Maury County, Tennessee

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Maury County is a county in the State of Tennessee. The county seat is Columbia. The estimated population of Maury County in 2019 was 96,387.[1]

History

Maury County was established by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly dated November 16, 1807.[2][3][4] Maury County was created out of parts of Williamson County and the act creating it also instructed its commissioners to found Columbia, Tennessee to serve as its seat.[5]

Communities in Maury County

See the Category:Communities page for a complete listing of articles.

References

  1. "Quick Facts - Maury County, Tennessee." U.S. Census Bureau, Undated. Web. 22 Jan. 2021..
  2. "Maury County, Tennessee." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 20 Jan. 2021. Web. 22 Jan. 2021.
  3. Lightfoot, Marise. "Maury County", Tennessee Encyclopedia, Tennessee Historical Society, 1 Mar. 2018. Web. 22 Jan. 2021
  4. "An Act to reduce Williamson county to constitutional limits and to form a new county on the south and southwest of the same." Acts passed at the First Session of the Seventh General Assembly of the State of Tennessee. Knoxville, William Moore, 1808, pp. 149-154. Online through Vanderbilt Library. 22 Jan. 2021.
  5. Ibid. p. 151.

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