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Bledsoe County, TennesseeBledsoe County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed in honor of Anthony Bledsoe (1733-1788), colonial and Revolutionary War soldier, surveyor, Tennessee militia colonel and early settler of Sumner County who was killed by Indians.
Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts History of Bledsoe CountyCreated 1807 from Roane County and Indian lands; named in honor of Anthony Bledsoe (1733-1788), colonial and Revolutionary War soldier, surveyor, Tennessee militia colonel and early settler of Sumner County who was killed by Indians.
Bledsoe County was formed in 1807 from parts of Roane County and Indian lands. (Acts of Tennessee 1807, Chapter 9). The oldest and northernmost county in the Sequatchie Valley is Bledsoe County; it became Tennessee's thirty-third
county by an act of the Tennessee legislature in November 1807. It was named for Anthony Bledsoe, a Revolutionary
War patriot who migrated to Tennessee from Virginia in the late 1700s.
Find more from the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: BLEDSOE COUNTY GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 407 square miles (1,053 kmē), of which, 406
square miles (1,052 kmē) of it is land and 0 square miles (1 kmē) of it (0.10%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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