History of Loudon County Tennessee United States of America

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Loudon County was erected on May 27, 1870, from parts of Roane, Monroe, and Blount counties and was named in commemoration of Fort Loudon which, in turn, was named for the Earl of Loudon, commander-in-chief, in 1756, of the British forces in America and governor of Virginia. It lies on both sides of the Tennessee about twenty-nine miles southwest of Knoxville. This county was established in accordance with especial provisions embodied in Section 4, of Article X, of the Constitution of 1870.

Early settlers were Henry Bogard, Jacob Gardengill, John Browder, Benjamin Prater, William B. Lenoir, James Blair, William Blair, Jesse Eldridge, and Simeon Eldridge.

The Presbyterians erected the first church in this county. Its pastor in 1823 was Dr. Isaac Anderson, a teacher of Sam Houston.

Statistics of Loudon County: Population, 1920, 16,275. Assessed valuation of taxable property, 1921, $10,018,424. Area, 256 square miles. Number of farms, 1,396. Railway mileage, 29. Drained by the Little Tennessee River. Surface is hilly but soil fertile. There is a fine timber growth in the county. Good opportunities in the county for marble and furniture industries. The county is intersected by the Southern Railway. Loudon, the county seat, has a population of about 1,000, is a flourishing town on the Southern Railway and the Tennessee River, and has splendid schools, churches, weekly newspaper, manufacturing establishments, and stores, bank, etc. Lenoir City, with a population of 4,210, has several manufacturing establishments, including car works, and is a prosperous town. Scholastic population of the county, 5,488; high schools, 4; elementary schools, 38.

From:
Moore, John Trotwood. Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923. Vol. 1. Chicago, IL, USA: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1923.

History of Loudon County Tennessee

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