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McMinn County, TennesseeMcMinn County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed in honor of Joseph McMinn (1758-1824), militia commander, member of territorial legislature, speaker of the state senate, governor of Tennessee, and superintendent of the Cherokee Agency. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts History of McMinn CountyCreated 1819 from Indian lands; named in honor of Joseph McMinn (1758-1824), militia commander, member of territorial legislature, speaker of the state senate, governor of Tennessee, and superintendent of the Cherokee Agency. McMinn County was formed in 1819 from Indian lands. (Acts of Tennessee 1819, Chapter 7). McMinn County, located in southeast Tennessee, was established by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1819. Named
for Governor Joseph McMinn, the county was created from lands ceded by the Cherokees in the Hiwassee Purchase. Find more from the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: MCMINN COUNTY GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 432 square miles (1,119 kmē), of which, 430
square miles (1,114 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (5 kmē) of it (0.45%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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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, act locally." |