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  Putnam - History
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Parents > United States > Tennessee > TN Counties > Putnam  
Websitehttps://putnamcountytn.gov/
Established February 02, 1842
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP October 31, 2023 05:30pm
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July 01, 1989 -


PUTNAM lost small area to OVERTON. (Tenn. Acts 1989, 96th assy., 1st reg. sess., pub., ch. 456/p. 793)

April 28, 1988 - July 01, 1989


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

April 08, 1987 - April 28, 1988


PUTNAM gained from JACKSON to accommodate local resident [location unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in PUTNAM-JACKSON line 1860-1987]. (Tenn. Acts 1987, 95th assy., 1st reg. sess., pub., ch. 103/p. 136)

March 27, 1972 - April 08, 1987


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

March 17, 1961 - March 27, 1972


PUTNAM gained from OVERTON to accommodate local resident [location unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in PUTNAM-OVERTON line 1931-1961]. (Tenn. Acts 1961, 82d assy., priv., ch. 364/p. 1263)

March 10, 1961 - March 17, 1961


PUTNAM lost to WHITE. (Tenn. Acts 1961, 82d assy., priv., ch. 220/p. 752)

February 15, 1941 - March 10, 1961


PUTNAM gained from DEKALB to accommodate local resident. (Tenn. Acts 1941, 72d assy., priv., ch. 434/p. 1502; ch. 426/p. 1487)

June 22, 1931 - February 15, 1941


PUTNAM lost to OVERTON to accommodate local residents [locations unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in PUTNAM-OVERTON line 1887-1931]. (Tenn. Acts 1931, 67th assy., priv., ch. 450/p. 1194)

April 03, 1929 - June 22, 1931


PUTNAM gained small area from DEKALB to accommodate local resident. (Tenn. Acts 1929, 66th assy., priv., ch. 412/p. 1074)

April 15, 1925 - April 03, 1929


PUTNAM gained small area from WHITE. (Tenn. Acts 1925, 64th assy., priv., ch. 698/p. 2567)

December 01, 1913 - April 15, 1925


PUTNAM exchanged with SMITH when Tennessee Supreme Court overturned acts of 7 Jul 1870, 24 Mar 1873, 24 Mar 1877, 6 Apr 1881, 19 Mar 1883, 8 Apr 1895, 29 Apr 1897, and 13 Apr 1905 [map depicts net changes in PUTNAM-SMITH line 1867-1913]. ("Putnam County v. Smith County" in Tenn. Rpts., 129:394-397)

March 22, 1883 - December 01, 1913


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

March 24, 1873 - March 22, 1883


PUTNAM gained from OVERTON. (Tenn. Acts 1873, 38th assy., ch. 76/p. 110; ch. 66/p. 101)

March 14, 1868 - March 24, 1873


PUTNAM lost to SMITH. (Tenn. Acts 1867, 35th assy., 1st sess., pub., ch. 82/p. 108)

March 23, 1860 - March 14, 1868


PUTNAM lost to SMITH. (Tenn. Acts 1859, 33d assy., 1st sess., priv., ch. 196, secs. 1-11/pp. 575-577)

March 15, 1858 - March 23, 1860


PUTNAM lost to DEKALB. (Tenn. Acts 1857, 32d assy., priv., ch. 129/p. 324)

November 20, 1855 - March 15, 1858


PUTNAM lost to DEKALB. (Tenn. Acts 1855, 31st assy., ch. 27/p. 29)

November 16, 1855 - November 20, 1855


PUTNAM lost to creation of CUMBERLAND. (Tenn. Acts 1855, 31st assy., ch. 6, sec. 1/p. 9)

February 11, 1854 - November 16, 1855


PUTNAM re-created from DEKALB, FENTRESS, JACKSON, OVERTON, SMITH, and WHITE; boundaries were slightly different from 1842 county. (Tenn. Acts 1853, 30th assy., ch. 320, secs. 1-2, 10, 21, 24-25/pp. 744-754)

February 02, 1842 - March 01, 1845


PUTNAM created from FENTRESS, JACKSON, OVERTON, and WHITE. (Tenn. Acts 1841, 24th assy., 1st sess., ch. 169, sec. 1/p. 186)

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