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Van Buren County, TennesseeVan Buren County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed in honor of Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), attorney general and governor of New York, US senator from New York, US secretary of state, eighth US president. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts History of Van Buren CountyCreated 1840 from Warren and White counties; named in honor of Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), attorney general and governor of New York, US senator from New York, US secretary of state, eighth US president. Van Buren County was formed in 1840 from Warren and White counties. (Acts of Tennessee 1839-40, Chapter 59). Van Buren County encompasses 274 square miles straddling the Cumberland Plateau and the eastern Highland Rim. The
western 30 percent of the county stands 960 feet above sea level; its limestone outcroppings have resulted in
numerous caves. The best known, Big Bone Cave, was important in the early settlement period. In 1811 the discovery
of bones of a giant sloth in the cave provided its name; remnants of a Pleistocene jaguar were unearthed there as
well. The U.S. Department of the Interior designated the 334-acre site a Pleistocene vertebrate fossil site. It is
also listed on the National Register of Historic Places: in both the War of 1812 and the Civil War saltpeter was
mined there, and the well-preserved vats, tramways, and ladders remain in place today. Find more from the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: VAN BUREN COUNTY GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 275 square miles (711 kmē), of which, 273
square miles (708 kmē) of it is land and 1 square miles (3 kmē) of it (0.42%) 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." |
