Crockett

Formed January 1, 1871 (90^th county)

Crockett County (13,909), Alamo (2,334)                

The Classical Revival masonry facility is on a square at Bells, North Court, Johnson, and South Court streets.  Tennessee State Highway 88 is Bells Street in the town.  The courthouse was built in 1871 but significantly remodeled in 1934.  The building was enlarged in 1934 and 1968.  The building architect is John Archer.  The inside has historical quilts and the outside has veterans’ memorials.  The county was founded on January 1, 1871 from parts of Haywood, Madison, Dyer, and Gibson counties as the 90^th county.  Cageville was the first county seat but yielded in Alamo in 1871.  The county is named of American frontiersman Davy Crockett.  Alamo was named after the Texas battle location. 

Crockett County government consists of a county mayor, a sheriff, a law director, an assessor, and a clerk (executive).  It has 24 Commissioners (legislative.)  One Circuit Court Judge, One Chancery Court Judge, and One General Court Judge serve Crockett, Gibson, and Haywood counties and a court clerk serves Crockett County (judicial.)  The county is in the western part of the state.  Memphis, Tennessee is southwest and Nashville, Tennessee is east of the county.  The county center is 1.2 miles West-Northwest of Alamo.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Gibson, Madison, Haywood, Lauderdale, and Dyer counties. 

The area of the county is 265 square miles.  It is 82 out of 95 in the state.  It ranks 80 out of 95 in population in the state.  It has a density of 52.5 persons per square mile making it 66 out of 95 in the state.  Crockett County has 46.4% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 45 West clips the northeast corner of the county from Gibson County, north, to Madison County, east.  United States Highways 70 Alternate/79 cross northeast to southwest from Gibson County to Haywood County.  United States Highway 412 enters from the northwest, Dyer County, and exits to the southeast, Madison County.  The county resembles a capital letter I reclining to the northwest.  Alamo is located south and east of center in the county.  Alamo is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 16.8% of the county population.