamblen. | 700462544000000000062,544 | 7002161000000000000161 sq mi (7002417000000000000417 km2) |
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| Hamilton County | 065 | Chattanooga | 1819 | Rhea County and Indian lands | First U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton . | 7005336463000000000336,463 | 7002543000000000000543 sq mi (70031406000000000001,406 km2) |
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| Hancock County | 067 | Sneedville | 1844 | Hawkins and Claiborne counties | President of the Continental Congress John Hancock . | 70036819000000000006,819 | 7002222000000000000222 sq mi (7002575000000000000575 km2) |
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| Hardeman County | 069 | Bolivar | 1823 | Hardin County and Indian lands | Thomas Jones Hardeman, Creek War and War of 1812 soldier, later a member of the Republic of Texas legislature. | 700427253000000000027,253 | 7002668000000000000668 sq mi (70031730000000000001,730 km2) |
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| Hardin County | 071 | Savannah | 1819 | Indian lands | Joseph Hardin, legislator of the Southwest Territory and State of Franklin. | 700426026000000000026,026 | 7002578000000000000578 sq mi (70031497000000000001,497 km2) |
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| Hawkins County | 073 | Rogersville | 1786 | Sullivan County | U.S. Senator Benjamin Hawkins . | 700456833000000000056,833 | 7002487000000000000487 sq mi (70031261000000000001,261 km2) |
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| Haywood County | 075 | Brownsville | 1823 | Indian lands | Judge John Haywood, called "the father of Tennessee history." | 700418787000000000018,787 | 7002533000000000000533 sq mi (70031380000000000001,380 km2) |
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| Henderson County | 077 | Lexington | 1821 | Indian lands | James Henderson, an officer of the War of 1812. | 700427769000000000027,769 | 7002520000000000000520 sq mi (70031347000000000001,347 km2) |
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| Henry County | 079 | Paris | 1821 | Indian lands | Revolutionary-era orator and Virginia legislator Patrick Henry . | 700432330000000000032,330 | 7002562000000000000562 sq mi (70031456000000000001,456 km2) |
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| Hickman County | 081 | Centerville | 1807 | Dickson County | Edwin Hickman, a longhunter killed by Native Americans near the present-day site of Centerville. | 700424690000000000024,690 | 7002613000000000000613 sq mi (70031588000000000001,588 km2) |
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| Houston County | 083 | Erin | 1871 | Dickson, Humphreys, Montgomery and Stewart counties | Sam Houston, Tennessee governor and congressman, president of the Republic of Texas, U.S. Senator from Texas, and Texas governor. | 70038426000000000008,426 | 7002200000000000000200 sq mi (7002518000000000000518 km2) |
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| Humphreys County | 085 | Waverly | 1809 | Stewart County | U.S. Representative Parry Wayne Humphreys . | 700418538000000000018,538 | 7002532000000000000532 sq mi (70031378000000000001,378 km2) |
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| Jackson County | 087 | Gainesboro | 1801 | Smith County and Indian lands | U.S. President Andrew Jackson . | 700411638000000000011,638 | 7002309000000000000309 sq mi (7002800000000000000800 km2) |
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| Jefferson County | 089 | Dandridge | 1792 | Greene and Hawkins counties | U.S. President and Founding Father Thomas Jefferson . | 700451407000000000051,407 | 7002274000000000000274 sq mi (7002710000000000000710 km2) |
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| Johnson County | 091 | Mountain City | 1836 | Carter County | Thomas Johnson, an early settler of Carter County along the Doe River. | 700418244000000000018,244 | 7002299000000000000299 sq mi (7002774000000000000774 km2) |
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| Knox County | 093 | Knoxville | 1792 | Greene and Hawkins counties | Henry Knox, the first U.S. Secretary of War. | 7005432226000000000432,226 | 7002509000000000000509 sq mi (70031318000000000001,318 km2) |
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| Lake County | 095 | Tiptonville | 1870 | Obion County | Reelfoot Lake | 70037832000000000007,832 | 7002163000000000000163 sq mi (7002422000000000000422 km2) |
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| Lauderdale County | 097 | Ripley | 1835 | Haywood, Dyer and Tipton counties | James Lauderdale, who was killed in the War of 1812. | 700427815000000000027,815 | 7002470000000000000470 sq mi (70031217000000000001,217 km2) |
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| Lawrence County | 099 | Lawrenceburg | 1817 | Hickman County and Indian lands | U.S. naval officer and War of 1812 hero James Lawrence . | 700441869000000000041,869 | 7002617000000000000617 sq mi (70031598000000000001,598 km2) |
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| Lewis County | 101 | Hohenwald | 1843 | Hickman, Lawrence, Maury and Wayne counties | Meriwether Lewis, explorer of the American West. | 700412161000000000012,161 | 7002282000000000000282 sq mi (7002730000000000000730 km2) |
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| Lincoln County | 103 | Fayetteville | 1809 | Bedford County | U.S. Secretary of War Benjamin Lincoln . | 700433361000000000033,361 | 7002570000000000000570 sq mi (70031476000000000001,476 km2) |
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| Loudon County | 105 | Loudon | 1870 | Roane, Monroe, Blount and McMinn counties | Fort Loudoun, which was named for John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, who led British and American forces during the French and Indian War. | 700448556000000000048,556 | 7002229000000000000229 sq mi (7002593000000000000593 km2) |
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| Macon County | 111 | Lafayette | 1842 | Smith and Sumner counties | U.S. Senator Nathaniel Macon . | 700422248000000000022,248 | 7002307000000000000307 sq mi (7002795000000000000795 km2) |
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| Madison County | 113 | Jackson | 1821 | Indian lands | U.S. President James Madison . | 700498294000000000098,294 | 7002557000000000000557 sq mi (70031443000000000001,443 km2) |
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| Marion County | 115 | Jasper | 1817 | Indian lands | Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" of the American Revolutionary War. | 700428237000000000028,237 | 7002500000000000000500 sq mi (70031295000000000001,295 km2) |
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| Marshall County | 117 | Lewisburg | 1836 | Giles, Bedford, Lincoln and Maury counties | U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall . | 700430617000000000030,617 | 7002375000000000000375 sq mi (7002971000000000000971 km2) |
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| Maury County | 119 | Columbia | 1807 | Williamson County and Indian lands | Tennessee state legislator Abram Poindexter Maury . | 700480956000000000080,956 | 7002613000000000000613 sq mi (70031588000000000001,588 km2) |
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| McMinn County | 107 | Athens | 1819 | Indian lands | Governor of Tennessee Joseph McMinn . | 700452266000000000052,266 | 7002430000000000000430 sq mi (70031114000000000001,114 km2) |
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| McNairy County | 109 | Selmer | 1823 | Hardin County | John McNairy, judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Tennessee. | 700426075000000000026,075 | 7002560000000000000560 sq mi (70031450000000000001,450 km2) |
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| Meigs County | 121 | Decatur | 1836 | Rhea County | Return Jonathan Meigs, an officer in the Continental Army who was for many years a federal Indian and military agent in Tennessee. | 700411753000000000011,753 | 7002195000000000000195 sq mi (7002505000000000000505 km2) |
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| Monroe County | 123 | Madisonville | 1819 | Indian lands | U.S. President James Monroe . | 700444519000000000044,519 | 7002635000000000000635 sq mi (70031645000000000001,645 km2) |
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| Montgomery County | 125 | Clarksville | 1796 | Tennessee County | John Montgomery, leader of the Nickajack Expedition. | 7005172331000000000172,331 | 7002539000000000000539 sq mi (70031396000000000001,396 km2) |
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| Moore County | 127 | Lynchburg | 1871 | Bedford, Lincoln and Franklin counties | Tennessee state legislator William Moore. | 70036362000000000006,362 | 7002129000000000000129 sq mi (7002334000000000000334 km2) |
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| Morgan County | 129 | Wartburg | 1817 | Anderson and Roane counties | American Revolutionary War officer Daniel Morgan . | 700421987000000000021,987 | 7002522000000000000522 sq mi (70031352000000000001,352 km2) |
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| Obion County | 131 | Union City | 1823 | Indian lands | The Obion River. | 700431807000000000031,807 | 7002545000000000000545 sq mi (70031412000000000001,412 km2) |
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| Overton County | 133 | Livingston | 1806 | Jackson County and Indian lands | John Overton, one of the cofounders of Memphis, Tennessee. | 700422083000000000022,083 | 7002433000000000000433 sq mi (70031121000000000001,121 km2) |
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| Perry County | 135 | Linden | 1819 | Humphreys and Hickman counties | U.S. naval officer and War of 1812 hero Oliver Hazard Perry . | 70037915000000000007,915 | 7002415000000000000415 sq mi (70031075000000000001,075 km2) |
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| Pickett County | 137 | Byrdstown | 1879 | Fentress and Overton counties | Tennessee state legislator Howell L. Pickett. | 70035077000000000005,077 | 7002163000000000000163 sq mi (7002422000000000000422 km2) |
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| Polk County | 139 | Benton | 1839 | McMinn and Bradley counties | U.S. President James K. Polk . | 700416825000000000016,825 | 7002435000000000000435 sq mi (70031127000000000001,127 km2) |
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| Putnam County | 141 | Cookeville | 1854 | Fentress, Jackson, Smith, White and Overton counties | American Revolutionary War officer Israel Putnam . | 700472321000000000072,321 | 7002401000000000000401 sq mi (70031039000000000001,039 km2) |
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| Rhea County | 143 | Dayton | 1807 | Roane County | U.S. Representative John Rhea . | 700431809000000000031,809 | 7002316000000000000316 sq mi (7002818000000000000818 km2) |
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| Roane County | 145 | Kingston | 1801 | Knox County and Indian lands | Governor of Tennessee Archibald Roane . | 700454181000000000054,181 | 7002361000000000000361 sq mi (7002935000000000000935 km2) |
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| Robertson County | 147 | Springfield | 1796 | Tennessee and Sumner counties | James Robertson, Tennessee state legislator and founder of the Watauga Settlements. | 700466283000000000066,283 | 7002477000000000000477 sq mi (70031235000000000001,235 km2) |
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| Rutherford County | 149 | Murfreesboro | 1803 | Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties | Griffith Rutherford, chairman of the legislature of the Southwest Territory. | 7005262604000000000262,604 | 7002619000000000000619 sq mi (70031603000000000001,603 km2) |
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| Scott County | 151 | Huntsville | 1849 | Anderson, Campbell, Fentress and Morgan counties | US. Army general and hero of the Mexican-American War Winfield Scott . | 700422228000000000022,228 | 7002532000000000000532 sq mi (70031378000000000001,378 km2) |
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| Sequatchie County | 153 | Dunlap | 1857 | Hamilton, Marion and Warren counties | Cherokee word believed to mean, opossum, he grins or runs. | 700414112000000000014,112 | 7002266000000000000266 sq mi (7002689000000000000689 km2) |
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| Sevier County | 155 | Sevierville | 1794 | Jefferson County | John Sevier, governor of the State of Franklin and first Governor of Tennessee. | 700489889000000000089,889 | 7002592000000000000592 sq mi (70031533000000000001,533 km2) |
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| Shelby County | 157 | Memphis | 1819 | Chickasaw Nation lands acquired through the Jackson Purchase. | Isaac Shelby, commander at Kings Mountain, first governor of Kentucky, and negotiator of the purchase of the western district from the Chickasaws. | 7005927644000000000927,644 | 7002755000000000000755 sq mi (70031955000000000001,955 km2) |
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| Smith County | 159 | Carthage | 1799 | Sumner County and Indian lands | American Revolutionary War officer and U.S. Senator Daniel Smith . | 700419166000000000019,166 | 7002314000000000000314 sq mi (7002813000000000000813 km2) |
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| Stewart County | 161 | Dover | 1803 | Montgomery County | Duncan Stewart, Tennessee state legislator and lieutenant governor of Mississippi Territory. | 700413324000000000013,324 | 7002458000000000000458 sq mi (70031186000000000001,186 km2) |
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| Sullivan County | 163 | Blountville | 1779 | Washington County | Governor of New Hampshire John Sullivan . | 7005156823000000000156,823 | 7002413000000000000413 sq mi (70031070000000000001,070 km2) |
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| Sumner County | 165 | Gallatin | 1786 | Davidson County | Jethro Sumner, an American colonist who defended North Carolina against the British in 1780. | 7005160645000000000160,645 | 7002529000000000000529 sq mi (70031370000000000001,370 km2) |
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| Tipton County | 167 | Covington | 1823 | Shelby County (previously Chickasaw lands) | Jacob Tipton, father of Armistead Blevins, who supervised the organization of Shelby County; Tipton was killed by Native Americans in 1791 in a conflict over the Northwest Territory. | 700461081000000000061,081 | 7002459000000000000459 sq mi (70031189000000000001,189 km2) |
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| Trousdale County | 169 | Hartsville | 1870 | Wilson, Macon, Smith and Sumner counties | William Trousdale, Creek and Mexican-American War soldier and officer, state senator and Governor of Tennessee. | 70037870000000000007,870 | 7002114000000000000114 sq mi (7002295000000000000295 km2) |
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| Unicoi County | 171 | Erwin | 1875 | Washington and Carter County | Native American word for the southern Appalachian Mountains, probably meaning white or fog-draped | 700418313000000000018,313 | 7002186000000000000186 sq mi (7002482000000000000482 km2) |
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| Union County | 173 | Maynardville | 1850 | Grainger, Claiborne, Campbell, Anderson and Knox counties | Either for its creation from parts of five counties or to memorialize East Tennessee's support for preservation of the Union | 700419109000000000019,109 | 7002224000000000000224 sq mi (7002580000000000000580 km2) |
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| Van Buren County | 175 | Spencer | 1840 | Warren and White counties | U.S. President Martin Van Buren | 70035548000000000005,548 | 7002247000000000000247 sq mi (7002640000000000000640 km2) |
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| Warren County | 177 | McMinnville | 1807 | White, Jackson, Smith counties and Indian lands | American Revolutionary War officer Joseph Warren, who sent Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride | 700439839000000000039,839 | 7002433000000000000433 sq mi (70031121000000000001,121 km2) |
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| Washington County | 179 | Jonesborough | 1777 | Part of North Carolina | U.S. President George Washington | 7005122979000000000122,979 | 7002326000000000000326 sq mi (7002844000000000000844 km2) |
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| Wayne County | 181 | Waynesboro | 1817 | Hickman County | American Revolutionary War General "Mad" Anthony Wayne | 700417021000000000017,021 | 7002734000000000000734 sq mi (70031901000000000001,901 km2) |
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| Weakley County | 183 | Dresden | 1823 | Indian lands | U.S. Representative Robert Weakley . | 700435021000000000035,021 | 7002580000000000000580 sq mi (70031502000000000001,502 km2) |
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| White County | 185 | Sparta | 1806 | Jackson and Smith counties | John White, Revolutionary War soldier and the first European-American settler in the county | 700425841000000000025,841 | 7002377000000000000377 sq mi (7002976000000000000976 km2) |
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| Williamson County | 187 | Franklin | 1799 | Davidson County | U.S. Representative Hugh Williamson . | 7005183182000000000183,182 | 7002582000000000000582 sq mi (70031507000000000001,507 km2) |
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| Wilson County | 189 | Lebanon | 1799 | Sumner County | David Wilson, a member of the legislatures of North Carolina and the Southwest Territory. | 7005113993000000000113,993 | 7002571000000000000571 sq mi (70031479000000000001,479 km2) |
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