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Grundy County, TennesseeGrundy County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed in honor of Felix Grundy (1777- 1840), chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, US congressman and senator from Tennessee, US attorney general under President Van Buren. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts History of Grundy CountyCreated 1844 from Coffee, Warren and Franklin counties; named in honor of Felix Grundy (1777- 1840), chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, US congressman and senator from Tennessee, US attorney general under President Van Buren. Grundy County was formed in 1844 from Franklin and Warren counties
The Tennessee General Assembly established Grundy County in 1844 from parts of Warren, Coffee, and later, Marion
Counties. It was named in honor of Felix Grundy, a Virginian who migrated to Tennessee by way of Kentucky. Grundy
served in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate and was attorney general under President Martin Van Buren. Find more from the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: GRUNDY COUNTY GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 361 square miles (935 kmē), of which, 361
square miles (934 kmē) of it is land and 1 square miles (2 kmē) of it (0.16%) is water Neighboring Counties:
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