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  Cumberland - History
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Parents > United States > Tennessee > TN Counties > Cumberland  
Websitehttps://cumberlandcountytn.gov/
Established November 16, 1855
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP October 17, 2023 08:46am
DescriptionCreated from White, Bledsoe, Rhea, Morgan, Fentress, and Putnam counties

Named for the Cumberland Mountains

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April 28, 1988 -


CUMBERLAND exchanged with PUTNAM. (Tenn. Acts 1988, 95th assy., 2d reg. sess., pub., ch. 852/p. 675)

February 29, 1988 - April 28, 1988


CUMBERLAND gained from BLEDSOE. (Tenn. Acts 1988, 95th assy., 2d reg. sess., pub., ch. 478/p. 23; ch. 477/p. 22)

March 27, 1972 - February 29, 1988


CUMBERLAND lost small area to PUTNAM. (Tenn. Acts 1972, 87th assy., 2d reg. sess., pub., ch. 554/p. 315)

April 22, 1899 - March 27, 1972


CUMBERLAND lost to WHITE to accommodate local resident [location unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in CUMBERLAND-WHITE line 1860-1899]. (Tenn. Acts 1899, 51st assy., ch. 366/p. 361)

April 30, 1897 - April 22, 1899


CUMBERLAND lost to BLEDSOE to accommodate local resident. (Tenn. Acts 1897, 50th assy., ch. 149/p. 336)

February 23, 1889 - April 30, 1897


CUMBERLAND lost to FENTRESS to accommodate local resident. (Tenn. Acts 1889, 46th assy., 1st sess., ch. 26/p. 33)

March 22, 1883 - February 23, 1889


CUMBERLAND lost to PUTNAM to accommodate local residents [location unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in CUMBERLAND-PUTNAM line 1871-1883]. (Tenn. Acts 1883, 43d assy., ch. 109/p. 137)

March 24, 1873 - March 22, 1883


CUMBERLAND lost to ROANE. (Tenn. Acts 1873, 38th assy., ch. 76/p. 110)

February 17, 1858 - March 24, 1873


CUMBERLAND lost to FENTRESS. (Tenn. Acts 1857, 32d assy., pub., ch. 36/p. 44)

February 29, 1856 - February 17, 1858


CUMBERLAND gained from MORGAN, RHEA , and ROANE. (Tenn. Acts 1855, 31st assy., ch. 166 [printed as 156]/p. 258)

November 16, 1855 - February 29, 1856


CUMBERLAND created from BLEDSOE, FENTRESS, MORGAN, PUTNAM, RHEA, and WHITE; not to be confused with the CUMBERLAND County which was proposed in 1837 and 1844 in a different part of the state. (Tenn. Acts 1855, 31st assy., ch. 6, sec. 1/p. 9)

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