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Overton County, Tennessee

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
7historic places
—earliest paper
1806formed
22,511pop. 2020
112cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Livingston, Alpine, Montery.

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 Overton titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

7 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alpine InstituteAlpineDistrict2002
American Legion Bohannon Post #4LivingstonBuilding2012
Officer FarmsteadMonteryDistrict2001
Overton County CourthouseLivingstonBuilding1980
Roberts, Gov. Albert H., Law OfficeLivingstonBuilding1975
Standing Stone Rustic Park Historic DistrictLivingstonDistrict1986
Twinton Fire Lookout TowerCrawfordStructure2021

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Overton was formed in 1806 (1806-09-11) from Jackson.

OVERTON created from JACKSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

23k14k5,6431810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,6437,1289,27912,63712,15313,35317,61718,88317,56614,66117,57520,11822,511

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

112 cemeteries and 16 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 112 listed
NameLatLon
Allen Chapel Cemetery36.37116-85.47719
Allons Cemetery36.44672-85.34718
Allred Cemetery36.32589-85.21496
Antioch Cemetery36.51117-85.27774
Barnes Cemetery36.27865-85.45833
Beaty Cemetery36.44727-85.20503
Bethel Cemetery36.48061-85.38968
Bethlehem Cemetery36.33372-85.30944
Bethsadia Cemetery36.4679-85.1626
Bilbrey Cemetery36.2967-85.27959
Booher Cemetery36.47536-85.17039
Brown Cemetery36.36117-85.24024
Burchett Cemetery36.49256-85.40413
Camp Ground Cemetery36.37505-85.43385
Carr Cemetery36.33756-85.25468
Cash Cemetery36.39709-85.33075
Chapel Hill Cemetery36.21589-85.13079
Cobble Cemetery36.27752-85.38628
Cole Cemetery36.47079-85.23575
Concord Cemetery36.45533-85.4408
Conner Cemetery36.52731-85.28232
Copeland Cemetery36.36854-85.33526
Copeland Cemetery36.37261-85.25254
Crawford Cemetery36.337-85.42524
Cub Cemetery36.30589-85.1719
Davis Cemetery36.25784-85.21135
Dodson Chapel Cemetery36.28174-85.42093
Dungan Smith Cemetery36.417-85.15495
Eckel Cemetery36.30089-85.37663
Elm Grove Cemetery36.38113-85.34136
Falling Springs Cemetery36.34089-85.18135
Fellowship Cemetery36.51811-85.32274
Ferrill Cemetery36.38784-85.16218
Fisk Cemetery36.40694-85.43694
Flat Creek Cemetery36.39458-85.38862
Flowers Cemetery36.50422-85.20773
France Cemetery36.23145-85.19663
Franklin Cemetery36.35978-85.39996
Fredonia Cemetery36.36878-85.27922
Garrett Cemetery36.47867-85.36913
George B Stover Cemetery36.47365-85.28199
Good Hope Cemetery36.38895-85.29857
Gore-Poston Family Cemetery36.39888-85.49222
Green Hill Cemetery36.3945-85.22801
Gunter Cemetery36.40145-85.15218
Hammock Cemetery36.32478-85.26774
Hanging Limb Cemetery36.23506-85.16246
Harris Chapel Cemetery36.25867-85.30691
Hartsaw Cemetery36.32756-85.30746
Hatcher Cemetery36.50277-85.2248
Hatcher Hall Cemetery36.50554-85.22483
Hawkins Family Cemetery36.43367-85.48135
Hayter Cemetery36.38089-85.19857
Highland Cemetery36.29033-85.26607
Hilham Cemetery36.41311-85.43496
Holly Springs Cemetery36.41936-85.39549
Honey Springs Cemetery36.2645-85.1694
Hunter Cove Cemetery36.46478-85.3369
Johnie Humpy Brown Cemetery36.43059-85.4625
Lee Cemetery36.23224-85.29463
Liberty Cemetery36.32146-85.28034
Looper Cemetery36.23222-85.2481
Lovejoy Cemetery36.19193-85.17101
Martin Cemetery36.51058-85.31692
Mathew Cemetery36.32533-85.38524
Maxwell Chapel Cemetery36.40762-85.47509
McDonald Cemetery36.4295-85.15106
McFerrin Cemetery36.49033-85.40746
Miller Cemetery36.42394-85.33302
Monroe Cemetery36.43507-85.25168
Mount Gilead Cemetery36.37144-85.40246
Muddy Pond Cemetery36.20673-85.10635
Nelson Cemetery36.49962-85.25458
Netherland Cemetery36.25007-85.38293
Nettlecarrier Creek Cemetery36.39422-85.25329
Norrod Cemetery36.22089-85.19552
Oak Grove Cemetery36.37494-85.25375
Oakley Cemetery36.27707-85.27928
Okolona Cemetery36.3219-85.33912
Old Bethel Cemetery36.53042-85.28845
Historical populated places — 16 of 16
NameLatLon
Bushing36.24812-85.25052
Crawford36.35006-85.4233
Cullom36.34173-85.25635
Eagle Creek36.49847-85.2359
Grey36.46867-85.38636
Henard36.34451-85.31941
Hix36.45423-85.48219
Lee36.35006-85.35719
Miranda36.28673-85.41942
Netherlands36.24451-85.38442
Nettle Carrier36.38895-85.19774
Pines36.28395-85.14996
Poteet36.36812-85.17774
Qualls36.28618-85.19719
Ward36.48923-85.36524
Westfork36.4159-85.15357

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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