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Cumberland County, TennesseeCumberland County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed in honor of the Cumberland Mountains which Thomas Walker may have named for the Duke of Cumberland, then prime minister of England, ca. 1748. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts History of Cumberland CountyCreated 1855 from White, Bledsoe, Rhea, Morgan, Fentress and Putnam counties; named in honor of the Cumberland Mountains which Thomas Walker may have named for the Duke of Cumberland, then prime minister of England, ca. 1748. Cumberland County was formed in 1855 from Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea and White counties. (Acts of Tennessee 1855-56, Chapter 6).
The land that is now Cumberland County existed as an Indian hunting ground when Tennessee became a state in 1796.
Bands of settlers making the perilous journey from Virginia, Maryland, and North and South Carolina to the
Cumberland River settlements and beyond rested at the inns located along the toll roads that crossed the region.
Kemmer's Stand, Mammy, Burke, Genesis, Lowery's Stand, and Grimes (Graham's) Stand were familiar names to early
travelers. Movement across the region became so common that Helen Krechniak, author of Cumberland County's First
Hundred Years, referred to the county as "The Road to Somewhere Else." Many of the roads were mere trails, partially
maintained between toll gates; other roads were better maintained and offered more substantial accommodations. Crab
Orchard Inn, Kemmer's Stand, and Johnson's Stand (Mayland) serviced Walton Road. That road was established by the
legislature to connect Southwest Point (Kingston) to Nashville. Today, Interstate 40 follows much of the original
route across Cumberland County. Find more from the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: CUMBERLAND COUNTY GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 685 square miles (1,774 kmē), of which, 682
square miles (1,765 kmē) of it is land and 3 square miles (9 kmē) of it (0.49%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
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But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |
