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Gibson County, Tennessee
Gibson County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Trenton
Year Organized: 1823
Square Miles: 603: |
Court House: One Court Square
County Courthouse
Trenton, TN 38382-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named in honor of John H. Gibson (? - 1823), who served with distinction under Andrew Jackson in the Natchez Expedition (1812-1813) and in the Creek Wars.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History of Gibson County
Created 1823 from Indian lands; named in honor of John H. Gibson (? - 1823), who served with distinction under Andrew Jackson in the Natchez Expedition (1812-1813) and in the Creek Wars.
Gibson County was formed in 1823 from Indian lands
(Private Acts of Tennessee 1823, Chapter 111).
There was a fire at the Gibson County courthouse in 1941.
The Tennessee General Assembly created Gibson County on October 21, 1823, out of lands ceded by the Chickasaws in
the Jackson Purchase. It was named in honor of Colonel John H. Gibson, who served under Andrew Jackson in the
Natchez campaign, the Creek Wars, and the New Orleans campaign.
In 1819 Thomas Fite built the first cabin in Gibson County, which was then part of Carroll County. Luke Biggs, Davy
Crockett, and others followed. Settlement progressed rapidly, and residents soon petitioned the general assembly for
the formation of a new county, citing the difficulty of getting to the courts of Carroll County.
Commissioners appointed by the general assembly selected a county seat site near the center of the county where
Thomas Gibson, a brother of John Gibson, operated a trading post. Initially called Gibson-Port, the name was soon
changed to Trenton. County government was organized in January 1824, when the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
met at Biggs's residence. Following terms of the court met in the residence of William C. Love until April 1825,
when the first term of court met in a temporary courthouse made of hewn logs.
Find more from the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture:
GIBSON COUNTY
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 604 square miles (1,563 kmē), of which, 603
square miles (1,561 kmē) of it is land and 1 square miles (2 kmē) of it (0.15%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Weakley County (northeast)
- Carroll County (east)
- Madison County (south)
- Crockett County (southwest)
- Dyer County (west)
- Obion County (northwest)
Cities and Towns:
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- Bradford |
town |
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- Dyer |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gibson |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Humboldt |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kenton |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Medina |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Milan |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rutherford |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Trenton
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Yorkville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
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,
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