Counties in Tennessee that I have Visited

There are 95 Counties in Tennessee – “The Volunteer State“

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

I have visited 54 Counties = 56.8% of Counties in Tennessee

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.  Map created using Mob Rule.

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Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Tennessee

Markers designate the Tennessee locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.

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Counties in Tennessee

Below are the 95 counties in Tennessee. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

1. Anderson
2. Bedford
3. Benton
4. Bledsoe
5. Blount: Rocky Top
6. Bradley
7. Campbell
8. Cannon
9. Carroll
10. Carter
11. Cheatham
12. Chester
13. Claiborne: Résumé Bait and Switch
14. Clay
15. Cocke
16. Coffee
17. Crockett
18. Cumberland: Tennessee I-40 Time Zone Crossing
19. Davidson: Nolensville Pike; Egyptian Revival Churches; Big River Brewing Company; Zoos & Brews
20. De Kalb: De Kalb Co. Jog
21. Decatur
22. Dickson
23. Dyer
24. Fayette
25. Fentress: Time Zone Limits
26. Franklin
27. Gibson
28. Giles
29. Grainger
30. Greene
31. Grundy
32. Hamblen
33. Hamilton: Impressive Pedestrian Bridges; Label Me Elmo
34. Hancock
35. Hardeman
36. Hardin
37. Hawkins
38. Haywood
39. Henderson
40. Henry
41. Hickman: Grinder’s Switch
42. Houston: A Tale of Three Ridges
43. Humphreys: Inland Hurricane
44. Jackson: No Names and Nameless
45. Jefferson
46. Johnson
47. Knox: World’s Fair Towers; Traffic Camera Mayhem
48. Lake: Reelfoot Lake, Tiptonville, Tennessee
49. Lauderdale: Low Clearance; Riverboat Adventure
50. Lawrence
51. Lewis
52. Lincoln
53. Loudon
54. Macon
55. Madison
56. Marion: Tennessee-Georgia Boundary Dispute
57. Marshall
58. Maury
59. McMinn
60. McNairy
61. Meigs
62. Monroe
63. Montgomery
64. Moore: Jack Daniel Distillery
65. Morgan
66. Obion
67. Overton
68. Perry
69. Pickett: Smallest county population in Tennessee (4,945 people in 2000 Census).
70. Polk
71. Putnam
72. Rhea
73. Roane: Improbable Connections; Tennessee I-40 Time Zone Crossing
74. Robertson: The Other White House
75. Rutherford
76. Scott: Great Scott
77. Sequatchie
78. Sevier: Clingmans Dome
79. Shelby: Largest county in Tennessee (755 square miles) and largest county population in Tennessee (897,472 people in 2000 Census); Ash Creek Cove; Hernando DeSoto Bridge; Mud Island Riverwalk; Move Along, Nothing to See; The Cult of Elvis; National Civil Rights Museum; Graceland
80. Smith: Rest Stop Sundial
81. Stewart: An Extreme Definition of Southern
82. Sullivan: Cross-Country; Simply Boring; Every Cardinal Direction
83. Sumner: Me and What Army
84. Tipton
85. Trousdale: Smallest county in Tennessee (114 square miles).
86. Unicoi
87. Union
88. Van Buren
89. Warren
90. Washington: The State of Franklin
91. Wayne
92. Weakley
93. White
94. Williamson
95. Wilson

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Quick Facts About Tennessee

• Location: East South Central United States. See map above.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 41,235 square miles. Tennessee is the 34th largest state. The next larger state is Louisiana and the next smaller state is Ohio.
• Population⁽²⁾: 6,833,010 people. Tennessee is the 16th most populous state. The next more populous state is Massachusetts and the next less populous state is Indiana.
• Population Density: 165.7 people per square mile. Tennessee is the 20th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is South Carolina and the next less densely populated state is New Hampshire.
• Bordering States: Tennessee shares a border with 8 states: Kentucky; Missouri; Arkansas; Mississippi; Alabama; Georgia; North Carolina and Virginia.
• Admission to the Union: June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the 16th state admitted to the Union, after Kentucky and before Ohio.
• Capital: Nashville.
• Highest Point: 6,6,43 feet at Clingmans Dome. See SummitPost’s Clingmans Dome page.
• Lowest Point: 178 feet at the Mississippi River in Shelby County.
• Government website: Tennessee.gov.
• Official Tourism website: Tennessee Vacation.
• Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s Tennessee page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.