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Bledsoe County, Tennessee

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
9historic places
—earliest paper
1807formed
14,913pop. 2020
66cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 9 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1993. Most listings are in or near Pikeville, Pikesville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Tennessee is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Bledsoe titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 9 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

9 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bellview SchoolPikevilleBuilding1999
Bledsoe County CourthousePikesvilleBuilding1995
Bledsoe County JailPikevilleBuilding2008
Bridgman, John, HousePikevilleBuilding1993
Fall Creek Falls Fire Lookout TowerPikevilleBuilding2015
Lincoln SchoolPikevilleBuilding1993
Pikeville Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchPikevilleBuilding1999
Ross, Dr. James A., HousePikevilleBuilding1999
South Main Street Historic DistrictPikevilleDistrict1994

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bledsoe was formed in 1807 (1807-11-30) from Roane.

BLEDSOE created from ROANE and Non-County Area 6.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bledsoe County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

15k9,0863,2591810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,2594,0055,6764,4595,6176,6267,2188,3588,5617,8119,47812,36714,913

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

66 cemeteries and 9 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 66 of 66 listed
NameLatLon
Arnett Cemetery35.64805-85.14802
Arnett Cemetery35.71089-85.09995
Beach Cemetery35.64589-85.2444
Beaverhill Cemetery35.68367-85.18885
Bethel Cemetery35.54568-85.22667
Blackburn Cemetery35.65784-85.21496
Bowman Cemetery35.37312-85.23746
Boynton Cemetery35.65201-85.23801
Brushy Cemetery35.712-85.08294
Burden Cemetery35.6584-85.01606
Cagle Cemetery35.5243-85.31193
Collier Cemetery35.4933-85.30819
Cox Cemetery35.65673-85.15023
DeBord Cemetery35.62785-85.26404
Dodson Cemetery35.5287-85.27736
Dunn Cemetery35.69895-85.00495
Gentry Cemetery35.65645-85.05884
Hale Cemetery35.68478-85.11995
Hamilton Cemetery35.72311-85.04707
Hendon Cemetery35.41201-85.2444
Henson Cemetery35.61788-85.18916
Hickory Grove Cemetery35.48201-85.18662
Hitchcox Cemetery35.56756-85.41997
Hixson Cemetery35.42274-85.31142
Hixson Cemetery35.4745-85.27857
Howard Walker Cemetery35.48473-85.26527
Hughes Cemetery35.46174-85.29937
Hughes Cemetery35.62617-85.08301
Humble Cemetery35.56623-85.24808
Hutcheson Cemetery35.68062-85.11356
Iron Hill Cemetery35.6485-85.16539
John M Hixson Cemetery35.44034-85.29611
Johnson Cemetery35.46176-85.3353
Knight Cemetery35.66728-85.19412
Lamb Cemetery35.47421-85.31947
Lee Cemetery35.70957-85.04656
Lester Cemetery35.66895-85.06106
McReynolds Cemetery35.59175-85.20575
Metz Cemetery35.46645-85.14801
Pendergrass Cemetery35.6673-85.143
Perry Cemetery35.76562-85.13357
Pleasant Hill Cemetery35.70201-84.99939
Pope Cemetery35.44454-85.3454
Price Cemetery35.54089-85.25107
Rigsby Cemetery35.54721-85.14759
Rollins Cemetery35.62562-85.10162
Seals Cemetery35.74117-85.17662
Simmons Cemetery35.71395-85.16635
Smith Cemetery35.70812-85.15357
Smyrna Cemetery35.64985-85.1204
Stephens Cemetery35.74938-85.04804
Summer City Cemetery35.59272-85.10758
Swafford Chapel Cemetery35.69589-85.07829
T A Swafford Cemetery35.71497-85.06589
Thomas Cemetery35.76339-85.16107
Thomas Y Swafford Cemetery35.70641-85.05784
Thurman Cemetery35.67701-85.04078
Thurman Cemetery35.68423-85.02189
Thurman Cemetery Number 135.73244-85.06336
Tollett Cemetery35.74693-85.01427
Vernon Cemetery35.57122-85.19496
Walker Cemetery35.73797-85.06666
Warner Cemetery35.74951-85.16218
Winnie Cemetery35.68923-84.99856
Worthington Cemetery35.66589-85.10162
Wyatt Cemetery35.76756-85.14607
Historical populated places — 9 of 9
NameLatLon
Gladecreek35.65146-85.23885
Grapevine35.75646-85.13052
Hart35.71118-85.21941
Pearson35.70951-85.18496
Rainy35.68201-85.01801
Schoolfield35.66729-85.20913
Seals35.74173-85.18052
Skiles35.43229-85.22802
Tanbark35.66229-85.01384

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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