1878 Sumner County, TN Map

Source: 1878 Sumner County, TN Map
Available for copying at the Sumner County Archives and the Tennessee State Library and Archives
© September 1999

The map drawn in 1878 of Sumner County, TN is very large. I do not know the exact dimensions, but guess it is probably close to 4' x 6' in size. The map contains much useful information about Sumner County in 1878, including names and locations of land owners, names and locations of places of business, and population information. There are numerous small inset maps showing town residents and businesses. I have done the best we can to convey this information on Sumner County TNGenWeb page.

The maps have been scanned in small screen-size views. The names, place names, and businesses have been transcribed. We hope you find this information helpful.

Thanks to Danene Vincent for scanning, designing and coding the 1878 Map Project!

  1. The first section below allows you to search alphabetically for a specific name. The alphabetic tables will give you the district or town where the landowner resides. You may then view the map(s) and locate the person for whom you are searching.

  2. The second section allows you to search alphabetically for a place name or business found on the map. Those tables, too, give you the district of town where the place or business can be found.

  3. The third section provides alphabetic listings of names and places for each district.

  4. The fourth section provides alphabetic listings of names and places for the towns found on the map.

  5. The fifth section allows you to view additional business-related information found on the Sumner County map.

  6. And, finally, the last section allows you to select JPEG views (graphic views) of the map. Remember, you MUST use your BACK key to return to the Sumner page after viewing the maps. Access to the maps is also found on the District and Town pages.

Alphabetized Lists of Names

A & B
C & D
E, F, & G
H, I, & J
K, L, & M
N, O, & P
R & S
T through Z

Alphabetized Lists of Places

A & K
L & Z

Districts

District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16

Inset Town Maps

Cairo
Castalian Springs
Fountain Head
Gallatin
Hendersonville
Richland
Saundersville

Other Map Information

Maps (JPEGs)

The 1878 Sumner County, TN map is laid out in 16 districts. They generally appear as shown below. This representation is NOT to scale! (There are many limits to what you can do with a table in HTML!) Because of the size of the map, I had to do multiple scans to get all of the single district.

The links to the scanned files are listed below. Remember, you MUST use your BACK key to return to this page.



District 16 District 13 District 12
District 15 District 14
District 7 District 10 District 11
District 6 District 8 District 9

District 5 District 4 District 3 District 2 District 1


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