Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-101 (2026)

Enumeration of counties

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The state is divided into the following counties: Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Carroll, Carter, Cheatham, Chester, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Coffee, Crockett, Cumberland, Davidson, Decatur, DeKalb, Dickson, Dyer, Fayette, Fentress, Franklin, Gibson, Giles, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardeman, Hardin, Hawkins, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Lake, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Loudon, Macon, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Maury, McMinn, McNairy, Meigs, Monroe, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, Obion, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Shelby, Smith, Stewart, Sullivan, Sumner, Tipton, Trousdale, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Weakley, White, Williamson and Wilson.

Code 1858, § 75; Shan., § 92a; Code 1932, § 110; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-101.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1982–2006 · leading case: State v. Keller, 813 S.W.2d 146 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991).

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State v. Keller, 813 S.W.2d 146 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “” T.C.A. § 5-1-101. The county was created by the legislature by Chapter 36, Private Acts of 1835-1836.”

Lane v. Lincoln Cnty. Hosp., 537 F. Supp. 114 (E.D. Tenn. 1982). · cites it 2× “T.C.A. § 5-1-101. It is a corporate- or quasi-corporate-entity, T.”

Bob Patterson, Tr. of Shelby Cnty., Tennessee v. A.C. Wharton, Jr., Mayor of Shelby Cnty., Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “As the authorities relied on by the County demonstrate, the county governments of this state derive their budgetary authority from the enactments of the Tennessee General Assembly in Title 5 of the Tennessee Code.”

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