 | County DETAILS |
|
|
| Parents |
> United States > Tennessee > TN Counties > White
|
 |
|
| Website | https://whitecountytn.gov/ |
| Established | September 11, 1806 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RP November 07, 2023 08:48am |
| Description | White County’s legislative body consists of 14 county commissioners, which are elected to four-year terms by the people of their respective districts. Each of the seven districts within White County has two commissioners who serve on the commission. The White County Commission meets on the 3rd Monday night of each month (except for January and February due to Federal holidays.) January and February meeting dates and times will be published in the local newspaper, The Expositor and on Sparta Live. |
| MAPS |
|
|
|
|
March 10, 1961 -
WHITE gained from PUTNAM.
(Tenn. Acts 1961, 82d assy., priv., ch. 220/p. 752)
|
|
|
April 15, 1925 -
March 10, 1961
WHITE lost small area to PUTNAM.
(Tenn. Acts 1925, 64th assy., priv., ch. 698/p. 2567)
|
|
|
April 22, 1899 -
April 15, 1925
WHITE gained from CUMBERLAND to accommodate local resident [location unknown, not mapped; map depicts net changes in WHITE-CUMBERLAND line 1860-1899].
(Tenn. Acts 1899, 51st assy., ch. 366/p. 361)
|
|
|
April 04, 1885 -
April 22, 1899
WHITE lost to VAN BUREN to accommodate local residents.
(Tenn. Acts 1885, 44th assy., ch. 136/p. 247)
|
|
|
December 14, 1868 -
April 04, 1885
WHITE lost to DEKALB [repealed act of 14 Mar 1868].
(Tenn. Acts 1868, 35th assy., 2d sess., pub., ch. 5/p. 5)
|
|
|
March 14, 1868 -
December 14, 1868
WHITE gained from DEKALB [repealed 14 Dec 1868].
(Tenn. Acts 1867, 35th assy., 1st sess., pub., ch. 82/p. 108)
|
|
|
November 16, 1855 -
March 14, 1868
WHITE gained from BLEDSOE, lost to creation of CUMBERLAND.
(Tenn. Acts 1855, 31st assy., ch. 6, sec. 1/p. 9)
|
|
|
February 11, 1854 -
November 16, 1855
WHITE lost to re-creation of PUTNAM.
(Tenn. Acts 1853, 30th assy., ch. 320, secs. 1-2, 10, 21, 24-25/pp. 744-754)
|
|
|
March 01, 1845 -
February 11, 1854
WHITE gained part of PUTNAM; PUTNAM eliminated when OVERTON Chancery Court declared PUTNAM to have been unconstitutionally established.
(DeLozier, 21; McBride, 11; Tenn. Acts 1845, 26th assy., ch. 75/p. 141)
|
|
|
February 02, 1842 -
March 01, 1845
WHITE lost to creation of PUTNAM.
(Tenn. Acts 1841, 24th assy., 1st sess., ch. 169, sec. 1/p. 186)
|
|
|
January 03, 1840 -
February 02, 1842
WHITE lost to creation of VAN BUREN.
(Tenn. Acts 1839, 23d assy., ch. 59, secs. 1, 14/pp. 130, 134)
|
|
|
January 13, 1838 -
January 03, 1840
WHITE lost to creation of DEKALB.
(Tenn. Acts 1839, 23d assy., ch. 2, secs. 1-2, 18/pp. 7-8, 11 and Tenn. Acts 1837, 22d assy., ch. 199, sec. 3/p. 291)
|
|
|
December 16, 1837 -
January 13, 1838
WHITE lost to BLEDSOE to accommodate local residents; boundary change is an estimated line.
(Tenn. Acts 1837, 22d assy., ch. 65/p. 89)
|
|
|
January 01, 1820 -
December 16, 1837
WHITE lost to JACKSON.
(Tenn. Acts 1819, 13th assy., 1st sess., loc.-priv., ch. 63/p. 70)
|
|
|
November 06, 1815 -
January 01, 1820
WHITE lost to BLEDSOE along entire boundary.
(Tenn. Acts 1815, 11th assy., ch. 182/p. 230)
|
|
|
December 01, 1813 -
November 06, 1815
WHITE gained from JACKSON.
(Tenn. Acts 1813, 10th assy., ch. 97/p. 123)
|
|
|
November 26, 1807 -
December 01, 1813
WHITE lost to creation of WARREN, lost to Non-County Area 6 when eastern and southern portions of WHITE reverted to non-county status.
(Tenn. Acts 1807, 7th assy., 1st sess., ch. 28/p. 62)
|
|
|
September 11, 1806 -
November 26, 1807
WHITE created from that part of JACKSON lying south of the Indian boundary and Walton Road, and from all of Non-County Area 5.
(Scott, ch. 36/p. 963)
|
|
