Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
OVERTON COUNTY, situated on the north boundary of Tennessee. Area, 625 square miles. Seat of justice, Monroe. Pop. in 1810, 5,643; in 1820, 7,128; In 1830, 7,188; in 1840, 9,279; in 1850, 11,211. (Fanning's, 1853)