
| Tennessee County Formation years | ||||||||||||||
| 1777 | 1779 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1790 | 1792 | 1794 | 1795 | 1796 | 1797 | 1798 |
| 1799 | 1801 | 1803 | 1806 | 1807 | 1809 | 1817 | 1819 | 1821 | 1823 | 1824 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 |
| 1839 | 1840 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1849 | 1850 | 1852 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1866 |
| 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1875 | 1877 | 1879 | 1885 | 1895 | 1903 | 1920 | 1960 |
| 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Census Year with Modern Map overlayed: | ||||||||||||||
| 1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 |
| Tennessee Map Abbreviations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed An - Anderson Bed - Bedford Ben - Benton Ble - Bledsoe Blo - Blount Br - Bradley Cam - Campbell Can - Cannon Cbn - Claiborne Chs - Chester Cly - Clay Coc - Cocke |
Cof - Coffee Cr - Crockett Crl - Carroll Ctm - Cheatham Ctr - Carter Cu - Cumberland Da - Davidson Dec - Decatur Di - Dickson DK - Dekalb Dy - Dyer Fa - Fayette Fe - Fentress Fr - Franklin Gib - Gibson Gil - Giles Gra - Grainger Gre - Greene Gru - Grundy Han - Hancock Haw - Hawkins |
Hay - Haywood Hbn - Hamblen Hdm - Hardeman Hi - Hickman Ho - Houston Hrn - Hardin Hry - Henry Hsn - Henderson Htn - Hamilton Hu - Humphreys Jac - Jackson Je - Jefferson Jo - Johnson Jon - Jones Kn - Knox Lak - Lake Lau - Lauderdale Law - Lawrence Le - Lewis Li - Lincoln Lo - Loudon |
Mac - Macon Mad - Madison Mau - Maury McM - McMinn McN - McNairy Me - Meigs Moo - Moore Mor - Morgan Mrn - Marion Mro - Monroe Msl - Marshall Mty - Montgomery Ob - Obion Ov - Overton Pe - Perry Pi - Pickett Po - Polk Pu - Putnam Rh - Rhea Roa - Roane Rob - Robertson |
Ru - Rutherford Sc - Scott Seq - Sequatchie Sev - Sevier Sh - Shelby Sm - Smith St - Stewart Sul - Sullivan Sum - Sumner Ti - Tipton Tr - Trousdale Uci - Unicoi Unn - Union VB - Van Buren War - Warren Was - Washington Way - Wayne We - Weakley Wh - White Wls - Wilson Wms - Williamson |
These are scanned from the original copies so you can see the Tennessee and Tennessee counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Tennessee maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Tennessee.
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Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Tennessee Maps