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Historical Markers in Old Fort

 
Clickable Map of Polk County, Tennessee and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Polk County, TN (53) Bradley County, TN (67) McMinn County, TN (64) Monroe County, TN (54) Fannin County, GA (9) Murray County, GA (25) Cherokee County, NC (33)  PolkCounty(53) Polk County (53)  BradleyCounty(67) Bradley County (67)  McMinnCounty(64) McMinn County (64)  MonroeCounty(54) Monroe County (54)  FanninCountyGeorgia(9) Fannin County (9)  MurrayCounty(25) Murray County (25)  CherokeeCountyNorth Carolina(33) Cherokee County (33)
Benton is the county seat for Polk County
Old Fort is in Polk County
Polk County (53)  ►
ADJACENT TO POLK COUNTY
Bradley County (67)  ►
McMinn County (64)  ►
Monroe County (54)  ►
Fannin County, Georgia (9)  ►
Murray County, Georgia (25)  ►
Cherokee County, North Carolina (33)  ►
 
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1 ► Tennessee, Polk County, Old Fort — 2A 27 — Marr’s Fort —
This fort was built 0.4 miles south in 1837, to facilitate assemblage of the Cherokee Nation for its enforced removal westward. A blockhouse, one of its corner bastions, survives. It was removed in 1932 and re-erected in the yard of the high . . . — — Map (db m288661) HM
2 ► Tennessee, Polk County, Old Fort — 2A 40 — McNair's Stand — Reported missing
100 yards NW, David McNair, Scotch pioneer who married Delilah Vann, daughter of a Cherokee chief, built a home about 1800 near a grove which was a Cherokee council ground and terminus of the Ocoee-Conasauga portage. He commanded a company in . . . — — Map (db m47675) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026