Stewart County, Tennessee
| Stewart County, Tennessee | |
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Stewart County courthouse
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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 | 1803 |
| Named for | Duncan Stewart |
| Seat | Dover |
| Largest city | Dover |
| Area | |
| • Total | 493 sq mi (1,277 km2) |
| • Land | 459 sq mi (1,189 km2) |
| • Water | 34 sq mi (88 km2), 6.8% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 13,324 |
| • Density | 29/sq mi (11/km²) |
| Congressional district | 7th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Stewart County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,324. Its county seat is Dover.
Stewart County is home to Fort Donelson, the site of a Confederate stand against the Union's push up the Cumberland River during the Civil War.
Stewart County was created in 1803 from a portion of Montgomery County, and was named for Duncan Stewart, an early settler and state legislator. During the Battle of Fort Donelson, the county seat, Dover, was burned by Union troops to prevent its capture by General Nathan B. Forrest.
Tobaccoport Saltpeter Cave was intensely mined for saltpeter, possibly during the War of 1812. Saltpeter is the main ingredient of gunpowder and was obtained by leaching the earth from the cave. This area fell under Union control in February 1862, early in the Civil War, and it seems unlikely that mining could have happened before that.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 493 square miles (1,280 km2), of which 459 square miles (1,190 km2) is land and 34 square miles (88 km2) (6.8%) is water. The county lies in a rugged section of the northwestern Highland Rim. The Cumberland River (part of Lake Barkley) traverses the county. The Tennessee River (part of Kentucky Lake) provides the county's border with Henry County to the west.
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