Warren County, Tennessee
| Warren County, Tennessee | |
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Warren County Courthouse in McMinnville
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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 | 1807 |
| Named for | Joseph Warren |
| Seat | McMinnville |
| Largest city | McMinnville |
| Area | |
| • Total | 434 sq mi (1,124 km2) |
| • Land | 433 sq mi (1,121 km2) |
| • Water | 14 sq mi (36 km2), 0.3% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 40,435 |
| • Density | 92/sq mi (36/km²) |
| Congressional district | 4th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Warren County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,839. Its county seat is McMinnville.
Warren County comprises the McMinnville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Warren County was created by European Americans in 1807 from a portion of White County, and named for Joseph Warren (1741–1775), a soldier in the American Revolution. The revised Tennessee State Constitution of 1834 stated that no new county could be within 12 miles (19 km) of the county seat of the county from which it was formed. The boundaries of five counties formed from Warren— Grundy, Van Buren, Cannon, Coffee and DeKalb— were exactly 12 miles from Warren's county seat, McMinnville, giving the county its distinctive round shape.
Warren County citizens voted to secede from the Union during the Civil War in February 1861 via a State referendum. Tennessee as a whole decided to remain in the Union at that time. After Lincoln's call for troops in April 1861, which was seen by Tennessee as a violation of Article 3 Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, Warren County, along with now a majority of other Tennessee counties voted for independence in the following month of June 1861. Slavery was never mentioned as a cause in the declaration of Tennessee secession. Men from Warren county and surrounding upper Cumberland region formed and served in many units in Tennessee's defense including the 16th Tennessee Infantry [1] lead by McMinnville, TN resident Col. John Houston Savage. The Confederate monument [2] located next to the county courthouse is dedicated in the memory of the men who served and died in the 16th and list their names.
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