- Name
- Grainger
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- Alternate names
- Grainger (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 36.267°N 83.483°W
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- Located in
- Tennessee, United States (1796 - )
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- See also
- Anderson, Tennessee, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Campbell, Tennessee, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Claiborne, Tennessee, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Hamblen, Tennessee, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Hawkins, Tennessee, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Union, Tennessee, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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| Contained Places
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- Deserted settlement
- May Springs
- Noeton
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- Inhabited place
- Agreeable
- Ambro
- Ashby
- Avondale Springs
- Avondale
- Bald Point
- Bean Station
- Beans
- Beech Grove
- Beeler Mill
- Big Q Estates
- Black Fox
- Blaine
- Boggs
- Bowen
- Buffalo Springs
- Central Point
- Cherokee
- Clear Springs
- Clinch River
- Crosby
- Dotson
- Dutch
- Elm Springs
- Fairview
- Fennel Store
- Hammer Store
- Helton
- Highland Springs
- Highlands
- Holston
- Hopper Bluff
- Idol
- Indian Cave
- Indian Ridge
- Joppa
- Lake Forest Estates
- Lea Springs
- Liberty Hill
- Lulaville
- Maples
- Mary Chapel
- Massengill Mill
- Meadow Branch
- Mitchell Ford
- Nance Ferry
- Narrow Valley
- New Corinth
- Oakland
- Oakman
- Perrin Hollow
- Powder Springs
- Puncheon Camp
- Red House
- Richland
- Riverview
- Rock Haven
- Rocky Summit
- Rutledge
- Shiloh
- Stithsville
- Sunset
- Sycamore Spring
- Tampico
- Tate Springs
- Thorn Hill
- Turley Mills
- Wa-Ni Village
- Washburn
- Williams Springs
- Wyatt Village
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- Unknown
- Jefferson City
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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
Grainger County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Together with Hamblen and Jefferson counties, it is part of the Morristown, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area which is, as of December 2005, considered a component of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette, TN Combined Statistical Area.[1] As of 2000, the population was 20,659. The 2005 Census Estimate placed the population at 22,283 [2]. Its county seat is Rutledge6.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1796 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1796 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1796 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1796 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1796 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1800 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1908 | 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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| 1800 | 7,367
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| 1810 | 6,397
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| 1820 | 7,651
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| 1830 | 10,066
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| 1840 | 10,572
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| 1850 | 12,370
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| 1860 | 10,962
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| 1870 | 12,421
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| 1880 | 12,384
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| 1890 | 13,196
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| 1900 | 15,512
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| 1910 | 13,888
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| 1920 | 13,369
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| 1930 | 12,737
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| 1940 | 14,356
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| 1950 | 13,086
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| 1960 | 12,506
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| 1970 | 13,948
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| 1980 | 16,751
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| 1990 | 17,095
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