Meigs County, TN

Headnote
MEIGS COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of Tennessee, with Tennessee river on the northwest. Area, 215 square miles. Seat of justice, Decatur. Pop. in 1840, 4,794; in 1850, 4,879. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Tennessee

Meigs County, Tennessee (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
MEIGS COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of Tennessee, with Tennessee river on the northwest. Area, 215 square miles. Seat of justice, Decatur. Pop. in 1840, 4,794; in 1850, 4,879.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 216.
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