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| Name | Fentress |
| Alt names | Fentress | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 36.383°N 84.933°W |
| Located in | Tennessee, United States (1823 - ) |
| See also | Campbell, Tennessee, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Cumberland, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Morgan, Tennessee, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Overton, Tennessee, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pickett, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Scott, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Fentress County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,959. Its county seat is Jamestown.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1820 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1823 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1842 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1890 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1905 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1905 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1914 | 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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| 1830 | 2,748
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| 1840 | 3,550
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| 1850 | 4,454
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| 1860 | 5,054
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| 1870 | 4,717
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| 1880 | 5,941
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| 1890 | 5,226
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| 1900 | 6,106
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| 1910 | 7,446
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| 1920 | 10,435
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| 1930 | 11,036
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| 1940 | 14,262
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| 1950 | 14,917
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| 1960 | 13,288
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| 1970 | 12,593
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| 1980 | 14,826
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| 1990 | 14,669
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Research Tips
External Links
- Outstanding guide to Fentress 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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