There are over 2,000 properties and historic districts in Tennessee that are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, distributed among all of the state's 95 counties. Of these, 29 are National Historic Landmarks.
The Tennessee Historical Commission, which manages the state's participation in the National Register program, reports that 80 percent of the state's area has been surveyed for historic buildings. Surveys for archaeological sites have been less extensive; coverage is estimated less than 5 percent of the state. Not all properties that have been determined to be eligible for National Register are listed.
The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
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Listings by county The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis.Weekly List Actions, National Register of Historic Places website Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which only modify the area covered by an existing property or district, although carrying a separate National Register reference number.
The Tennessee county with the largest number of National Register listings is Davidson County, site of the state capital, Nashville.
County # of Sites 1 Anderson 20 2 Bedford 33 3 Benton 3 4 Bledsoe 9 5 Blount 74 6 Bradley 24 7 Campbell 8 8 Cannon 10 9 Carroll 6 10 Carter 13 11 Cheatham 8 12 Chester 4 13 Claiborne 14 14 Clay 2 15 Cocke 14 16 Coffee 16 17 Crockett 3 18 Cumberland 9 19 Davidson 203 20 Decatur 5 21 DeKalb 5 22 Dickson 23 23 Dyer 10 24 Fayette 14 25 Fentress 12 26 Franklin 22 27 Gibson 19 28 Giles 33 29 Grainger 9 30 Greene 17 31 Grundy 22 32 Hamblen 14 33 Hamilton 113 34 Hancock 1 35 Hardeman 12 36 Hardin 9 37 Hawkins 12 38 Haywood 17 39 Henderson 5 40 Henry 15 41 Hickman 11 42 Houston 3 43 Humphreys 10 44 Jackson 7 45 Jefferson 14 46 Johnson 7 47 Knox 118 48 Lake 1 49 Lauderdale 7 50 Lawrence 15 51 Lewis 7 52 Lincoln 18 53 Loudon 24 54 Macon 6 55 Madison 30 56 Marion 18 57 Marshall 23 58 Maury 70 59 McMinn 19 60 McNairy 4 61 Meigs 37 62 Monroe 22 63 Montgomery 54 64 Moore 7 65 Morgan 5 66 Obion 16 67 Overton 7 68 Perry 6 69 Pickett 3 70 Polk 18 71 Putnam 16 72 Rhea 8 73 Roane 20 74 Robertson 29 75 Rutherford 48 76 Scott 7 77 Sequatchie 5 78 Sevier 37 79 Shelby 206 80 Smith 13 81 Stewart 16 82 Sullivan 46 83 Sumner 38 84 Tipton 14 85 Trousdale 7 86 Unicoi 4 87 Union 7 88 Van Buren 4 89 Warren 23 90 Washington 36 91 Wayne 10 92 Weakley 12 93 White 12 94 Williamson 132 95 Wilson 25 (duplicates) (22)The following sites are listed in multiple counties: Blythe Ferry (Meigs and Rhea), Boatyard Historic District (Hawkins and Sullivan), Bolivar-Somerville Stage Road (Fayette and Hardeman), Calderwood Dam (Blount and Monroe), John Gordon House (Hickman and Maury), Great Falls Hydroelectric Station (Warren and White), Hastings-Locke Ferry (Meigs and Rhea), Norris Hydroelectric Project (Anderson and Campbell), Old Natchez Trace (Davidson, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne, and Williamson), Palmetto Farm (Bedford and Marshall), Petersburg Historic District (Fayette and Lincoln), Rugby Colony (Morgan and Scott), Shelby Bend Archeological District (Hickman and Maury), Sulphur Fork Bridge (Montgomery and Robertson), Davis Bridge Battlefield (Hardeman and McNairy), Boone Hydroelectric Project (Sullivan and Washington), Warner Park Historic Park (Davidson and Williamson), and Watts Bar Hydroelectric Project (Meigs and Rhea). Total: 2,195
Anderson County
Bedford County
Benton County
Former listings
Bledsoe County
Blount County
Bradley County
Campbell County
Cannon County
Former listings
Carroll County
Former listing
Carter County
Cheatham County
Chester County
Claiborne County
Clay County
Cocke County
Coffee County
Crockett County
Cumberland County
Davidson County
DeKalb County
Former listing
Decatur County
Dickson County
Dyer County
Former listing
Fayette County
Fentress County
Franklin County
Gibson County
Giles County
Grainger County
Greene County
Grundy County
Hamblen County
Hamilton County
Hancock County
Former listings
Hardeman County
Hardin County
Hawkins County
Haywood County
Henderson County
Henry County
Hickman County
Houston County
Humphreys County
Jackson County
Jefferson County
Johnson County
Former listing
Knox County
Lake County
Lauderdale County
Lawrence County
Lewis County
Lincoln County
Loudon County
Macon County
Former listings
Madison County
Marion County
Marshall County
Maury County
McMinn County
McNairy County
Meigs County
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Moore County
Morgan County
Obion County
Overton County
Perry County
Pickett County
Polk County
Putnam County
Rhea County
Roane County
Robertson County
Rutherford County
Scott County
Former listings
Sequatchie County
Sevier County
Shelby County
Smith County
Stewart County
Sullivan County
Sumner County
Tipton County
Trousdale County
Unicoi County
Union County
Van Buren County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Weakley County
White County
Williamson County
Wilson County
See also
List of historical societies in Tennessee List of National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee
References