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Grundy County, Tennessee

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
22historic places
—earliest paper
1844formed
13,529pop. 2020
49cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 22 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Tracy City, Monteagle, Altamont.

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 Grundy titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

16 of 22 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

22 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Beersheba Springs Historic DistrictBeersheba SpringsDistrict1980
Christ Episcopal ChurchTracy CityBuilding2015
Coalmont Bank Building (Additional Documentation)CoalmontBuilding1991
DuBose Memorial Church Training School (Additional Documentation)MonteagleBuilding1980
Firescald Creek Stone Arch Bridge (Additional Documentation)AltamontStructure1987
Grundy Lakes Historic DistrictTracy CityDistrict1987
Hampton, E. L., HouseTracy CityBuilding1987
Hickory Creek Stone Arch BridgeMarvin ChapelStructure1987
Highlander Folk School Library BuildingMonteagleBuilding2022
Marugg CompanyTracy CityBuilding1987
Monteagle Sunday School Assembly Historic DistrictMonteagleDistrict1982
Northcutt, H. B., HouseAltamontBuilding1982
Northcutts Cove ChapelAltamontBuilding1979
Shook, Col. A. M., HouseTracy CityBuilding1987
Stagecoach InnGruetliBuilding1987
Stagecoach RoadBeersheba SpringsStructure1987
Stoker-Stampfli FarmGruetliBuilding1987
Tracy City Coke OvensTracy CityStructure1987
White, Frank, HouseTracy CityBuilding1987
Wonder Cave Historic DistrictMonteagleDistrict1987
Woodlee, L. V., HouseAltamontBuilding1987
Wrenn's NestMonteagleBuilding1986

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Grundy was formed in 1844 (1844-05-27) from Coffee, Warren.

GRUNDY created from COFFEE and WARREN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Grundy County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

14k8,5522,7731850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,7733,0934,5927,8029,75311,55212,55811,51213,78714,33213,529

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

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

Cemeteries — 49 of 49 listed
NameLatLon
Airview Cemetery35.44674-85.81192
Altamont Cemetery35.43507-85.72279
Beersheba Springs Cemetery35.46868-85.65553
Bethel Cemetery35.34368-85.8472
Bethel Cemetery35.34229-85.84692
Big Spring Cemetery35.31535-85.83581
Bonnie Oak Cemetery35.34368-85.73303
Browns Chapel Cemetery35.39747-85.55873
Caldwell Cemetery35.28202-85.88608
Campbell Cemetery35.36118-85.8297
Chestnut Grove Cemetery35.51118-85.81664
Clouse Hill Cemetery35.28757-85.79053
Coalmont Cemetery35.32948-85.70755
Fall Creek Cemetery35.37124-85.62568
Fults Cemetery35.47062-85.73886
Fults Cemetery35.34062-85.64386
Fultz Cemetery35.50396-85.8122
Goodman Cemetery35.31424-85.85553
Grace Chapel Cemetery35.46784-85.66469
Gregg Cemetery35.23404-85.72477
Hamby Cemetery35.33979-85.85692
Hargiss Cemetery35.2798-85.86219
Hobbs Hill Cemetery35.27471-85.72738
Johnny Cemetery35.46812-85.78553
Laxon Cemetery35.28202-85.88664
Morton Memorial Cemetery35.49258-85.65317
Northcutts Cove Cemetery35.51812-85.75386
Old Baptist Graveyard35.31257-85.88414
Ooley Cemetery35.31285-85.88664
Orange Hill Cemetery35.27679-85.71127
Palmer City Cemetery35.36096-85.5701
Patrick Cemetery35.30424-85.75164
Patton Cemetery35.31257-85.89581
Paynes Cove Cemetery35.32591-85.82914
Pelham Cemetery35.30924-85.8872
Philadelphia Cemetery35.52034-85.68553
Providence Cemetery35.27841-85.89914
Reid Cemetery35.25207-85.73113
Roberts Cemetery35.32952-85.82608
Sanders Cemetery35.34674-85.76053
Summerfield Cemetery35.25257-85.80914
Swiss Colony Cemetery35.39229-85.64802
Tracy City Cemetery35.25799-85.74509
Walker Cemetery35.47395-85.67386
Warren Cemetery35.3023-85.87497
White Cemetery35.23618-85.76441
White Cemetery35.35479-85.55469
Winton Cemetery35.47007-85.8272
Wooten Cemetery35.47562-85.84248
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Harrican35.50841-85.70414
Purdons35.39091-85.65303

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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