Meigs County, Tennessee

Date: 1836 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee Appalachia us_history

Welcome to the Meigs 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 Meigs County History 3.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 3.2 Meigs 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 Towns 7.2 Unincorporated Communities 7.3 Ghost Town 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 Meigs 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 Meigs County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Meigs County profiles to the one tree
4. Add genealogy resources to this page

Meigs County History

Meigs County was formed in 1836, from part of Rhea County. It was named for Return J. Meigs.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Meigs County Notables

Geography

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

Adjacent counties

• Roane County - north
• McMinn County - east
• Bradley County - southeast
• Hamilton County - south
• Rhea County - west

Government Offices

• Meigs County Website

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Meigs County Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Meigs County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Meigs County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Meigs County Genealogy Trails
• Meigs County USGenWeb
• Meigs County USGenWeb Archives
• Meigs County Historical Society

Communities

Towns

• Decatur (county seat)

Unincorporated Communities

• Big Spring
• Birchwood
• Euchee
• Georgetown
• Ten Mile

Ghost Town

• Cute

See also

• Meigs County on Wikipedia

Sources