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Obion County, Tennessee Genealogy

Obion TNGenWeb County Coordinator


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Districts, Cities, Communities
 
Districts are not  numbered sequentially because of changes between 1870 and 1880.   A family could remain in the same location yet appear in different districts in separate census.   As best as can be determined, the table below reflects present day district location of cities, towns and communities.  Lake Co. TN was dist. 4 of Obion County until 1870.  NE panhandle was in Weakley Co until 1870. obion2.gif (3442 bytes)
 

District

Location

Towns and Communities (Former Names)

1

N border KY, E border D-16, S border D-13, W border D-2 Chambers Harris Station (Mink)

2

N border KY, E border D-1, S border D-13 & 10, W border D-3 Woodland Mills Crystal
near/on Dist. 2 & 3 Line

3

N border Ky, E border D-2 & 10, S border D-12, W border Reelfoot Lake Clayton Walnut Log

4

under D-13, E border D-7, S border D-8 & 11, W. border D-6 and D-15 Pleasant Hill McCutchen Heights
Rives (Troy Station) Polk Station

5

under D-12, an original district. Border on N by D-12, E by D-6, SE corner D-14, S by D-9, W by Lake Co Hornbeak (Wilsonville) Lassiter Corner
Paw Paw (PowPow?)  
Samburg Webb Chapel

6

N border D-10, E border D-13 & 4, S border D-15 & 14, W border D-12 & 5 Troy,     Troy Home Page Mt. Moriah
Englewood  

7

N border D-1, E border Weakley,  S border D-8, W border D-4 Central Sunnyside
Crockett Alamo Bap. Church at Hop-In

8

N by D-8 & 4, E by Weakley, S By Gibson (Kenton on Co line), W by D-11 Kenton  

N by D-5, E by D-14, S by Dyer, W by Lake
Cat Corner Elbridge (Beech Point)
Cloverdale Gratio
Minnick   

10

W of Union City Dixie Fremont (Caldwell)

11

N by D-4, E by D-8, S by Gibson, W by D-15 Mason Hall  

12

N border D-3, E border D-6, S border D-5, W border Reelfoot Lake Mt. Zion

Chigger, Protemus, Star

13

N border D-1 & D-2, E border D-7, S border D-4, W border D-10 & D-6 Union City Gibbs/Paducah Junction

14

N by D-6 & D-5, E by D-15, S by Dyer, W by D-9 Glass (Palestine)  

15

N by D-6, E by D-4 & 11, S by D-11 and Dyer Co Obion Trimble

16

Panhandle jutting into Weakley County and part of Weakley before 1870 S. Fulton (Jacksonville) McConnell
Pierce Station  

Reelfoot Lake:  A portion, 36 acres, is in Obion County. The first mentioned lake shore points are Wheeling, later called Shaw's Park, Samburg and Carpenter's.

Weakley County: In the reforming of counties in 1870, a NW corner of Weakley was added to Obion.

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