Pickett County, Tennessee

Date: 1879 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee Appalachia us_history

Welcome to the Pickett 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 Pickett County History 3.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 3.2 Pickett 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 Pickett 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 Pickett County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Pickett County profiles to the one tree
4. Add genealogy resources to this page

Pickett County History

Pickett County was formed in 1879, from parts of Fentress and Overton counties. It was named after Howell Lester Pickett, who represented Wilson County in the state legislature.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Pickett County Notables

Geography

Pickett 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. Pickett County is also part of the Central Region of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties

• Wayne County, Kentucky - northeast
• Scott County - east
• Fentress County - southeast
• Overton County - southwest
• Clay County - west
• Clinton County, Kentucky - north

Government Offices

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Pickett County Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Pickett County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Picket County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Pickett County Genealogy Trails
• Pickett County USGenWeb
• Pickett County USGenWeb Archives

Communities

Towns

• Byrdstown - county seat

Unincorporated Communities

• Boom
• Cedar Grove
• Love Lady
• Midway
• Moodyville
• Static

Ghost Town

• Olympus

See also

• Pickett County on Wikipedia]

Sources