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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
Pages in category "People from Weakley County, Tennessee" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Weakley County was created in October 1823 from some of the land that the Chickasaw people ceded to the United States in the Treaty of 1818.The county was named after Colonel Robert Weakley, a member of the House of Representatives, a speaker of the State Senate, and the man commissioned to treat (negotiate) with the Chickasaw.
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.
View history; General ... People from Weakley County, Tennessee (3 C, 10 P) T. ... Pages in category "Weakley County, Tennessee"
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Weakley County, Tennessee" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
As of the census [4] of 2000, there were 2,855 people, 1,212 households, and 784 families residing in the town. The population density was 537.9 inhabitants per square mile (207.7/km 2 ). There were 1,331 housing units at an average density of 250.8 per square mile (96.8/km 2 ).
William Martin was born in Halifax County, Virginia in 1806, and moved to Weakley County, Tennessee with his wife Sarah in 1832. [5] Captain Martin prospered through tobacco farming and began working to establish a railroad connection in what would later become Martin in 1852. [ 5 ]