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Location of McMinn County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in McMinn County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Schools in McMinn County, Tennessee (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in McMinn County, Tennessee" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in McMinn County, Tennessee" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
McMinn County was created in 1819 from Indian lands and was named in honor of Joseph McMinn (1758–1824). [1] McMinn was a militia commander during the Revolutionary War, a member of the territorial legislature, speaker of the state senate, and eventually governor of the state of Tennessee.
The L & N purchased 1,454 acres (5.88 km 2) for the main terminus (depot), maintenance and repair facilities (shops), railroad yards and proposed township to support the railroad workforce. This land was purchased at $10 to $20 per acre and the L&N set about building a major rail center and the town of Etowah.
In 1819, the Cherokee signed the Calhoun Treaty, selling the land north of the Hiwassee (including all of modern McMinn County) to the United States. McMinn County was organized on November 13, 1819, at the home of John Walker in what is now Calhoun. The Native American village, Pumpkintown (a corruption of Potemkin town), was located on a farm ...
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