Tennessee County was a subdivision of the territory of North Carolina that later became the U.S. state state of Tennessee . Tennessee County was organized in 1788 from a portion of Davidson County, Tennessee Davidson County . It was abolished in 1796 when Tennessee which by then was no longer a North Carolina territory, having been ceded to the national government as the U.S. Territory South of the River Ohio was admitted to List of U.S. states by date of statehood statehood and the county s name was adopted for the entire state. At the time of statehood, the lands formerly included in Tennessee County were divided into Montgomery County, Tennessee Montgomery and Robertson County, Tennessee Robertson counties . ref See http www.roanetnhistory.org ramseysannals.php?loc RamseysAnnals&pgid 750 Ramsey s Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century 1853 , page 739 http www.state.tn.us sos bluebook online section5 counties.pdf Origins of Tennessee County Names in Tennessee Blue Book http www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us archives FindingAids Circulars AIC3.pdf Tennessee Records in the North ... History of Tennessee Counties , by Karon M. Bosze, created in 1993 and revised 1996. ref The land area formerly included in Tennessee County now forms Humphreys County, Tennessee Humphreys , Montgomery, and Robertson counties and portions of Stewart County, Tennessee Stewart , Dickson County, Tennessee Dickson , Cheatham County, Tennessee Cheatham , and Houston County, Tennessee Houston counties. ref See http www.state.tn.us sos bluebook online section5 counties.pdf Origins of Tennessee County Names in Tennessee Blue Book which identifies the older counties from which new counties were formed . ref References reflist See also List of former United States counties History of Tennessee coord missing Tennessee Category Pre state history of Tennessee Category Tennessee counties Category Former counties of the United States Tennessee stub ... more details
Treadway is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Hancock County, Tennessee Hancock County in the U.S. state of Tennessee . Treadway is located at coord 36 25 07 N 83 13 28 W . Bibliography cite web url Gnis3 1314418 title Treadway work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2007 07 22 Hancock County, TennesseeTennessee geo stub Category Populated places in Hancock County, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee vo Treadway ... more details
Whiteside formerly Aetna , Etna and Running Water is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee Marion County , Tennessee . It lies at an elevation of 807 feet 246 m . coord 34 59 14 N 85 29 52 W display title References gnis 1314101 Marion County, Tennessee Category Populated places in Marion County, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in TennesseeTennessee geo stub ... more details
Laurel is an Unincorporated area unincorporated settlement , in Sevier County, Tennessee , on State Route 416 Tennessee , north of U.S. Route 321 , in the Great Smoky Mountains . External links gnis 1315355 Laurel coord 35 46 37 N 83 24 21 W region US TN type city display title Sevier County, Tennessee Category Populated places in Sevier County, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in TennesseeTennessee geo stub ... more details
Hillsboro is an unincorporated community in Coffee County, Tennessee Coffee County , Tennessee , that was treated as a census designated place for the 2010 U.S. Census . ref gnis 2586062 ref The population was 450 as of the 2010 census. ref http factfinder2.census.gov United States Census Bureau ref References reflist coord 35.4107527 85.9628640 display title Coffee County, Tennessee Category Populated places in Coffee County, Tennessee Category Census designated places in Tennessee es Hillsboro Tennessee ... more details
Coalfield is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Morgan County, Tennessee Morgan County , Tennessee , United States . Coalfield is between Wartburg, Tennessee Wartburg and Oliver Springs, Tennessee Oliver Springs on Tennessee State Route 62 . To the west are Frozen Head State Park and the community of Joyner, Tennessee . Coalfield s name reflects its history as a mining community. It was the site of Coalfield Camp No. 1 and Coalfield Camp No. 2. A Morgan County public school, the Coalfield School , is located in the community. It includes all grades from kindergarten to grade 12 . The school use the Yellow Jackets as the mascot for its sports teams. Robert Bob Bennett is the current principal. External links http volweb.utk.edu school morgan cofield Coalfield School official site Morgan County, TennesseeTennessee geo stub coord 36 01 44 N 84 25 15 W type city region US TN source GNIS enwiki display title Category Mining communities in Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Category Populated places in Morgan County, Tennessee es Coalfield Tennessee ... more details
for the city in eastern Tennessee Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oakridge is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Tennessee Montgomery County , Tennessee , United States . ref cite gnis 1315635 Oakridge, Tennessee ref It is part of the Clarksville, Tennessee Clarksville , TN&ndash Kentucky KY Clarksville metropolitan area Metropolitan Statistical Area . It should not be confused with the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge in eastern Tennessee. Notes reflist External links http maps.google.com maps?ie UTF8&ll 36.376515, 87.470741&spn 0.214503,0.508118&z 11&om 1 Google Maps Montgomery County, TennesseeTennessee geo stub coord 36 23 39 N 87 27 30 W type city region US TN source GNIS enwiki display title Category Populated places in Montgomery County, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Category Clarksville metropolitan area ... more details
Lenow is a community in east central Shelby County, Tennessee . It is included in the Cordova, Tennessee Cordova Appling, Tennessee city limits. The community resides on Houston Levee Road, between Pisgah Road and Morning Sun Road. Lenow Road, named after the community, heads southwestward from Houston Levee Road and enters the old town area of Cordova, Tennessee Cordova . The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway once ran through Lenow, along Lenow Road, an important route from Memphis, Tennessee Memphis to Nashville, Tennessee Nashville . This route was considered nonessential and was dug up in 1968. Lenow is bordered by Pisgah, Tennessee Pisgah to the south, Bartlett, Tennessee Bartlett to the west, Lakeland, Tennessee Lakeland to the north, and Eads, Tennessee Eads to the east. coord 35 11 11 N 89 43 50 W type city region US TN source GNIS enwiki display title Category Geography of Shelby County, Tennessee Category Neighborhoods in Tennessee ... more details
Image Post office bethpage tennessee 2009.jpg right 200px thumb Post office in Bethpage Bethpage is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Trousdale County, Tennessee Sumner County , Tennessee , United States . It is located along U.S. Route 31E , northeast of neighboring Gallatin, Tennessee Gallatin . The area has its own Post Office . The United States Postal Service Zip Code for the Bethpage area is 37022. Trousdale County, TennesseeTennessee geo stub coord 36.481 86.312 display title Category Populated places in Trousdale County, Bethpage, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee es Bethpage Tennessee ... more details
Tennessee Ramblers may refer to Tennessee Ramblers Tennessee band , an old time string band led by the Sievers family that recorded for Brunswick Vocalion in 1928 and 1929 Tennessee Ramblers North Carolina band , a country music group formed by Dick Hartman that recorded for the Bluebird label in 1935 disambig ... more details
Cottontown is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Sumner County, Tennessee Sumner County , Tennessee , United States . It is located along Tennessee State Route 25 State Route 25 northwest of neighboring Gallatin, Tennessee Gallatin . The area has its own Post Office . The United States Postal Service Zip Code for the Cottontown area is 37048. Notable Mentions King Homestead Historic homeplace is located in Cottontown just off of Hwy 25. coord 36 27 05 N 86 32 17 W type city region US TN source GNIS enwiki display title Sumner County, TennesseeTennessee geo stub Category Populated places in Sumner County, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee es Cottontown ... more details
Woodlawn is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Tennessee Montgomery County , Tennessee , United States . It is located along Tennessee State Route 79 State Route 79 west of neighboring Clarksville, Tennessee Clarksville . The community has a post office with the ZIP Code of 37191. It is part of the Clarksville, TN&ndash Kentucky KY Clarksville metropolitan area Metropolitan Statistical Area . Montgomery County, TennesseeTennessee geo stub coord 36.542 87.515 display title Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Category Populated places in Montgomery County, Tennessee Category Clarksville metropolitan area ... more details
For the city in Texas, see Waco, Texas Waco is an unincorporated place in Giles County, Tennessee Giles County , Tennessee . It is located at the crossroads of U.S. Route 31 and Tennessee State Route 129 . ref Robert S. Brandt 1995 , http books.google.com books?id z6ntnxM0s20C&pg PA279&lpg PA279 Touring the middle Tennessee backroads . John F. Blair, Publisher. ISBN 0895871297, ISBN 9780895871299. Page 279. ref References reflist coord 35 22 33 N 87 01 55 W type city region US TN source GNIS enwiki display title Giles County, Tennessee Category Populated places in Giles County, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in Tennesseetennessee geo stub ... more details
Boring is a populated place in Sullivan County, Tennessee Sullivan County , Tennessee . ref http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic f?p gnispq 3 NO P3 FID 1303221 USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report Boring, Tennessee ref References reflist Tennessee geo stub coord 36 27 25 N 082 25 10 W display title Category Geography of Sullivan County, Tennessee ... more details
unreferenced date January 2010 Pyburn is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee , in the southwestern part of the state. It is the birthplace of the country music singer Darryl Worley . Hardin County, Tennessee Tennessee geo stub coord 35 05 28 N 88 15 15 W type city region US TN source GNIS enwiki display title Category Populated places in Hardin County, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee ... more details
Raines, Tennessee was a southern suburb of Memphis, Tennessee located between West Junction, Tennessee and Oakville, Tennessee . As of 1950 it had a population of 300. At some point after 1958 it was incorporated into the city of Memphis. Sources Encyclop dia Britannica Atlans , 1958 Edition, Plate 111. coord 35 02 05 N 90 03 07 W type city region US TN source GNIS enwiki display title Category Neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee ... more details
Tennessee Stud may refer to Tennessee Stud , a song by Jimmy Driftwood Tennessee Stud album Tennessee Stud album , a 2003 album by Doc Watson Tennessee Stud wrestler , the ring name of wrestler Ron Fuller disambiguation Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
Image Frozen head petros tn1.jpg right 250px thumb Petros and Big Brushy Mountain, looking south from Frozen Head Petros , pronounced pee tross is an unincorporated area unincorporated town in Morgan County, Tennessee Morgan County , Tennessee , United States , located on Tennessee State Route 116 State Route 116 . Petros is historically a coal mining town and is also the home of the now closed Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary . Some of the town and coal mine scenes for the movie October Sky were filmed there. External links dmoz Regional North America United States Tennessee Localities P Petros Petros http www.tngenweb.org morgan photoalbum PETROS.html Photos from TNGenWeb Morgan County, Tennessee Tennessee geo stub coord 36 05 45 N 84 26 33 W type city region US TN display title Category Populated places in Morgan County, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Category Mining communities in Tennessee es Petros Tennessee vo Petros ... more details
Buchanan is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Henry County, Tennessee Henry County , Tennessee . Locals pronounce the name Buckanan . It is located about six miles west of Paris Landing State Park , which is located on the Tennessee River on the west bank of Kentucky Lake . Buchanan was originally founded in the 1840s and was named after United States President James Buchanan . ref cite book title Tennessee Place Names first Larry L. last Miller publisher Indiana University Press year 2001 page 32 ref As of 2008, the community has a post office, feed mill, a volunteer fire station, two churches, a Masonic Lodge Masonic hall and several houses. The zip code 38222 includes Paris Landing State Park. References references Henry County, TennesseeTennessee geo stub coord 36 26 13 N 88 12 30 W type city region US TN display title Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Category Populated places in Henry County, Tennessee Category Tennessee River vo Buchanan Tennessee ... more details
The Tennessee Riverwalk is a 13 mile Foreshoreway riverside path which parallels the Tennessee River from the Chickamauga Dam to downtown Chattanooga , Tennessee . It is part of the Tennessee Riverpark System featuring the Tennessee Riverpark, Coolidge Park, Renaissance Park, Ross s Landing, and the Walnut Street Bridge Tennessee Walnut Street Bridge . The Riverwalk is a mix of paved Trail pathway s, boardwalks and bridges along the river, through marshland , and over creeks. Restroom facilities and drinking fountains are conveniently spaced along the path. Nine brightly colored quarter inch thick stainless steel silhouettes mark each milestone along the Riverwalk, including a bird watcher , bluegrass music ian, bicycling bikers , a man in a wheelchair and another strolling, a jogging father and daughter and a family group. ref http www.timesfreepress.com absolutenm templates life.aspx?articleid 22702&zoneid 10 Metal silhouettes greet bikers, walkers along the Riverwalk , Chattanooga Times Free Press , October 5, 2007 ref References reflist External links http www.bikechattanooga.org LinkedDocuments Riverwalk 20map.pdf Tennessee Riverwalk Map pdf http www.hamiltontn.gov riverpark Tennessee Riverpark Page on Hamilton County s Web Site coord missing Tennessee Category Geography of Chattanooga, Tennessee Category Hiking trails in Tennessee Category Protected areas of Hamilton County, Tennessee Category Visitor attractions in Chattanooga, Tennessee ... more details
Map of Tennessee highlighting West Tennessee.png div West Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions Tennessee Grand Divisions of the State of Tennessee . Of the three, it is the one that is most sharply defined geographically. Its boundaries are the Mississippi River on the west and the Tennessee ..., Tennessee Hardin County , which is bisected by the Tennessee River. Unlike the geographic divisions of most American states, the term West Tennessee has a legal as well as a socio economic meaning. West Tennessee, East Tennessee , and Middle Tennessee are Tennessee s three Grand Divisions Tennessee Grand Divisions . According to the State Constitution , no more than two of Tennessee Supreme ... in courthouses in each of the three divisions. The State Supreme Court building for West Tennessee is in Jackson, Tennessee . Similar rules apply to certain other State Commissions and Boards, as well, to prevent them from showing any geographical biases. West Tennessee also corresponds to telephone company Area Code s. Until the year 2001, West Tennessee, including all of Hardin County, was in the area ... Codes for West Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee Memphis and its northern and eastern suburbs retained the Area code 931 901 Area Code , with the remainder of West Tennessee being placed into Area code 731 . West Tennessee is by slight amounts less populous and smaller in land area than the other two Grand Divisions. At the time of the 2000 U.S. Census West Tennessee had 1,499,802 inhabitants living ... Tennessee s population was about 26.4 percent of the state s total, and its land area is about 25.8 percent of the state s land area. West Tennessee s population density was about 140 persons per square ... the region of Tennessee west of the Tennessee River was technically part of Tennessee at its statehood ... of northern Mississippi . Although the vast majority of the purchases lie in Tennessee, the term ... State & County QuickFacts http quickfacts.census.gov qfd states 47 4775940.html ref Memphis, Tennessee ... more details
refimprove date January 2008 Georgetown is an unincorporated area unincorporated community at the junction of Bradley County, Tennessee Bradley , Hamilton County, Tennessee Hamilton , and Meigs County, Tennessee Meigs counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee . The small community is located along Tennessee State Route 60 State Route 60 . The Bradley County portion of Georgetown is part of the Cleveland, Tennessee Cleveland , TN Cleveland, Tennessee metropolitan area Metropolitan Statistical Area , while the Hamilton County portion is part of the Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga , TN&ndash Georgia U.S. state GA Chattanooga metropolitan area Metropolitan Statistical Area . Georgetown is the place name associated with U.S. Postal Service zip code 37336. ref http factfinder.census.gov servlet MapItDrawServlet?geo id 86000US37336& bucket id 50&tree id 420&context saff& lang en& sse on Map of zip code 37336 , U.S. Census Bureau website ref The Zip Code Tabulation Area for that zip code had a population of 3,416, according to the 2000 U.S. Census . ref http factfinder.census.gov servlet SAFFFacts? event Search&geo id & geoContext & street & county 37336& cityTown 37336& state & zip 37336 Zip Code Tabulation Aree 37336 , U.S. Census website ref References reflist Bradley County, Tennessee Hamilton County, Tennessee Meigs County, Tennessee Tennessee geo stub coord 35.286 84.945 display title Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Category Populated places in Meigs County, Tennessee Category Populated places in Bradley County, Tennessee Category Populated places in Hamilton County, Tennessee Category Cleveland, Tennessee metropolitan area applies only to the Bradley County portion of Georgetown Category Chattanooga metropolitan area applies only to the Hamilton County portion of Georgetown vo Georgetown Tennessee ... more details
Defeated is an unincorporated community in Smith County, Tennessee Smith County , Tennessee . ref cite gnis 1306322 name Defeated, Tennessee ref Defeated was the site of a post office from 1824 until 1929. The post office had the name Montrose from 1824 through 1880, when the name was changed to Defeated. ref http www.rootsweb.ancestry.com tnsmith tngen Poffices.htm Post Offices and Post Masters for Smith County , Smith County Genealogy website, accessed December 22, 2009 ref References reflist coord 36.3264440 85.9083182 display title Smith County, Tennessee Category Populated places in Smith County, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in TennesseeTennessee geo stub ... more details
Unionville is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Bedford County, Tennessee Bedford County , Tennessee , United States . Unionville is the site of a post office zip code 37180 and three Bedford County public schools, the Community Elementary School kindergarten to grade 5 , the Community Middle School grades 6 to 8 , and Community High School grades 9 to 12 . ref http www.bedfordk12tn.com education components scrapbook default.php?sectiondetailid 11315& A Brief History of Community Middle School , Community Middle School website, accessed March 27, 2010 ref The community was the birthplace of Tennessee governor Jim Nance McCord , born in 1879. ref name TNencbio http tennesseeencyclopedia.net imagegallery.php?EntryID M038 Jim Nance McCord , Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture ref References reflist Bedford County, TennesseeTennessee geo stub coord 35 36 42 N 86 34 26 W region US type city source kolossus eswiki display title Category Populated places in Bedford County, Tennessee Category Unincorporated communities in Tennessee es Unionville Tennessee ... more details
Infobox flag Name Tennessee Article Image Flag of Tennessee.svg Nickname Use 110000 Symbol Proportion Adoption April 17, 1905 Design Designer Colonel LeRoy Reeves Type State The flag of the state of Tennessee ... circle. The flag was designed by Colonel LeRoy Reeves of the Tennessee United States National Guard National Guard . The Tennessee State Legislature officially adopted the flag on April 17, 1905. ref cite book last Darnell first Riley C. authorlink coauthors title Tennessee Blue Book publisher State of Tennessee year 2006 location Nashville, Tennessee pages 515 516 url http state.tn.us sos bluebook ... ceremonies for East Tennessee State University East Tennessee State Normal School in Johnson City, Tennessee Johnson City . ref cite web url http www.johnsonsdepot.com cemeteries oakhill stateflag.jpg title Image of State Flag Tennessee historical marker accessdate 2007 10 27 format JPG work Johnson s Depot ref The central emblem portion of the flag appears in the logo s of some Tennessee based companies and sports teams. Examples include the First Tennessee Bank and the Tennessee Titans ... Association , the flag of Tennessee was ranked 14th in a list of 72 flags of North America, including ... the Grand Divisions Tennessee three main geographical divisions of the state, East Tennessee , Middle Tennessee , and West Tennessee . The blue circle around the stars represents the unity of the Grand ... Tennessee s status as the third state to enter the United States after the original thirteen. ref name tndom cite web url https tn.ngb.army.mil tnmilitary MainPages tn 20state 20flag.htm title Tennessee State Flag accessdate 2007 10 26 publisher Tennessee Military Department ref Star arrangement Tennessee state law dictates on how the center emblem is drawn on the flag. cquote The arrangement ... Postal Service issued a sheet of stamps with one stamp for each state. The Tennessee flag was upside ... Philatelic Society News, February 2008 ref Former state flags File Flag of Tennessee 1897.svg thumb ... more details
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