Lewis County, Tennessee

Date: 23 Dec 1843 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee Appalachia us_history

Welcome to the Lewis County, Tennessee Project!

Contents 1 Project Purpose 1.1 How to Join the Tennessee Project 1.2 How to Join the Appalachia Project 2 List of Things to Do 3 Lewis County History 3.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 3.2 Lewis County Notables 4 Geography 4.1 Adjacent counties 5 Government Offices 6 Resources and Records 6.1 On WikiTree 6.2 On the Internet 7 Communities 7.1 Cities 7.2 Census-designated Place 7.3 Unincorporated Communities 8 See also 9 Sources

Project Purpose

The purpose of this sub-project is to have a foundation for all things genealogy, and more, relating to Lewis County, Tennessee.

How to Join the Tennessee Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add (Tennessee) and (us_history) to your G2G tag feed.

How to Join the Appalachia Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add Appalachia to your G2G tag feed.

List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Lewis County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Lewis County profiles to the one tree
4. Add genealogy resources to this page

Lewis County History

Lewis County was established on December 23, 1843. Territory was taken from parts of Hickman, Lawrence, Maury, Perry, and Wayne counties. It was named for explorer Meriwether Lewis.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Lewis County Notables

Geography

Lewis County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Lewis County is also part of the South Central Region of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties

• Hickman - north
• Maury - east
• Lawrence - south
• Wayne - southwest
• Perry - west

Government Offices

• Lewis County website

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Category:Lewis County, Tennessee, Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Lewis County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Lewis County Genealogical Fact Sheets
• Lewis County Genealogy Trails
• Lewis County USGenWeb
• Lewis County USGenWeb Archives

Communities

Cities

• Hohenwald - county seat

Census-designated Place

• Summertown

Unincorporated Communities

• Buffalo Valley
• Gordonsburg
• Kimmins

See also

Lewis County on Wikipedia

Sources