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History timeline of Perry County, Tennessee
This article is a
timeline of
Perry County, Tennessee history.
19th century
1800s
1810s
c.1810-1812 – The first
gristmill in the area is established on Cane Creek.
[2] : 58
1818 – The first known person of European descent in the area that would become Perry County is born.
[3]
1819 – Perry County is established by the
Tennessee General Assembly .
[3]
1820s
1820 – The first court in the county is held in a house on Toms Creek.
[3]
1821 – The county seat is established in
Perryville .
[4]
1825 – A county militia is formed as the 68th Regiment, 11th Brigade, Tennessee Militia.
[5]
1830s
1840s
1843 July 10 – The courthouse at Perryville burns.
[6]
1845 November –
Decatur County is formed from the portion of Perry County west of the
Tennessee River , the county seat is moved to a village near the new geographic center of the county.
[7]
1848 – The town of Linden is established as the county seat.
[3]
1850s
1850 – Harper's Statistical Gazetteer reports 10 grist mills, a saw mill, a furnace, two tanneries, 21 churches, and 23 schools enrolling 685 students in the county.
[8]
1854 – Lobelville is established.
[7]
1856 Spring – Between 10 and 15 enslaved Black people are murdered by
vigilantes following allegations of the plotting of a slave revolt.
[9]
1860s
1861 June – Perry County votes in favor of
secession .
[10]
1862 February – Cedar Grove Iron Furnace is destroyed by naval gunfire from a flotilla of Union gunboats.
[11]
1862 April 27 – The body of
Governor Louis P. Harvey of
Wisconsin is found on the banks of the Tennessee River.
[12]
1863 May 12 –
Union cavalry forces
land on the east bank of the Tennessee River and conduct a raid on Linden, burning the courthouse and capturing
Confederate personnel and equipment.
[13]
1864 September 27–30 – Confederate and
Union forces skirmish near Lobelville and Beardstown.
[14]
1865 April – Martial law is lifted and civil courts resume following the
Civil War .
[3]
1868 – A new courthouse is constructed in Linden to replace the one destroyed during the war.
[3]
1869 – Two Black men are removed from the local jail by a mob and lynched.
[15]
1870s
1871 – The Craig Farm is established on Lick Creek.
[16]
1880s
1880-1884 – The first regular newspaper is published in the county.
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1890s
20th century
1900s
1910s
1910 – The population of the county peaks at 8,815.
[21]
1917 May 27 – A tornado strikes the county, killing five and injuring 67.
[22]
1920s
1928 January – The courthouse burns while undergoing renovations. A new, larger building is built on the same site that year.
[23]
1930s
1940s
1950s
1955 – Linden High School begins a three-year winning streak at the state high school boys' basketball championships.
1957 – The movie
Natchez Trace is filmed in the county.
[28]
1958 –
Interstate 40 opens, bypassing the county. Larger businesses begin to leave, setting the stage for long term economic stagnation.
[29]
1960s
1962 –
Perry County Airport opens near Linden.
[30]
1967 January – Site studies begin for a new State Park on the banks of the Tennessee River in the county.
[31]
1970s
1980s
1990s
1992 – The county is featured in an episode of
Unsolved Mysteries examining the case of a man who went missing in the area in 1985.
[35]
21st century
2000s
2009 – Unemployment figures reach 29%, the second-highest unemployment rate of any county in the United States.
[36]
2010s
2011 – Unemployment lowers to 14% following a subsidized employment program.
[37]
2020s
2020 April – Unemployment peaks again at 24% during the
COVID-19 pandemic .
[38]
2020 November – The county's sole hospital closes.
[39]
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"Over 100 jobs to be lost when Bates Rubber in Lobelville closes, moves to Mexico" . Lewis County Herald . July 9, 2020. Archived from
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