Etymologie, Étymologie, Etymology
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chattanoogan - How Our Counties Got Their Names
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The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga, TN, USA
How Our Counties Got Their Names
by Harmon Jolley
posted April 29, 2004
When colonists formed local governments in America, they used a system that had existed for many years in Europe. In France, a "county" was ruled by a count. The English established county governments to collect taxes, to maintain official documents such as deeds, to build public roads, and to perform other duties that counties do today. During the American expansion into the frontier, county boundaries were drawn soon after the creation of each state. Names of the counties came from American Indian place names, Founding Fathers, and war heroes.
I’m sure that there is much discussion each day around the office water cooler, dinner table, and golf course about the origin of local county names. So, here in one handy list for your reference, is an etymology of Hamilton and its neighboring counties.
Zu folgenden Counties findet man Hinweise zur Namensgebung: HAMILTON | JAMES | MARION | SEQUATCHIE | BLEDSOE | RHEA | MEIGS | BRADLEY | CATOOSA | WALKER | DADE
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Dollywood (W3)
In Anlehnung an "Hollywood" erhielt "Dolly Parton's place" in Tennessee den Kurznamen "Dollywood".
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DOLLYWOOD--108,000 Google hits (Dolly Parton's place in Tennessee)
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epodunk - Community-Profiles TN
(E2)(L1) http://www.epodunk.com/communities_tn.html
Meine Stichproben ergaben, dass es zur überwiegenden Anzahl der Informationen zu US-amerikanischen Städten auch Hinweise zur Namensgebung gibt, die meist mit der Formel "The community was named ..." eingeleitet werden.
Dies rechtfertigt die Aufnahme im Etymologie-Portal.
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- Adams (city) Robertson County
- Adamsville (town) McNairy County
- Alamo (town) Crockett County
- Alcoa (city) Blount County
- Alexandria (town) DeKalb County
- Algood (town) Putnam County
- Allardt (city) Fentress County
- Allisona Williamson County
- Altamont (town) Grundy County
- Andersonville Anderson County
- Antioch Davidson County
- Apison Hamilton County
- Ardmore (city) Giles County
- Arlington (town) Shelby County
- Arrington Williamson County
- Ashland City (town) Cheatham County
- Athens (city) McMinn County
- Atoka (town) Tipton County
- Atwood (town) Carroll County
- Auburntown (town) Cannon County
- Baileyton (town) Greene County
- Bakewell Hamilton County
- Baneberry (city) Jefferson County
- Barretville Shelby County
- Bartlett (city) Shelby County
- Baxter (town) Putnam County
- Bean Station (city) Grainger County
- Beersheba Springs (town) Grundy County
- Bell Buckle (town) Bedford County
- Belle Meade (city) Davidson County
- Bells (city) Crockett County
- Bemis Madison County
- Benton (town) Polk County
- Berry Hill (city) Davidson County
- Bethel Springs (town) McNairy County
- Big Sandy (town) Benton County
- Birchwood Hamilton County
- Blaine (city) Grainger County
- Bloomingdale Sullivan County
- Blountville Sullivan County
- Bluff City (city) Sullivan County
- Bolivar (city) Hardeman County
- Boma Putnam County
- Bon Aqua Hickman County
- Braden (town) Fayette County
- Bradford (town) Gibson County
- Brentwood (city) Williamson County
- Briceville Anderson County
- Brighton (town) Tipton County
- Bristol (city) Sullivan County
- Brownsville (city) Haywood County
- Bruceton (town) Carroll County
- Brunswick Shelby County
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- Burns (town) Dickson County
- Byrdstown (town) Pickett County
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- Cedar Hill (town) Robertson County
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- Chapmansboro Cheatham County
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- Christiana Rutherford County
- Church Hill (town) Hawkins County
- Citico Monroe County
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- Cleveland (city) Bradley County
- Clifton (city) Wayne County
- Clinton (city) Anderson County
- Cloverdale Obion County
- Coalmont (city) Grundy County
- Collegedale (city) Hamilton County
- Collierville (town) Shelby County
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- Colonial Heights Sullivan County
- Columbia (city) Maury County
- Cookeville (city) Putnam County
- Coopertown (town) Robertson County
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- Cordova Shelby County
- Cornersville (town) Marshall County
- Corryton Knox County
- Cosby Cocke County
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- Cottontown Sumner County
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- Cowan (city) Franklin County
- Crab Orchard (city) Cumberland County
- Cross Plains (city) Robertson County
- Crosstown Tipton County
- Crossville (city) Cumberland County
- Crump (city) Hardin County
- Cumberland City (town) Stewart County
- Cumberland Furnace Dickson County
- Cumberland Gap (town) Claiborne County
- Dandridge (town) Jefferson County
- Dayton (city) Rhea County
- Decatur (town) Meigs County
- Decaturville (town) Decatur County
- Decherd (city) Franklin County
- Del Rio Cocke County
- Delano Polk County
- Dickson (city) Dickson County
- Dixonville Tipton County
- Donelson Davidson County
- Dover (city) Stewart County
- Dowelltown (town) DeKalb County
- Doyle (town) White County
- Dresden (town) Weakley County
- Drummonds Tipton County
- Ducktown (city) Polk County
- Dunlap (city) Sequatchie County
- Dyer (city) Gibson County
- Dyersburg (city) Dyer County
- Eads Shelby County
- Eagleville (city) Rutherford County
- East Brainerd Hamilton County
- East Ridge (city) Hamilton County
- Eastview (town) McNairy County
- Eidson Hawkins County
- Elizabethton (city) Carter County
- Elkton (city) Giles County
- Ellendale Shelby County
- Englewood (town) McMinn County
- Enville (town) Chester County
- Erin (city) Houston County
- Erwin (city) Unicoi County
- Estill Springs (town) Franklin County
- Ethridge (town) Lawrence County
- Etowah (city) McMinn County
- Eva Benton County
- Fairview (city) Williamson County
- Fall Branch Washington County
- Farragut (town) Knox County
- Fayetteville (city) Lincoln County
- Finger (city) McNairy County
- Fisherville Shelby County
- Flag Pond Unicoi County
- Forest Hills (city) Davidson County
- Fosterville Rutherford County
- Fountain City Knox County
- Franklin (city) Williamson County
- Friendship (city) Crockett County
- Friendsville (city) Blount County
- Gadsden (town) Crockett County
- Gainesboro (town) Jackson County
- Gallatin (city) Sumner County
- Gallaway (city) Fayette County
- Garland (town) Tipton County
- Gates (town) Lauderdale County
- Gatlinburg (city) Sevier County
- Germantown (city) Shelby County
- Gibson (town) Gibson County
- Gilt Edge (city) Tipton County
- Gladeville Wilson County
- Gleason (town) Weakley County
- Goodlettsville (city) Davidson County
- Gordonsville (town) Smith County
- Grand Junction (city) Hardeman County
- Gray Washington County
- Graysville (town) Rhea County
- Greenback (city) Loudon County
- Greenbrier (town) Robertson County
- Greeneville (town) Greene County
- Greenfield (city) Weakley County
- Gruetli Grundy County
- Gruetli-Laager (city) Grundy County
- Guys (town) McNairy County
- Halls (town) Lauderdale County
- Halls Crossroads Knox County
- Hampton Carter County
- Happy Valley Blount County
- Harriman (city) Roane County
- Harrison Hamilton County
- Harrogate Claiborne County
- Hartsville (town) Trousdale County
- Heiskell Knox County
- Henderson (city) Chester County
- Hendersonville (city) Sumner County
- Henning (town) Lauderdale County
- Henry (town) Henry County
- Hermitage Davidson County
- Hickory Hill Moore County
- Hickory Valley (town) Hardeman County
- Hickory Withe (town) Fayette County
- Hilham Overton County
- Hixson Hamilton County
- Hohenwald (city) Lewis County
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- Hornbeak (town) Obion County
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- Hurricane Mills Humphreys County
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- Jasper (town) Marion County
- Jefferson City (city) Jefferson County
- Jellico (city) Campbell County
- Joelton Davidson County
- Johnson City (city) Washington County
- Jonesborough (town) Washington County
- Karns Knox County
- Kenton (town) Gibson County
- Kerrville Shelby County
- Kimball (town) Marion County
- Kimberlin Heights Knox County
- Kingfield Williamson County
- Kingsport (city) Sullivan County
- Kingston (city) Roane County
- Kingston Springs (town) Cheatham County
- Knoxville (city) Knox County
- La Follette (city) Campbell County
- La Grange (town) Fayette County
- La Vergne (city) Rutherford County
- Laconia Fayette County
- Lafayette (city) Macon County
- Lake City (town) Anderson County
- Lakeland (city) Shelby County
- Lakesite (city) Hamilton County
- Lakewood (city) Davidson County
- Lascassas Rutherford County
- Lawrenceburg (city) Lawrence County
- Lebanon (city) Wilson County
- Lenoir City (city) Loudon County
- Lewisburg (city) Marshall County
- Lexington (city) Henderson County
- Liberty (town) DeKalb County
- Limestone Washington County
- Linden (town) Perry County
- Livingston (town) Overton County
- Lobelville (city) Perry County
- Locke Shelby County
- Lookout Mountain (town) Hamilton County
- Loretto (city) Lawrence County
- Loudon (town) Loudon County
- Louisville (city) Blount County
- Lucy Shelby County
- Lupton City Hamilton County
- Luttrell (town) Union County
- Lynchburg Moore County
- Lynn Garden Sullivan County
- Lynnville (town) Giles County
- Macon Fayette County
- Madison Davidson County
- Madisonville (city) Monroe County
- Manchester (city) Coffee County
- Marshall Hawkins County
- Martin (city) Weakley County
- Maryville (city) Blount County
- Mascot Knox County
- Mason (town) Tipton County
- Maury City (town) Crockett County
- Maynardville (city) Union County
- McEwen (city) Humphreys County
- McKenzie (city) Carroll County
- McLemoresville (town) Carroll County
- McMinnville (city) Warren County
- Medina (city) Gibson County
- Medon (city) Madison County
- Melrose Blount County
- Memphis (city) Shelby County
- Michie (town) McNairy County
- Middleton (town) Hardeman County
- Midtown (city) Roane County
- Milan (city) Gibson County
- Milledgeville (town) McNairy County
- Millersville (city) Sumner County
- Milligan Carter County
- Millington (city) Shelby County
- Milton Rutherford County
- Minor Hill (city) Giles County
- Mitchellville (town) Sumner County
- Monteagle (town) Grundy County
- Monterey (town) Putnam County
- Mooresburg Hawkins County
- Morrison (town) Warren County
- Morristown (city) Hamblen County
- Moscow (city) Fayette County
- Mosheim (town) Greene County
- Mount Carmel (town) Hawkins County
- Mount Juliet (city) Wilson County
- Mount Pleasant (city) Maury County
- Mountain City (town) Johnson County
- Mountain Home Washington County
- Mud Island Shelby County
- Munford (town) Tipton County
- Murfreesboro (city) Rutherford County
- Nashville Davidson County
- New Hope (city) Marion County
- New Johnsonville (city) Humphreys County
- New Market (town) Jefferson County
- New Tazewell (town) Claiborne County
- Newbern (town) Dyer County
- Newport (city) Cocke County
- Niota (city) McMinn County
- Nolensville (town) Williamson County
- Norene Wilson County
- Normandy (town) Bedford County
- Norris (city) Anderson County
- Oak Hill (city) Davidson County
- Oak Ridge (city) Anderson County
- Oakdale (town) Morgan County
- Oakland (town) Fayette County
- Obion (town) Obion County
- Ocoee Polk County
- Old Hickory Davidson County
- Oliver Springs (town) Anderson County
- Oneida (town) Scott County
- Ooltewah Hamilton County
- Orlinda (town) Robertson County
- Orme (town) Marion County
- Pall Mall Fentress County
- Palmer (town) Grundy County
- Paris (city) Henry County
- Parkers Crossroads (city) Henderson County
- Parrottsville (town) Cocke County
- Parsons (town) Decatur County
- Pegram (town) Cheatham County
- Petersburg (town) Lincoln County
- Petros Morgan County
- Peytonsville Williamson County
- Philadelphia (city) Loudon County
- Pigeon Forge (city) Sevier County
- Pikeville (city) Bledsoe County
- Piney Flats Sullivan County
- Pinson Madison County
- Piperton (city) Fayette County
- Pittman Center (town) Sevier County
- Pleasant Hill (town) Cumberland County
- Pleasant View (city) Cheatham County
- Portland (city) Sumner County
- Powell Knox County
- Powells Crossroads (town) Marion County
- Pulaski (city) Giles County
- Puryear (city) Henry County
- Quito Tipton County
- Ramer (city) McNairy County
- Randolph Tipton County
- Red Bank (city) Hamilton County
- Red Boiling Springs (city) Macon County
- Ridgely (town) Lake County
- Ridgeside (city) Hamilton County
- Ridgetop (town) Robertson County
- Ripley (city) Lauderdale County
- Rives (town) Obion County
- Roan Mountain Carter County
- Rock Bridge Sumner County
- Rock Island Warren County
- Rockford (city) Blount County
- Rockvale Rutherford County
- Rockwood (city) Roane County
- Rogersville (town) Hawkins County
- Rosemark Shelby County
- Rossville (town) Fayette County
- Rudderville Williamson County
- Rugby Morgan County
- Rutherford (town) Gibson County
- Rutledge (town) Grainger County
- Saint Bethlehem Montgomery County
- Saint Joseph (city) Lawrence County
- Sale Creek Hamilton County
- Saltillo (town) Hardin County
- Samburg (town) Obion County
- Sardis (town) Henderson County
- Saulsbury (town) Hardeman County
- Savannah (city) Hardin County
- Scott's Hill Henderson County
- Selmer (town) McNairy County
- Sequatchie Marion County
- Sevierville (town) Sevier County
- Sewanee Franklin County
- Seymour Sevier County
- Sharon (town) Weakley County
- Sharps Chapel Union County
- Shelbyville (city) Bedford County
- Shiloh Hardin County
- Signal Mountain (town) Hamilton County
- Silerton (town) Hardeman County
- Silver Point Putnam County
- Slayden (town) Dickson County
- Smithville (town) DeKalb County
- Smyrna (town) Rutherford County
- Sneedville (town) Hancock County
- Soddy-Daisy (city) Hamilton County
- Somerville (town) Fayette County
- South Carthage (town) Smith County
- South Cleveland Bradley County
- South Fulton (city) Obion County
- South Pittsburg (city) Marion County
- Sparta (city) White County
- Spencer (town) Van Buren County
- Spring City (town) Rhea County
- Spring Hill (city) Williamson County
- Springfield (city) Robertson County
- Stanton (town) Haywood County
- Stantonville (town) McNairy County
- Sunbright (city) Morgan County
- Surgoinsville (town) Hawkins County
- Sweetwater (city) Monroe County
- Tallassee Blount County
- Tazewell (town) Claiborne County
- Telford Washington County
- Tellico Plains (town) Monroe County
- Tennemo Dyer County
- Tennessee Ridge (town) Houston County
- Thompsons Station (town) Williamson County
- Three Way (city) Madison County
- Tipton Tipton County
- Tiptonville (town) Lake County
- Toone (town) Hardeman County
- Townsend (city) Blount County
- Tracy City (town) Grundy County
- Trenton (city) Gibson County
- Trezevant (town) Carroll County
- Trimble (town) Dyer County
- Triune Williamson County
- Troy (town) Obion County
- Tullahoma (city) Coffee County
- Tusculum (city) Greene County
- Unicoi (town) Unicoi County
- Union City (city) Obion County
- Vanleer (town) Dickson County
- Viola (town) Warren County
- Vonore (town) Monroe County
- Walden (town) Hamilton County
- Walland Blount County
- Walnut Grove (town) Sumner County
- Wartburg (city) Morgan County
- Wartrace (town) Bedford County
- Watauga (city) Carter County
- Watertown (city) Wilson County
- Waverly (city) Humphreys County
- Waynesboro (city) Wayne County
- Westmoreland (town) Sumner County
- White Bluff (town) Dickson County
- White House (city) Sumner County
- White Pine (town) Jefferson County
- Whites Creek Davidson County
- Whiteside Marion County
- Whiteville (town) Hardeman County
- Whitwell (city) Marion County
- Wildersville Henderson County
- Wildwood Blount County
- Wilkinsville Tipton County
- Williston (city) Fayette County
- Winchester (city) Franklin County
- Winfield (town) Scott County
- Woodbury (town) Cannon County
- Woodland Mills (city) Obion County
- Woodstock Shelby County
- Yorkville (city) Gibson County
epodunk - County Profiles TN
(E2)(L1) http://www.epodunk.com/counties/tn_county.html
Meine Stichproben ergaben, dass es zur überwiegenden Anzahl der Informationen zu US-amerikanischen Verwaltungsbezirken auch Hinweise zur Namensgebung gibt, die meist mit der Formel "The county was named ..." eingeleitet werden.
Dies rechtfertigt die Aufnahme im Etymologie-Portal.
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