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Lincoln County, Tennessee

Lincoln County is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,319.[2] Its county seat and largest city is Fayetteville.[3] The county is named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.[4]

Lincoln County

 United States

1809

Fayetteville

571 sq mi (1,480 km2)

570 sq mi (1,500 km2)

0.4 sq mi (1 km2)  0.07%

35,319 Increase

58/sq mi (22/km2)

4th

History[edit]

Lincoln County was created in 1809 from parts of Bedford County. The land occupied by the county was part of a land cession obtained from the Cherokee and Chickasaw in 1806.[1]


The Lincoln County Process, used in the distillation of Tennessee whiskey, is named for this county, as the Jack Daniel Distillery was originally located there. However, a subsequent redrawing of county lines resulted in the establishment of adjacent Moore County, which includes the location of the distillery. Another distillery opened in Lincoln County in 1997 – the Benjamin Pritchard's Distillery. However, it does not use the Lincoln County Process for making its Tennessee whiskey. When a law was established in 2013 to require the Lincoln County Process to be used for making all Tennessee whiskey, the Benjamin Pritchard's Distillery was exempted by a grandfather clause. Southern Pride Distillery is the only Lincoln County distillery still using the Lincoln County Process for whiskey making.


On March 5, 2017, a poultry farm that distributes products to Tyson Foods was confirmed to have a reported a case of Influenza A virus subtype H7N9 detected in birds resulting in the slaughter of 74,000 chickens.[5]

(north)

Bedford County

(northeast)

Moore County

(east)

Franklin County

(south)

Madison County, Alabama

(southwest)

Limestone County, Alabama

(west)

Giles County

(northwest)

Marshall County

(partial)

Ardmore, Tennessee

(county seat)

Fayetteville

Lincoln County High School (Tennessee)

National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Tennessee

Official site

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Lincoln County