Tennessee, the Volunteer State
Land area: 41,220 sq. mi. (34)
Population (2000): 5,689,283 (16)
Population density: 138.02 per sq. mi. (19)
U.S. Representatives (2003-12): 9
Entered Union: 1-Jun-1796 (16)
I’ll volunteer a few places I’ve been in Tennessee. My first visit brought me to Gatlinburg, where I waited out a rain delay before heading into the Great Smoky Mountains. Later on, I clipped the lower left corner and stood outside Graceland for a few minutes (but I didn’t go in – it was Death Week). And on my way back after visiting Georgia, I searched in vain for the Chattanooga choo-choo. Maybe it wasn’t a quarter to four, and it hadn’t left the Pennsylvania Station yet? Naturally, we mustn’t forget Nashville, state capital and home of the Grand Ole Opry.
No. of Counties I’ve Visited: 95 of 95
| County |
Pop. (2000) |
Latest Visit | |
County Seat |
Visited? |
| Anderson |
71,330 |
29-Aug-2005 | |
Clinton |
|
| Bedford |
37,586 |
5-Jul-2009 | |
Shelbyville |
yes |
| Benton |
16,537 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Camden |
|
| Bledsoe |
12,367 |
29-Jul-2005 | |
Pikeville |
yes |
| Blount |
105,823 |
8-Aug-1999 | |
Marysville |
yes |
| Bradley |
87,965 |
2-Aug-2000 | |
Cleveland |
yes |
| Campbell |
39,854 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Jacksboro |
|
| Cannon |
12,826 |
28-Aug-1998 | |
Woodbury |
|
| Carroll |
29,475 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Bethel |
|
| Carter |
56,742 |
13-Jul-2003 | |
Elizabethton |
yes |
| Cheatham |
35,912 |
18-Aug-2007 | |
Ashland City |
yes |
| Chester |
15,540 |
27-Aug-1998 | |
Henderson |
yes |
| Claiborne |
29,862 |
5-Aug-2000 | |
Tazewell |
|
| Clay |
7,976 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Celina |
|
| Cocke |
33,565 |
20-Aug-2006 | |
Newport |
yes |
| Coffee |
48,014 |
5-Jul-2009 | |
Manchester |
yes |
| Crockett |
14,532 |
27-Aug-1998 | |
Alamo |
|
| Cumberland |
46,802 |
29-Aug-1998 | |
Crossville |
|
| Davidson |
569,891 |
5-Jul-2009 | |
Nashville |
yes |
| Decatur |
11,731 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Decaturville |
|
| DeKalb |
17,423 |
28-Aug-1998 | |
Smithville |
yes |
| Dickson |
43,156 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Charlotte |
yes |
| Dyer |
37,279 |
16-Aug-2008 | |
Dyersburg |
yes |
| Fayette |
28,806 |
4-Aug-2001 | |
Somerville |
yes |
| Fentress |
16,625 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Jamestown |
yes |
| Franklin |
39,270 |
29-Jul-2005 | |
Winchester |
yes |
| Gibson |
48,152 |
27-Aug-1998 | |
Trenton |
yes |
| Giles |
29,447 |
18-Aug-2007 | |
Pulaski |
yes |
| Grainger |
20,659 |
5-Aug-2000 | |
Rutledge |
|
| Greene |
62,909 |
20-Aug-2006 | |
Greeneville |
yes |
| Grundy |
14,332 |
5-Jul-2009 | |
Altamont |
yes |
| Hamblen |
58,128 |
29-Jul-2005 | |
Morristown |
yes |
| Hamilton |
307,896 |
5-Jul-2009 | |
Chattanooga |
yes |
| Hancock |
6,786 |
8-Aug-1999 | |
Sneedville |
|
| Hardeman |
28,105 |
4-Aug-2001 | |
Bolivar |
yes |
| Hardin |
25,578 |
27-Aug-1998 | |
Savannah |
yes |
| Hawkins |
53,563 |
5-Aug-2000 | |
Rogersville |
|
| Haywood |
19,797 |
3-Aug-2001 | |
Brownsville |
yes |
| Henderson |
25,522 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Lexington |
yes |
| Henry |
31,115 |
3-Aug-2001 | |
Paris |
yes |
| Hickman |
22,295 |
4-Aug-2001 | |
Centerville |
|
| Houston |
8,088 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Erin |
yes |
| Humphreys |
17,929 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Waverly |
yes |
| Jackson |
10,984 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Gainesboro |
|
| Jefferson |
44,294 |
13-Jul-2002 | |
Dandridge |
yes |
| Johnson |
17,499 |
13-Jul-2003 | |
Mountain City |
yes |
| Knox |
382,032 |
29-Jul-2005 | |
Knoxville |
yes |
| Lake |
7,954 |
3-Aug-2001 | |
Tiptonville |
|
| Lauderdale |
27,101 |
16-Aug-2008 | |
Ripley |
yes |
| Lawrence |
39,926 |
27-Aug-1998 | |
Lawrenceburg |
yes |
| Lewis |
11,367 |
4-Aug-2001 | |
Hohenwald |
yes |
| Lincoln |
31,340 |
28-Aug-1998 | |
Fayetteville |
yes |
| Loudon |
39,086 |
13-Jul-2002 | |
Loudon |
|
| McMinn |
49,015 |
13-Jul-2002 | |
Athens |
|
| McNairy |
24,653 |
27-Aug-1998 | |
Selmer |
yes |
| Macon |
20,386 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Lafayette |
yes |
| Madison |
91,837 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Jackson |
yes |
| Marion |
27,776 |
5-Jul-2009 | |
Jasper |
yes |
| Marshall |
26,767 |
18-Aug-2007 | |
Lewisburg |
yes |
| Maury |
69,498 |
18-Aug-2007 | |
Columbia |
yes |
| Meigs |
11,086 |
13-Jul-2002 | |
Decatur |
|
| Monroe |
38,961 |
13-Jul-2002 | |
Madisonville |
|
| Montgomery |
134,768 |
18-Aug-2007 | |
Clarksville |
yes |
| Moore |
5,740 |
28-Aug-1998 | |
Lynchburg |
yes |
| Morgan |
19,757 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Wartburg |
|
| Obion |
32,450 |
3-Aug-2001 | |
Union City |
|
| Overton |
20,118 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Livingston |
yes |
| Perry |
7,631 |
4-Aug-2001 | |
Linden |
yes |
| Pickett |
4,945 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Byrdstown |
yes |
| Polk |
16,050 |
2-Aug-2000 | |
Benton |
|
| Putnam |
62,315 |
29-Aug-1998 | |
Cookeville |
yes |
| Rhea |
28,400 |
13-Jul-2002 | |
Dayton |
yes |
| Roane |
51,910 |
29-Jul-2005 | |
Kingston |
yes |
| Robertson |
54,433 |
5-Jul-2009 | |
Springfield |
yes |
| Rutherford |
182,023 |
5-Jul-2009 | |
Murfreesboro |
yes |
| Scott |
21,127 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Huntsville |
yes |
| Sequatchie |
11,370 |
29-Jul-2005 | |
Dunlap |
yes |
| Sevier |
71,170 |
29-Jul-2005 | |
Sevierville |
yes |
| Shelby |
897,472 |
16-Aug-2008 | |
Memphis |
yes |
| Smith |
17,712 |
27-Aug-1998 | |
Carthage |
|
| Stewart |
12,370 |
3-Aug-2001 | |
Dover |
|
| Sullivan |
153,048 |
28-Jul-2005 | |
Blountville |
|
| Sumner |
130,449 |
5-Jul-2009 | |
Gallatin |
yes |
| Tipton |
51,271 |
16-Aug-2008 | |
Covington |
yes |
| Trousdale |
7,259 |
5-Jul-2009 | |
Hartsville |
yes |
| Unicoi |
17,667 |
19-Aug-2006 | |
Erwin |
yes |
| Union |
17,808 |
5-Aug-2001 | |
Maynardville |
|
| Van Buren |
5,508 |
29-Jul-2005 | |
Spencer |
yes |
| Warren |
38,276 |
28-Aug-1998 | |
McMinnville |
|
| Washington |
107,198 |
19-Aug-2006 | |
Jonesboro |
yes |
| Wayne |
16,842 |
4-Aug-2001 | |
Waynesboro |
yes |
| Weakley |
34,895 |
3-Aug-2001 | |
Dresden |
yes |
| White |
23,102 |
29-Jul-2005 | |
Sparta |
yes |
| Williamson |
126,638 |
18-Aug-2007 | |
Franklin |
|
| Wilson |
88,809 |
5-Jul-2009 | |
Lebanon |
yes |
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