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Consolidated city-county governments exist in three places: Nashville and Davidson County, Lynchburg and Moore County, and Hartsville and Trousdale County. City-county government consolidation is authorized by the Tennessee Constitution as amended in 1953 and TCA Title 7. Some Tennessee municipalities are called "cities" and others are called ...
A.A. Clingan, one of the family members, was Bradley County's first elected sheriff, serving from 1837 to 1838 and 1840 to 1846. The family of his wife, Martha Blythe, founded Blythe Ferry on the south side of the Tennessee River in Meigs County, Tennessee, in 1809. The Clingan family cemetery, located on the western foot of the ridge off SR 60 ...
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Tennessee that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 2,000 in total. There are over 2,000 in total. Of these, 29 are National Historic Landmarks .
October 6 – Davidson County is created from Washington County, making it the oldest county in Middle Tennessee. 1791 The Knoxville Gazette, first Tennessee newspaper, begun. 1794 Blount College, a predecessor of the University of Tennessee, founded in Knoxville, first American nondenominational institution of higher learning. 1796
Oldest dam in Tennessee is on Big Creek below the house Sinking Creek Baptist Church: Johnson City: 1783 Church Log church Tipton-Haynes House: Johnson City: 1784 Residence Part of Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site Rock Castle (Hendersonville, Tennessee) Hendersonville: 1784-1791 Residence earliest known version of Federal Style architecture in ...
Lincoln County is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,319. [2] Its county seat and largest city is Fayetteville. [3] The county is named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln, an officer in the American Revolutionary War. [4]
Pulaski is a city in and the county seat of Giles County, which is located on the central-southern border of Tennessee, United States. The population was 8,397 at the 2020 census. [6] It was named after Casimir Pulaski, a noted Polish-born general on the Patriot side in the American Revolutionary War.
Athens is the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee, United States [8] and the principal city of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 53,569. The city is located almost equidistantly between the major cities of Knoxville and Chattanooga. [9]