When was Pickett County founded?

Pickett County was founded in 1881, formed from Fentress County, Overton County and Scott County.

What is the county seat of Pickett County?

The county seat of Pickett County is Byrdstown.

Is there an online parcel map for Pickett County?

Yes. Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Division of Property Assessments (published by the Office of Information Resources) publishes a parcel map of 5,926 parcels, rated official here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.

Has Pickett County's boundary or name changed?

Pickett County was created in 1881 from Fentress County, Overton County and Scott County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 25 later changes, most of them small boundary adjustments, chiefly involving Fentress County, Overton County and Clay County.

Is my lot in a flood zone?

We do not have flood maps for Pickett County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.

County · code 47137

Pickett CountyTennessee

Pickett County is a county in Tennessee with a seat in Byrdstown. It was formed on April 30, 1881 from parts of Fentress, Overton, and Scott counties.

Founded1881
County seatByrdstown
Land area163 sq mi + 12 sq mi water
Population5,001 2020 Census
Parcels mapped5,926 checked 14 October 2026

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Updated 19 October 2026

Census outline · seat marked

History

Formed in 1881 from Fentress County, Overton County and Scott County

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

Pickett County was created from Fentress, Overton, and Scott counties in 1881. Over the next two decades, the county's boundaries changed several times through transfers with neighboring counties including Clay, Fentress, Overton, and Scott to accommodate local residents.

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

1881
Pickett County created Pickett created from Fentress and Overton. Pickett's east line was supposed to run along the western limit of Scott as defined in 1849; it appears legislators ignored the 4 November 1871 change in Scott's west line.
from Fentress from Overton from Scott
30 April 1881 · Tenn. Acts 1879, 41st assy., 1st sess., ch. 34, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 48-50; Tenn. Acts 1881, 42d assy., 1st sess., ch. 37, sec 1/p. 35; Huddleston, 37
1883
Gained territory Pickett gained from Clay to accommodate local residents.
from Clay
27 March 1883 · Tenn. Acts 1883, 43d assy., ch. 122/p. 166
1897
Lost territory Pickett lost to Scott.
to Scott
12 February 1897 · Tenn. Acts 1897, 50th assy., ch. 257/p. 571; repeated in ch. 217/p. 518
1905
Lost territory Pickett lost to Fentress to accommodate local resident.
to Fentress
26 January 1905 · Tenn. Acts 1905, 54th assy., ch. 39/p. 84
1911
Gained territory Pickett gained from Fentress to accommodate local residents.
from Fentress
5 April 1911 · Tenn. Acts 1911, 57th assy., priv., ch. 244/p. 636

Show all 26 changes (21 more, mostly small adjustments)

1881
Pickett County created Pickett created from Fentress and Overton. Pickett's east line was supposed to run along the western limit of Scott as defined in 1849; it appears legislators ignored the 4 November 1871 change in Scott's west line.
from Fentress from Overton from Scott
30 April 1881 · Tenn. Acts 1879, 41st assy., 1st sess., ch. 34, secs. 1-2, 4/pp. 48-50; Tenn. Acts 1881, 42d assy., 1st sess., ch. 37, sec 1/p. 35; Huddleston, 37
1883
Gained territory Pickett gained from Clay to accommodate local residents.
from Clay
27 March 1883 · Tenn. Acts 1883, 43d assy., ch. 122/p. 166
1885
Lost territory Pickett lost to Clay; lost to Fentress to accommodate local residents; Pickett lost to Overton to accommodate local residents.
to Clay to Fentress to Overton
9 April 1885 · Tenn. Acts 1885, 44th assy., ch. 125/p. 238; ch. 156/p. 268; ch. 117/p. 224
1887
Lost territory Pickett lost to Clay to accommodate local resident.
to Clay
2 March 1887 · Tenn. Acts 1887, 45th assy., ch. 52/p. 122
1891
Gained territory Pickett gained from Fentress to accommodate local residents.
from Fentress
31 January 1891 · Tenn. Acts 1891, 47th assy., ch. 28/p. 63
1891
Gained territory Pickett gained from Fentress to accommodate local residents.
from Fentress
3 March 1891 · Tenn. Acts 1891, 47th assy., ch. 42/p. 78
1893
Gained territory Pickett gained from Clay (later repealed).
from Clay
1 April 1893 · Tenn. Acts 1893, 48th assy., ch. 57/p. 75
1897
Lost territory Pickett lost to Scott.
to Scott
12 February 1897 · Tenn. Acts 1897, 50th assy., ch. 257/p. 571; repeated in ch. 217/p. 518
1897
Lost territory Pickett lost to Overton to accommodate local resident.
to Overton
26 March 1897 · Tenn. Acts 1897, 50th assy., ch. 287/p. 610
1899
Gained territory Pickett gained from Fentress to accommodate local resident.
from Fentress
27 January 1899 · Tenn. Acts 1899, 51st assy., ch. 105/p. 181
1899
Lost territory Pickett lost to Overton to accommodate local resident.
to Overton
17 March 1899 · Tenn. Acts 1899, 51st assy., ch. 82/p. 122
1901
Lost territory Pickett lost to Clay (later repealed).
to Clay
3 April 1901 · Tenn. Acts 1901, 52d assy., ch. 270/p. 580
1905
Lost territory Pickett lost to Fentress to accommodate local resident.
to Fentress
26 January 1905 · Tenn. Acts 1905, 54th assy., ch. 39/p. 84
1905
Gained territory Pickett gained from Overton to accommodate local resident.
from Overton
7 April 1905 · Tenn. Acts 1905, 54th assy., ch. 193/p. 397; repeated in ch. 378/p. 789
1905
Gained territory Pickett gained from Clay to accommodate local resident.
from Clay
11 April 1905 · Tenn. Acts 1905, 54th assy., ch. 266/p. 569
1905
Gained territory Pickett gained from Overton to accommodate local resident.
from Overton
13 April 1905 · Tenn. Acts 1905, 54th assy., ch. 373/p. 779
1911
Gained territory Pickett gained from Fentress to accommodate local residents.
from Fentress
5 April 1911 · Tenn. Acts 1911, 57th assy., priv., ch. 244/p. 636
1915
Gained territory Pickett gained from Overton to accommodate local resident.
from Overton
15 May 1915 · Tenn. Acts 1915, 59th assy., priv., ch. 686/p. 2201
1921
Gained territory Pickett gained from Fentress to accommodate local resident.
from Fentress
25 March 1921 · Tenn. Acts 1921, 62d assy., priv., ch. 453/p. 1341
1921
Gained territory Pickett gained from Fentress to accommodate local resident.
from Fentress
7 April 1921 · Tenn. Acts 1921, 62d assy., priv., ch. 700/p. 2221
1921
Gained territory Pickett gained from Fentress to accommodate local residents.
from Fentress
9 April 1921 · Tenn. Acts 1921, 62d assy., priv., ch. 803/p. 2502; ch. 804/p. 2503
1925
Lost territory Pickett lost to Fentress to accommodate local resident.
to Fentress
16 April 1925 · Tenn. Acts 1925, 64th assy., priv., ch. 700/p. 2570
1927
Lost territory Pickett lost to Fentress to accommodate local resident.
to Fentressto Pickett-Fentress
29 April 1927 · Tenn. Acts 1927, 65th assy., priv., ch. 776/p. 2551
1933
Gained territory Pickett gained from Overton to accommodate local resident.
from Overton
31 March 1933 · Tenn. Acts 1933, 68th assy., priv., ch. 213/p. 523
1963
Gained territory Pickett gained from Overton to accommodate local residents.
from Overton
21 March 1963 · Tenn. Acts 1963, 83d assy., priv., ch. 211/p. 667
1974
Gained territory Pickett gained small area from Clay.
from Clay
5 February 1974 · Tenn. Acts 1974, 88th assy., 2d reg. sess., pub., ch. 421/p. 27

Land and parcels

What the maps cover in Pickett

Who publishes each layer, how good it is, and when we last checked.

Parcels Official

Lot lines and tax-map numbers for 5,926 parcels from Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Division of Property Assessments (published by the Office of Information Resources). Drawn for tax purposes: usually within a few feet of a survey, but not a survey.
edited 10 September 2026 · checked 14 October 2026
Address points Official

One point per address, 4,811 in all from TECB and local 911 districts via TNMap (tnmap_oir).
edited 6 October 2026 · checked 14 October 2026
Buildings Reference

Roof outlines traced from aerial imagery from FEMA Response Geospatial Office with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Good for seeing what is on a lot; not accurate enough to set a fence from.
checked 18 October 2026

Official: from the office that keeps the record
Good enough: a reliable statewide or national copy
Fallback: a guide only; check the official record
Missing: nothing public found yet

People and land

Pickett by the Census

Population

5,001 2020 Census count

Housing units

3,342 2020 Census count

Land area

163 square miles

Water area

12 square miles

People per sq mi

31 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 Pickett County

When was Pickett County founded?: Pickett County was founded in 1881, formed from Fentress County, Overton County and Scott County.
What is the county seat of Pickett County?: The county seat of Pickett County is Byrdstown.
Is there an online parcel map for Pickett County?: Yes. Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Division of Property Assessments (published by the Office of Information Resources) publishes a parcel map of 5,926 parcels, rated official here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
Has Pickett County's boundary or name changed?: Pickett County was created in 1881 from Fentress County, Overton County and Scott County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 25 later changes, most of them small boundary adjustments, chiefly involving Fentress County, Overton County and Clay County.
Is my lot in a flood zone?: We do not have flood maps for Pickett County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.

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