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Historical Markers in Somerville, Tennessee

 
Clickable Map of Fayette 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 Fayette County, TN (18) Hardeman County, TN (19) Haywood County, TN (48) Shelby County, TN (542) Tipton County, TN (34) Benton County, MS (6) Marshall County, MS (31)  FayetteCounty(18) Fayette County (18)  HardemanCounty(19) Hardeman County (19)  HaywoodCounty(48) Haywood County (48)  ShelbyCounty(542) Shelby County (542)  TiptonCounty(34) Tipton County (34)  BentonCountyMississippi(6) Benton County (6)  MarshallCounty(31) Marshall County (31)
Somerville is the county seat for Fayette County
Somerville is in Fayette County
Fayette County (18)  ►
ADJACENT TO FAYETTE COUNTY
Hardeman County (19)  ►
Haywood County (48)  ►
Shelby County (542)  ►
Tipton County (34)  ►
Benton County, Mississippi (6)  ►
Marshall County, Mississippi (31)  ►
 
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1 ► Tennessee, Fayette County, Somerville — 4E 56 — Organization of Fayette County —
On West Court Square 0 miles north of West Fayette Street (U.S. 64).
Fayette County was organized the first Monday in December, 1824, in the home of Robert G. Thornton, ten miles S. East on North fork of Wolf River. It was made a part of the district which David Crockett then represented in the state legislature. — — Map (db m33856) HM
2 ► Tennessee, Fayette County, Somerville — 4E 98 — Tent City —
On Tennessee Route 76 south of LaGrange Road, on the left when traveling south.
A number of black Fayette County sharecroppers who participated in a voter registration drive were evicted from their lands in 1959-60. Many of them moved to "Tent City", also called "Freedom Village", where they lived in military surplus tents . . . — — Map (db m122255) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Oct. 17, 2026