Cheatham

Formed February 28, 1856 (83^rd county)

Cheatham County (41,065), Ashland City (5,191)

The Colonial Revival dark red brick structure was constructed in 1869.  It is located in Public Square at Main, Frey, Cumberland, and Sycamore streets.  Tennessee State Highway 12 is Main Street in this part of the town.  The original architect is Thomas Lowe and R. E. Turbeville was the 1914 architect.  The building was enlarged in 1914 and renovated in 1946 and 1970.  Supporting administrative buildings are beside the courthouse.  The building features a gazebo and veterans’ memorials.  The county was formed on February 28, 1856 from parts of Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, and Robertson counties as the 83^rd county.  Sycamore Mills, Forest Hill, and Ashland City have all served as the county seat.  Cheatham County is named for Legislator Edward S. Cheatham.  The county seat is named for the estate of American Statesman Henry Clay. 

Cheatham County government consists of a county mayor, a sheriff, a law director, an assessor, and a clerk (executive).  It has 18 Commissioners (legislative.)  Two Circuit Court Judges, One Chancery Court Judge, One General Court Judge, and One Juvenile Court Judge serve Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, and Stewart counties and a court clerk serves Cheatham County (judicial.) Cheatham County is in the northern part of the state.  Nashville, Tennessee is directly southeast and Memphis, Tennessee is southwest of the county.  The county center is in Ashland City .6 miles West-Southwest of the city center.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Robertson, Davidson, Williamson, Dickson, and Montgomery counties. 

The area of the county is 303 square miles.  It is 74 out of 95 in the state.  It ranks 38 out of 95 in population in the state.  It has a density of 135.5 persons per square mile making it 25 out of 95 in the state.  Cheatham County has 36.3% of its population in its incorporated areas.  Interstate Highway 24 crosses through the county from northwest to southeast from Montgomery County to Davidson County.  United States Highway 41 Alternate parallels Interstate Highway 24 from Montgomery to Davidson counties.  The county resembles a fat comma.  Ashland City is near the center in the county.  Ashland City is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 12.6% of the county population.  The county is pronounced CHEE-TAM.  This county is in the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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