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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Davidson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in the heart of Middle Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 715,884, making it the second most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Nashville, the state capital and largest city.
Since 1963, the city of Nashville and Davidson County have had a consolidated government called the "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County", commonly referred to as "Metro Nashville" or "Metro".
Davidson County has the largest population in the 13-county Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area, the state's most populous metropolitan area. Nashville has always been the region's center of commerce, industry, transportation, and culture, but it did not become the capital of Tennessee until 1827 and did not gain permanent capital status until 1843.[1]
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1783 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1783 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1784 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1784 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1789 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1881 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 3,459
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| 1800 | 9,965
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| 1810 | 15,608
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| 1820 | 20,154
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| 1830 | 28,122
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| 1840 | 30,509
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| 1850 | 38,882
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| 1860 | 47,055
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| 1870 | 62,897
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| 1880 | 79,026
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| 1890 | 108,174
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| 1900 | 122,815
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| 1910 | 149,478
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| 1920 | 167,815
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| 1930 | 222,854
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| 1940 | 257,267
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| 1950 | 321,758
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| 1960 | 399,743
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| 1970 | 448,003
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| 1980 | 477,811
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| 1990 | 510,784
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Research Tips
External Links
- Outstanding guide to Davidson County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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