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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
McMinn County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in East Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,794. The county has a total area of . Most of the county is within the Ridge and Valley province of the Appalachian Mountains. Its county seat is Athens. McMinn County comprises the Athens, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1819 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1819 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1819 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1820 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1820 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1838 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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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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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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1820 | 1,623
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1830 | 14,460
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1840 | 12,719
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1850 | 13,906
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1860 | 13,555
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1870 | 13,969
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1880 | 15,064
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1890 | 17,890
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1900 | 19,163
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1910 | 21,046
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1920 | 25,133
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1930 | 29,019
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1940 | 30,781
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1950 | 32,024
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1960 | 33,662
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1970 | 35,462
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1980 | 41,878
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1990 | 42,383
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Research Tips
External Links
- Outstanding guide to McMinn County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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