Headnote
MEIGS COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of Tennessee, with Tennessee river on the northwest. Area, 215 square miles. Seat of justice, Decatur. Pop. in 1840, 4,794; in 1850, 4,879. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Tennessee

Meigs County, Tennessee (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
MEIGS COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of Tennessee, with Tennessee river on the northwest. Area, 215 square miles. Seat of justice, Decatur. Pop. in 1840, 4,794; in 1850, 4,879.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 216.
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