What are the Top 10 oldest towns in Tennessee?
Here is a list of the Top 10 oldest towns in Tennessee (United States).
Town | Founded | Founder | County | |
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1. | Jonesborough | 1779 | Washington | |
2. | Greeneville | 1783 | Robert Kerr | Greene |
3. | Dandridge | 1783 | Francis Dean | Jefferson |
4. | Knoxville | 1791 | James White | Knox |
5. | Maryville | 1795 | John Craig | Blount |
6. | Sevierville | 1795 | John Sevier | Sevier |
7. | Rutledge | 1797 | General George Rutledge | Grainger |
8. | Springfield | 1798 | The General Assembly of Tennessee | Robertson |
9. | Elizabethton | 1799 | Samuel Tipton | Carter |
10. | Franklin | 1799 | Abram Maury Jr. | Williamson |