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 first county commissioners to found the town of Columbia on the Duck River to serve as its seat.[5] Maury County is named after Abram Maury, a planter who served as a state senator from Williamson County, who was also a founder of the town of Franklin, Tennessee.[6][7]

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. Act of 16 Nov. 1807, cited supra, at p. 151.
  6. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Tennessee Encylopedia article on Maury County
  7. | "Abram Maury", Williamson County Historical Society, Undated. Web. 22 Jan. 2021

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