Campbell County, Tennessee
| Campbell County, Tennessee | |
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Campbell County Courthouse in Jacksboro
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 Location in the U.S. state of Tennessee |
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 Tennessee's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | September 11, 1806 |
| Named for | Arthur Campbell |
| Seat | Jacksboro |
| Largest city | LaFollette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 498 sq mi (1,290 km2) |
| • Land | 480 sq mi (1,243 km2) |
| • Water | 18 sq mi (47 km2), 3.6% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 40,716 |
| • Density | 85/sq mi (33/km²) |
| Congressional districts | 2nd, 3rd |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Campbell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,716. Its county seat is Jacksboro.
Campbell County is included in the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Campbell County was formed in 1806 from parts of Anderson and Claiborne counties. It was named in honor of Colonel Arthur Campbell (1743–1811), a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and an officer during the American Revolutionary War.
New Mammoth Cave, located in Elk Valley, just west of Jellico, was mined for saltpeter (the main ingredient of gunpowder) during the War of 1812. It is possible that this cave was also mined during the Civil War. In 1921 the cave was developed as a tourist attraction and was open to the public until at least 1928. Today, New Mammoth Cave is securely gated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is a sanctuary for bats, including the federally endangered Indiana bat.
During the Civil War, the county's sympathies were predominantly with the Union. On June 8, 1861, Campbell Countians rejected Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession by a vote of 1,094 to 60. On August 1, 1861, Campbell County became the first Tennessee county to form a Union Army unit for the Civil War, organizing Company B of the 1st Tennessee Infantry at Jacksboro.
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