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Grainger CountyTennessee

Grainger County is a county in Tennessee established in 1796 with its seat in Rutledge.

  • Founded1796
  • County seatRutledge
  • Land area281 sq mi + 22 sq mi water
  • Population23,527 2020 Census
  • Parcels mapped15,587 checked 14 October 2026
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Grainger on the map of Tennessee

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History

Formed in 1796 from Hawkins County, Knox County and Sumner County

An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.

Grainger County was created on April 22, 1796, from parts of Hawkins, Knox, and Sumner Counties. The county gained and lost territory through boundary adjustments with neighboring counties including Hawkins, Knox, Claiborne, Anderson, and Jefferson over the following decades.

Boundary changes from the Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; the 5 that matter most are shown first.

  1. 1796
    Grainger County created Grainger created from Hawkins, Knox, and Sumner.
    from Hawkinsfrom Knoxfrom Sumner
    · Tenn. Acts 1796, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 28, sec. 1/p. 95
  2. 1797
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Hawkins.
    from Hawkins
    · Tenn. Acts 1797, 2d assy., 1st sess., ch. 13/p. 129
  3. 1799
    Exchanged territory Grainger exchanged with Non-County Area 2, lost to Hawkins.
    with Hawkins
    · Tenn. Acts 1798, 2d assy., 2d sess., ch. 21/p. 172
  4. 1801
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Knox.
    to Knox
    · Tenn. Acts 1801, 4th assy., ch. 47/p. 281
  5. 1801
    Lost territory Grainger lost to creation of Claiborne.
    to Claiborne
    · Tenn. Acts 1801, 4th assy., ch. 46, secs. 1, 13, 17/pp. 279, 281
Show all 46 changes (41 more, mostly small adjustments)
  1. 1796
    Grainger County created Grainger created from Hawkins, Knox, and Sumner.
    from Hawkinsfrom Knoxfrom Sumner
    · Tenn. Acts 1796, 1st assy., 1st sess., ch. 28, sec. 1/p. 95
  2. 1797
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Hawkins.
    from Hawkins
    · Tenn. Acts 1797, 2d assy., 1st sess., ch. 13/p. 129
  3. 1799
    Exchanged territory Grainger exchanged with Non-County Area 2, lost to Hawkins.
    with Hawkins
    · Tenn. Acts 1798, 2d assy., 2d sess., ch. 21/p. 172
  4. 1801
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Knox.
    to Knox
    · Tenn. Acts 1801, 4th assy., ch. 47/p. 281
  5. 1801
    Lost territory Grainger lost to creation of Claiborne.
    to Claiborne
    · Tenn. Acts 1801, 4th assy., ch. 46, secs. 1, 13, 17/pp. 279, 281
  6. 1801
    Lost territory Grainger lost to creation of Anderson.
    to Anderson
    · Tenn. Acts 1801, 4th assy., ch. 45, secs. 1, 2, 4, 30/pp. 274, 279
  7. 1809
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Claiborne when boundary was changed from the north bank to the middle of Clinch River.
    to Claiborne
    · Scott, ch. 20/p. 1133
  8. 1809
    Gained territory Grainger gained small area from Hawkins.
    from Hawkins
    · Scott, ch. 29/p. 1136
  9. 1817
    Boundary clarified Boundary between Grainger and Jefferson clarified (no change).
    with Jeffersonno change
    · Tenn. Acts 1817, 12th assy., ch. 148 [158]/p. 194
  10. 1842
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Knox to accommodate local resident.
    from Knox
    · Tenn. Acts 1841, 24th assy., 1st sess., ch. 179/p. 208
  11. 1846
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Jefferson to accommodate local resident.
    to Jefferson
    · Tenn. Acts 1845, 26th assy., ch. 47/p. 101
  12. 1847
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Jefferson to accommodate local resident.
    from Jefferson
    · Tenn. Acts 1847, 27th assy., ch. 51/p. 85
  13. 1848
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Jefferson to accommodate local resident.
    to Jefferson
    · Tenn. Acts 1847, 27th assy., ch. 197/p. 332
  14. 1849
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Hawkins and Jefferson to accommodate local resident; Grainger gained from Hawkins to accommodate local resident.
    from Hawkinsfrom Jefferson
    · Tenn. Acts 1849, 28th assy., ch. 69/p. 223
  15. 1852
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Knox to accommodate local residents.
    to Knox
    · Tenn. Acts 1851, 29th assy., ch. 221/p. 330
  16. 1854
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Hawkins to accommodate local resident.
    to Hawkins
    · Tenn. Acts 1853, 30th assy., ch. 144/p. 220
  17. 1854
    Lost territory Grainger lost to creation of Union.
    to Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1849, 28th assy., ch. 61, secs. 1-2, 4, 18/pp. 181-187; Tenn. Acts 1851, 29th assy., ch. 22/p. 26; Tenn. Acts 1853, 30th assy., ch. 2, secs. 1-2/pp. 25-26; Graves, 1:68-69
  18. 1856
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Jefferson to accommodate local resident.
    to Jefferson
    · Tenn. Acts 1855, 31st assy., ch. 161/p. 244
  19. 1858
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Jefferson to accommodate local residents.
    to Jefferson
    · Tenn. Acts 1857, 32d assy., pub., ch. 47, secs. 1-11/pp. 57-59 and ch. 83, sec. 3/p. 91
  20. 1860
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Jefferson to accommodate local resident.
    from Jefferson
    · Tenn. Acts 1859, 33d assy., 1st sess., priv., ch. 135, secs. 1-13/pp. 438-440
  21. 1867
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Hawkins to accommodate local resident.
    to Hawkins
    · Tenn. Acts 1867, 35th assy., 1st sess., pub., ch. 13, secs. 1-7/pp. 9-11
  22. 1870
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Knox and exchanged with Jefferson to accommodate local residents.
    from Knoxfrom Jefferson
    · Tenn. Acts 1869, 36th assy., 1st sess., pub., ch. 48/p. 62
  23. 1870
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Claiborne to accommodate local residents.
    to Claiborne
    · Tenn. Acts 1869, 36th assy., 1st sess., pub., ch. 88/p. 105
  24. 1870
    Lost territory Grainger lost to creation of Hamblen.
    to Hamblen
    · Tenn. Acts 1870, 36th assy., 2d sess., ch. 6, secs. 1-2, 5, 17/pp. 15, 17, 22; Historic Hamblen, 18
  25. 1871
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Union to accommodate local residents.
    to Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1870, 36th assy., 3d sess., ch. 118/p. 136
  26. 1873
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Union to accommodate local residents.
    to Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1873, 38th assy., ch. 70/p. 104
  27. 1877
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Hawkins to accommodate local resident.
    from Hawkins
    · Tenn. Acts 1877, 40th assy., 1st sess., ch. 149/p. 176
  28. 1879
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Jefferson to accommodate local resident.
    to Jefferson
    · Tenn. Acts 1879, 41st assy., 1st sess., ch. 56/p. 76
  29. 1883
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Union (later repealed).
    to Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1883, 43d assy., ch. 129/p. 176
  30. 1887
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Union to accommodate local resident (later repealed).
    from Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1887, 45th assy., ch. 49/p. 120
  31. 1889
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Union to accommodate local residents.
    from Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1889, 46th assy., 1st sess., ch. 24/p. 32
  32. 1890
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Union (later repealed).
    from Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1890, 46th assy., 3d sess., ch. 5/p. 25
  33. 1891
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Hancock to accommodate local residents.
    to Hancock
    · Tenn. Acts 1891, 47th assy., ch. 154/p. 329
  34. 1895
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Union to accommodate local resident.
    to Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1895, 49th assy., ch. 104/p. 170
  35. 1895
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Union to accommodate local resident (later repealed).
    to Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1895, 49th assy., ch. 188/p. 385
  36. 1897
    Gained territory Grainger apparently gained small area from Hancock when the Hancock-Hawkins line was resurveyed and relocated.
    from Hancockfrom Hancock-Hawkins
    · Tenn. Acts 1897, 50th assy., ch. 193/p. 409
  37. 1899
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Union to accommodate local residents (later repealed).
    to Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1899, 51st assy., ch. 233/p. 506
  38. 1901
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Knox to accommodate local resident.
    from Knox
    · Tenn. Acts 1901, 52d assy., ch. 191/p. 416
  39. 1901
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Union to accommodate local residents (later repealed).
    from Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1901, 52d assy., ch. 310/p. 697
  40. 1901
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Union to accommodate local resident (later repealed).
    from Union
    · Tenn. Acts 1901, 52d assy., ch. 361/p. 829
  41. 1903
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Hancock to accommodate local resident.
    from Hancock
    · Tenn. Acts 1903, 53d assy., ch. 527/p. 1405
  42. 1911
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Hancock to accommodate local resident.
    from Hancock
    · Tenn. Acts 1911, 57th assy., priv., ch. 245/p. 637
  43. 1919
    Gained territory Grainger gained from Hancock to accommodate local resident; Grainger lost to Hancock.
    from Hancock
    · Tenn. Acts 1919, 61st assy., priv., ch. 674/p. 2036
  44. 1919
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Knox to accommodate local residents.
    to Knox
    · Tenn. Acts 1919, 61st assy., priv., ch. 739/p. 2279
  45. 1927
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Knox to accommodate local resident.
    to Knox
    · Tenn. Acts 1927, 65th assy., priv., ch. 741/p. 2408
  46. 1933
    Lost territory Grainger lost to Knox to accommodate local resident.
    to Knoxto Grainger-Knox
    · Tenn. Acts 1933, 68th assy., priv., ch. 637/p. 1518

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People and land

Grainger by the Census

Population
23,527 2020 Census count
Housing units
11,644 2020 Census count
Land area
281 square miles
Water area
22 square miles
People per sq mi
84 population ÷ land area

Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

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Questions

Common questions about Grainger County

When was Grainger County founded?
Grainger County was founded in 1796, formed from Hawkins County, Knox County and Sumner County.
What is the county seat of Grainger County?
The county seat of Grainger County is Rutledge.
Is there an online parcel map for Grainger County?
Yes. Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Division of Property Assessments (published by the Office of Information Resources) publishes a parcel map of 15,587 parcels, rated official here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
Has Grainger County's boundary or name changed?
Grainger County was created in 1796 from Hawkins County, Knox County and Sumner County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 44 later changes, most of them small boundary adjustments, chiefly involving Union County, Jefferson County and Knox County.
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