{"id":121,"date":"2012-08-07T20:12:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T00:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2021-11-17T16:31:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T22:31:58","slug":"districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Districts, Cities, and Communities<\/p>\n

Districts are not\u00a0numbered sequentially because of changes between 1870 and 1880.\u00a0A family could remain in the same location yet appear in different districts in separate census.\u00a0As best as can be determined, the table below reflects present day<\/strong> district location of cities, towns and communities. Lake County TN was part of Obion County until 1870. NE panhandle was in Weakley County until 1870.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dist<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nLocation<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nTowns and Communities (Former Names)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/span><\/td>\nN border KY, E border D-16, S border D-13, W border D-2<\/span><\/td>\nChambers<\/span><\/td>\nHarris Station<\/a> (Mink)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/span><\/td>\nN border KY, E border D-1, S border D-13 & 10, W border D-3<\/span><\/td>\nWoodland Mills<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nCrystal<\/a> near\/on Dist. 2 & 3 Line<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/span><\/td>\nN border Ky, E border D-2 & 10, S border D-12, W border Reelfoot Lake<\/span><\/td>\nClayton<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nWalnut Log<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/span><\/td>\nunder D-13, E border D-7, S border D-8 & 11, W. border D-6 and D-15<\/span><\/td>\nPleasant Hill<\/span><\/td>\nMcCutchen Heights<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rives<\/a> (Troy Station)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/span><\/td>\nunder D-12, an original district. Border on N by D-12, E by D-6, SE corner D-14, S by D-9, W by Lake Co<\/span><\/td>\nHornbeak <\/a>(Wilsonville)<\/span><\/td>\nLassiter Corner<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paw Paw\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samburg<\/span><\/td>\nWebb Chapel<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/span><\/td>\nN border D-10, E border D-13 & 4, S border D-15 & 14, W border D-12 & 5<\/span><\/td>\nTroy<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/td>\n		Mt. Moriah<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Englewood<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n Polk Station<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/span><\/td>\nN border D-1, E border Weakley,\u00a0 S border D-8, W border D-4<\/span><\/td>\nCentral<\/span><\/td>\nSunnyside<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crockett<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nAlamo Bap. Church at Hop-In<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/span><\/td>\nN by D-8 & 4, E by Weakley, S By Gibson (Kenton on Co line), W by D-11<\/span><\/td>\nKenton<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nMacedonia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/span><\/td>\nN by D-5, E by D-14, S by Dyer, W by Lake<\/span><\/td>\nCat Corner<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nElbridge<\/a> (Beech Point)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cloverdale<\/span><\/td>\nGratio<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minnick<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/span><\/td>\nW of Union City<\/span><\/td>\nDixie<\/span><\/td>\nFremont (Caldwell)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/span><\/td>\nN by D-4, E by D-8, S by Gibson, W by D-15<\/span><\/td>\nMason Hall<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/span><\/td>\nN border D-3, E border D-6, S border D-5, W border Reelfoot Lake<\/span><\/td>\nMt. Zion<\/span><\/td>\nChigger, Protemus, Star<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/span><\/td>\nN border D-1 & D-2, E border D-7, S border D-4, W border D-10 & D-6<\/span><\/td>\nUnion<\/span> City<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nGibbs<\/a>\/Paducah Junction<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/span><\/td>\nN by D-6 & D-5, E by D-15, S by Dyer, W by D-9<\/span><\/td>\nGlass<\/a> (Palestine)<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/span><\/td>\nN by D-6, E by D-4 & 11, S by D-11 and Dyer Co<\/span><\/td>\nObion<\/span><\/td>\nTrimble<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/span><\/td>\nPanhandle jutting into Weakley County and part of Weakley before 1870<\/span><\/td>\nSouth Fulton<\/a> (Jacksonville)<\/span><\/td>\nMcConnell<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pierce Station<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reelfoot Lake:<\/span> A portion, 36 acres, is in Obion County. The first mentioned lake shore points are Wheeling, later called Shaw’s Park, Samburg and Carpenter’s.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weakley County<\/a>: In the reforming of counties in 1870, a NW corner of Weakley was added to Obion.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Districts, Cities, and Communities Districts are not\u00a0numbered sequentially because of changes between 1870 and 1880.\u00a0A family could remain in the same location yet appear in different districts in separate census.\u00a0As best as can be determined, the table below reflects present …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3110,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/3110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}