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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
Dickson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,315. Its county seat is Charlotte. Dickson County is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Dickson County is home to Tennessee's oldest courthouse in continuous use, built in 1835. This is the second courthouse in Charlotte as the first one, a log building, was destroyed in the Tornado of 1833, which destroyed all but one building on the courthouse square.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1800 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1803 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1804 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1804 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1817 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1859 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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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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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1810 | 4,516
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| 1820 | 5,190
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| 1830 | 7,265
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| 1840 | 7,074
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| 1850 | 8,404
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| 1860 | 9,982
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| 1870 | 9,340
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| 1880 | 12,460
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| 1890 | 13,645
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| 1900 | 18,635
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| 1910 | 19,955
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| 1920 | 19,342
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| 1930 | 18,491
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| 1940 | 19,718
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| 1950 | 18,805
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| 1960 | 18,839
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| 1970 | 21,977
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| 1980 | 30,037
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| 1990 | 35,061
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Research Tips
External Links
- Outstanding guide to Dickson 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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