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Fayette County, Tennessee

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13historic places

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1824formed

41,990pop. 2020

177cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 13 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Williston, Somerville, Whiteville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 13 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

13 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bolivar-Somerville Stage Road	Whiteville	Structure	2005
Crawford General Store (Additional Documentation)	Williston	Building	1975
Crawford's Experiment Farm	Williston	Building	1991
Immanuel Church (Additional Documentation)	La Grange	Building	1972
La Grange Historic District	La Grange and	District	1975
Lucerne	Brownsville	Building	1977
McFerren’s Grocery and Oil Company	Somerville	Building	2026
Mebane-Nuckolls House	Macon	Building	1985
Miller House	Elba	Building	1978
Oakland Presbyterian Church	Oakland	Building	2002
Rossville Historic District	Rossville	District	2001
Somerville Historic District	Somerville	District	1982
Williston Historic District	Williston	District	1995

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Fayette was formed in 1824 (1824-09-29) from unknown / original county.

FAYETTE created from Non-County Area 13 attached to HARDEMAN; Non-County Area 13 eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Fayette County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
8,652	21,501	24,327	31,871	29,701	31,499	30,322	27,535	24,577	25,305	28,806	41,990

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

177 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 177 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alexander Cemetery	35.1598	-89.53535
Ambrose Cemetery	35.03592	-89.33646
Anthony Cemetery	35.10814	-89.61702
Asbury Cemetery	35.16955	-89.32425
Bailey Cemetery	35.17425	-89.58452
Baskerville Cemetery	35.35897	-89.4209
Beaver Cemetery	35.3548	-89.62396
Bell Grove Cemetery	35.23088	-89.5477
Belmont Cemetery	35.37563	-89.48674
Bethlehem Cemetery	35.03941	-89.45492
Blain Cemetery	35.08599	-89.56123
Bland Cemeteries	35.39285	-89.4984
Bramley / Brumley Cemetery	35.32469	-89.24873
Braswell Cemetery	35.1998	-89.5873
Brodnax Cemetery	35.37508	-89.53007
Brooks Cemetery	35.20376	-89.30772
Brown Cemetery	35.20536	-89.35368
Bull Cemetery	35.00842	-89.40007
Burrow Cemetery	35.34742	-89.63146
Carpenter Cemetery	35.14425	-89.50424
Carter Cemetery	35.27962	-89.45233
Chaffin Cemetery	35.22452	-89.43201
Clark Cemetery	35.17591	-89.35284
Clay Cemetery	35.17703	-89.55146
Clay Cemetery	35.18369	-89.53702
Clifton Summit Cemetery	35.36425	-89.58399
Cross Cemetery	35.18147	-89.60285
Douglas Cemetery	35.32036	-89.51007
Douglas Chapel Cemetery	35.37924	-89.57896
Dudney Cemetery	35.16758	-89.58507
Dungan Cemetery	35.17619	-89.40396
Dupree Cemeteries	35.19341	-89.55702
Dupree Cemetery	35.18894	-89.28964
Ebenezer Cemetery	35.14258	-89.34951
Evergreen Cemetery	35.16364	-89.36582
Farley Cemetery	35.08887	-89.51767
Farwell Cemetery	35.15397	-89.59702
Flournoy Cemetery	35.37397	-89.52757
Franklin Cemetery	35.05882	-89.30245
Fredonia Cemetery	35.10758	-89.37618
Friendship Cemetery	35.05381	-89.34616
Gallaway Cemetery	35.34286	-89.60841
Gatley Cemetery	35.19536	-89.25395
Good Springs Cemetery	35.09228	-89.45289
Granbery Cemetery	35.1598	-89.49257
Granbery Cemetery	35.16786	-89.49007
Green Cemetery	35.10008	-89.30507
Harrell Cemetery	35.11437	-89.59987
Harris Cemetery	35.15286	-89.48563
Harris Cemetery	35.33925	-89.63396
Harris Cemetery	35.34563	-89.57063
Harwell Cemetery	35.3673	-89.44173
Heaslet Cemetery	35.11286	-89.46701
Hebron Cemetery	35.38952	-89.41201
Herron Cemetery	35.32314	-89.57394
Hickory Grove Cemetery	35.00528	-89.31828
Hillard Nolley Cemetery	35.26786	-89.54257
Hobson Cemetery	35.30878	-89.35013
Hood Cemetery	35.26365	-89.43868
Hopewell Cemetery	35.36591	-89.61757
Hunter Cemetery	35.12008	-89.58702
Hunter Cemetery	35.17064	-89.56924
Hutchins Cemetery	35.19841	-89.36034
Jenkins Cemetery	35.13147	-89.61119
Jenkins Cemetery	35.13481	-89.58174
Johnson Cemetery	35.10536	-89.47896
Johnson Cemetery	35.11897	-89.28006
Jones Cemetery	35.39702	-89.25506
Jones Cemetery	35.40063	-89.44507
Jones Chapel Cemetery	35.13953	-89.40507
Ketchum Cemetery	35.21869	-89.44674
Knox Cemetery	35.01981	-89.50174
LaGrange Cemetery	35.05653	-89.2452
Layton Cemetery	35.3227	-89.6218
Lewis Parrot Cemetery	35.16203	-89.44062
Lucas Cemetery	35.31774	-89.55096
Mabone Cemetery	35.1648	-89.62146
Macedonia Cemetery	35.10342	-89.37451
Maclin Quarter Cemetery	35.37036	-89.46812
Macon Cemetery	35.16314	-89.47785

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Ina	35.29592	-89.21812
Tanyard	35.16731	-89.22701

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Collierville	2,118	30.6 km	TN022

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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