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Sullivan County, Tennessee

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46historic places

—earliest paper

1779formed

158,163pop. 2020

227cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 46 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Kingsport, Bristol, Blountville.

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 Sullivan titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

28 of 46 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

46 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Alison, Finlay, House (Additional Documentation)	Piney Flats	Building	1973
Arcadia	Arcadia	Building	1973
Blountville Historic District	Blountville	District	1973
Blountville Historic District (Boundary Increase, Decrease)	Blountville	District	2014
Boone Hydroelectric Project	Kingsport	District	2017
Bristol Municipal Stadium	Bristol	Structure	1987
Bristol Virginia-Tennessee Slogan Sign	Bristol	Object	1988
Church Circle District	Kingsport	District	1973
Clinchfield Railroad Station (Additional Documentation)	Kingsport	Building	1973
DeVault-Masengill House	Piney Flats	Building	1985
Earles Drug Store	Kingsport	Building	2025
East Hill Cemetery	Bristol	Site	2011
Erwin Farm (Additional Documentation)	Blountville	Building	1973
Fairmount Neighborhood Historic District	Bristol	District	2010
First National Bank of Bristol	Bristol	Building	1985
Fort Patrick Henry Hydroelectric Project	Kingsport	District	2017
Gammon House	Bristol	Building	2009
Grass Dale	Kingsport	Building	1984
Hall, Alexander Doak, Farm	Kingsport	District	1995
Holston Avenue Neighborhood Historic District	Bristol	District	2012
Johnson, J. Fred, House (Additional Documentation)	Kingsport	Building	1973
King, Edward Washington, House	Bristol	Building	1999
Kingsport Hosiery Mills	Kingsport	Building	2020
Long Island of the Holston NHL	Kingsport	District	1966
Martin-Dobyns House	Kingsport	Building	2014
Mount Ida	Kingsport	Building	1973
Netherland Inn and Complex	Kingsport	Building	1969
Old Deery Inn	Blountville	Building	1973
Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church (Additional Documentation)	Kingsport	Building	1973
Paramount Theatre and Office Building	Bristol	Building	1985
Parlett House	Bristol	Building	1983
Pemberton Mansion and Oak	Bristol	Building	1973
Pierce Chapel AME Church Cemetery	Kingsport	Site	2000
Piney Flats Historic District	Piney Flats	District	2011
Preston Farm	Kingsport	Building	1971
Rock Ledge	Kingsport	Building	1978
Rocky Mount	Piney Flats	Building	1970
Roller-Pettyjohn Mill	Blountville	Building	1977
South Holston Hydroelectric Project	Bristol	District	2017
Spring Place	Kingsport	Building	1973
Steel-Seneker Houses	Bristol	Building	1977
Stone-Penn House	Kingsport	Building	1984
US Post Office-Shelby Street Station	Bristol	Building	1985
Washington, George, School	Kingsport	Building	2007
Wills-Dickey Stone House	Kingsport	Building
Yancey's Tavern	Kingsport	Building	1973

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Sullivan was formed in 1779 (1779-11-10) from Washington.

SULLIVAN created by North Carolina from WASHINGTON; western limit not defined. North Holston and Carters Valley settlements came under the control of SULLIVAN. Precise location of boundary between North Carolina and Virginia remained in dispute.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Sullivan County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,447	10,218	7,015	10,736	13,552	18,321	24,935	36,259	69,085	95,063	114,139	143,968	153,048	158,163

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

227 cemeteries and 26 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 227 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Acuff Cemetery	36.53482	-82.35958
Adams Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery	36.52638	-82.3761
Anderson Family Cemetery	36.55199	-82.39216
Anderson-Hughes Cemetery	36.55129	-82.37176
Arcadia United Methodist Church Cemetery	36.58079	-82.43419
Arrants Cemetery	36.42926	-82.28708
Atkinson Cemetery	36.42538	-82.29402
Bacon Cemetery	36.46133	-82.50716
Baker Cemetery	36.58871	-82.42931
Baker Cemetery	36.5933	-82.38954
Bare Cemetery	36.41288	-82.28319
Barnes Cemetery	36.49426	-82.43181
Barr Cemetery	36.57482	-82.31736
Baxter Cemetery	36.46259	-82.58848
Bear Cemetery	36.56843	-82.59765
Beeler Cemetery	36.5486	-82.17278
Beidleman Presbyterian Church Cemetery	36.52572	-82.11932
Berry Cemetery	36.46093	-82.27097
Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery	36.4901	-82.45681
Beulah Community Cemetery	36.4711	-82.44777
Bishop Cemetery	36.50633	-82.5505
Blevins Cemetery	36.50649	-82.16568
Blountville Cemetery	36.53232	-82.33152
Boatyard Methodist Episcopal Cemetery	36.55133	-82.58724
Bowery Cemetery	36.49954	-82.44792
Boy Cemetery	36.47732	-82.21791
Boyer Cemetery	36.49565	-82.57931
Bridwell Cemetery	36.54699	-82.45183
Brown Cemetery	36.45037	-82.29291
Browns Cemetery (historical)	36.5415	-82.06013
Bruner Cemetery	36.43564	-82.56707
Buffalo Christian Church Cemetery	36.49388	-82.31472
Bunker Hill Christian Church Cemetery	36.42464	-82.2478
Calhoun Cemetery	36.56833	-82.58466
Carden Cemetery	36.54371	-82.27208
Carr Cemetery	36.40676	-82.29847
Chapman Cemetery	36.55149	-82.11179
Chase Cemetery	36.50343	-82.4957
Childress Cemetery	36.55063	-82.5238
Chinquapin Grove Baptist Church Cemetery	36.44135	-82.21284
Clark Cemetery	36.56732	-82.25874
Clark Cemetery	36.54164	-82.28711
Cloud Cemetery	36.54787	-82.59348
Cloud Cemetery	36.59037	-82.60515
Colbaugh Cemetery	36.42621	-82.29486
Colbaugh Cemetery	36.42575	-82.29538
Cold Spring Cemetery	36.57223	-82.0686
Combs Cemetery	36.59045	-82.30635
Conkin Cemetery	36.50898	-82.51515
Copas Cemetery	36.43676	-82.52431
County Home Cemetery	36.55416	-82.302
Cowan-Delaney Cemetery	36.53553	-82.10247
Cox Cemetery	36.43537	-82.53237
Cox Cemetery	36.44621	-82.53848
Cox Cemetery	36.5401	-82.3443
Cox Cemetery	36.59423	-81.97885
Cox Cemetery	36.594	-81.97735
Crockett Cemetery	36.4601	-82.23013
Cross Cemetery	36.44926	-82.32291
Crumley Cemetery	36.48371	-82.18013
Curtis Cemetery	36.41538	-82.29152
Cutsinger Cemetery	36.58371	-82.39181
Deck Cemetery	36.58343	-82.29958
Deck Cemetery (historical)	36.46704	-82.41736
Dempsey Cemetery	36.4026	-82.27847
Denton Cemetery	36.59093	-82.28291
Denton Cemetery	36.60362	-81.92836
Denton Cemetery	36.60345	-81.92818
Depew Chapel Cemetery	36.50009	-82.58932
Dichner Cemetery	36.57454	-82.54237
Dishner Cemetery	36.57593	-82.28652
Dishner Cemetery	36.58371	-82.27236
Dolen Cemetery	36.48565	-82.61404
Dolen Cemetery	36.47426	-82.61211
Double Springs Cemetery	36.43343	-82.56265
Drake Cemetery	36.57482	-82.36125
Droke Cemetery	36.47315	-82.30819
Duncan Cemetery	36.47336	-82.51497
Duncan Cemetery	36.47421	-82.61211
Easley Cemetery	36.48204	-82.56626

Historical populated places — 26 of 26

Name	Lat	Lon
Beidlemans	36.51983	-82.13041
Big Creek	36.51761	-82.08068
Butterfly	36.48954	-82.60821
Cantrell	36.52066	-82.35125
Cleavet Springs	36.42566	-82.2193
Cloverbottom	36.47093	-82.59849
Colby	36.47177	-82.41653
Earheart	36.52038	-82.25541
Eden Ridge	36.52788	-82.51932
Edgeworth	36.54177	-82.39292
Fishdam	36.52789	-82.04568
Fleenora Park	36.56817	-82.00707
Hilton	36.46733	-82.39292
Horace	36.55288	-82.53182
Jacob	36.55872	-81.99568
Kendrick Creek	36.47927	-82.50487
Lawson	36.50566	-82.39459
Lella	36.48983	-82.32069
Petlier	36.55649	-82.56793
Sac	36.51427	-82.37209
Samuel	36.49288	-82.45126
Slaughter	36.44538	-82.54487
Sumpter	36.49733	-82.29375
Thom	36.48205	-82.36792
Underwood Springs	36.43344	-82.17763
Wahoo	36.47094	-82.45209

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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