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 Tennessee's 95 Counties

Click on hyperlinks to go to the US Census Bureau page for each individual county.

County

2000
Population

Square
Miles

County Seat

Founded

Anderson County

71,330

338

Clinton 

1801 

Bedford County

37,586

474

Shelbyville 

1807 

Benton County

16,537

395

Camden 

1835 

Bledsoe County

12,367

406

Pikeville 

1807 

Blount County

105,823

559

Maryville 

1795 

Bradley County

87,965

329

Cleveland 

1836 

Campbell County

39,854

480

Jacksboro 

1806 

Cannon County

12,826

266

Woodbury 

1836 

Carroll County

29,475

599

Huntingdon 

1821 

Carter County

56,742

341

Elizabethton 

1796 

Cheatham County

35,912

303

Ashland City 

1856 

Chester County

15,540

288

Henderson 

1879 

Claiborne County

29,862

434

Tazewell 

1801 

Clay County

7,976

236

Celina 

1870 

Cocke County

33,565

434

Newport 

1797 

Coffee County

48,014

429

Manchester 

1836 

Crockett County

14,532

265

Alamo 

1871 

Cumberland County

46,802

682

Crossville 

1855 

Davidson County

569,891

502

Nashville 

1783 

De Kalb County

17,423

305

Smithville 

1837 

Decatur County

11,731

334

Decaturville 

1845 

Dickson County

43,156

490

Charlotte 

1803 

Dyer County

37,279

511

Dyersburg 

1823 

Fayette County

28,806

704

Somerville 

1824 

Fentress County

16,625

499

Jamestown 

1823 

Franklin County

39,270

553

Winchester 

1807 

Gibson County

48,152

603

Trenton 

1823 

Giles County

29,447

611

Pulaski 

1809 

Grainger County

20,659

280

Rutledge 

1796 

Greene County

62,909

622

Greeneville 

1783 

Grundy County

14,332

361

Altamont 

1844 

Hamblen County

58,128

161

Morristown 

1870 

Hamilton County

307,896

542

Chattanooga 

1819 

Hancock County

6,786

222

Sneedville 

1844 

Hardeman County

28,105

668

Bolivar 

1823 

Hardin County

25,578

578

Savannah 

1819 

Hawkins County

53,563

487

Rogersville 

1786 

Haywood County

19,797

533

Brownsville 

1823 

Henderson County

25,522

520

Lexington 

1821 

Henry County

31,115

562

Paris 

1821 

Hickman County

22,295

613

Centerville 

1807 

Houston County

8,088

200

Erin 

1871 

Humphreys County

17,929

532

Waverly 

1809 

Jackson County

10,984

309

Gainesboro 

1801 

Jefferson County

44,294

274

Dandridge 

1792 

Johnson County

17,499

298

Mountain City 

1836 

Knox County

382,032

508

Knoxville 

1792 

Lake County

7,954

163

Tiptonville 

1870 

Lauderdale County

27,101

470

Ripley 

1835 

Lawrence County

39,926

617

Lawrenceburg 

1817 

Lewis County

11,367

282

Hohenwald 

1843 

Lincoln County

31,340

570

Fayetteville 

1809 

Loudon County

39,086

229

Loudon 

1870 

Macon County

20,386

307

Lafayette 

1842 

Madison County

91,837

557

Jackson 

1821 

Marion County

27,776

500

Jasper 

1817 

Marshall County

26,767

375

Lewisburg 

1836 

Maury County

69,498

613

Columbia 

1807 

McMinn County

49,015

430

Athens 

1819 

McNairy County

24,653

560

Selmer 

1823 

Meigs County

11,086

195

Decatur 

1836 

Monroe County

38,961

635

Madisonville 

1819 

Montgomery County

134,768

539

Clarksville 

1796 

Moore County

5,740

129

Lynchburg 

1871 

Morgan County

19,757

522

Wartburg 

1817 

Obion County

32,450

545

Union City 

1823 

Overton County

20,118

433

Livingston 

1806 

Perry County

7,631

415

Linden 

1819 

Pickett County

4,945

163

Byrdstown 

1879 

Polk County

16,050

435

Benton 

1839 

Putnam County

62,315

401

Cookeville 

1842 

Rhea County

28,400

316

Dayton 

1807 

Roane County

51,910

361

Kingston 

1801 

Robertson County

54,433

476

Springfield 

1796 

Rutherford County

182,023

619

Murfreesboro 

1803 

Scott County

21,127

532

Huntsville 

1849 

Sequatchie County

11,370

266

Dunlap 

1857 

Sevier County

71,170

592

Sevierville 

1794 

Shelby County

897,472

755

Memphis 

1819 

Smith County

17,712

314

Carthage 

1799 

Stewart County

12,370

458

Dover 

1803 

Sullivan County

153,048

413

Blountville 

1779 

Sumner County

130,449

529

Gallatin 

1786 

Tipton County

51,271

459

Covington 

1823 

Trousdale County

7,259

114

Hartsville 

1870 

Unicoi County

17,667

186

Erwin 

1875 

Union County

17,808

224

Maynardville 

1850 

Van Buren County

5,508

274

Spencer 

1840 

Warren County

38,276

433

McMinnville 

1807 

Washington County

107,198

326

Jonesborough 

1777 

Wayne County

16,842

734

Waynesboro 

1817 

Weakley County

34,895

580

Dresden 

1823 

White County

23,102

377

Sparta 

1806 

Williamson County

126,638

583

Franklin 

1799 

Wilson County

88,809

571

Lebanon 

1799 

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