List of forts in Tennessee
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The following is a list of forts in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Forts in Tennessee
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05Fort Adair | Knox | align="right" | 1788 or 1791 | Location unknown, destroyed |
10Fort Assumption | Shelby | align="right" | 1739 | |
15Bledsoe's Fort | Sumner | align="right" | 1781–83 | |
|20Fort Blount | Jackson | align="right" | 1794 | Site excavated 1989-1994 |
|20Camp Boone | Montgomery | align="right" | 1861 | |
25Fort Cass | Bradley | align="right" | 1835 | |
25Fort Defiance | Montgomery | align="right" | 1861 | a multi-million dollar museum and interpretive center construction began 2010. |
30Fort Donelson | Stewart | align="right" | 1861 | |
35Fort Henry | Henry and Stewart | align="right" | 1861 | |
40Fort Loudoun | Monroe | align="right" | 1756 | |
45Fort Nash | Coffee | align="right" | 1793 | Structure destroyed. Site located on private property. |
45Fort Nashborough | Davidson | align="right" | 1781 | |
50Fort Negley | Davidson | align="right" | 1862 | |
55Fort Pillow | Lauderdale | align="right" | 1861 | |
60Fort Prudhomme | Lauderdale, Shelby or Tipton | align="right" | 1682 | Location unknown, destroyed |
65Fort Randolph | Tipton | align="right" | 1861 | Destroyed |
70Fort Sanders | Knox | align="right" | 1861 | |
75Fort Southwest Point | Roane | align="right" | 1797 | |
80Tellico Blockhouse | Monroe | align="right" | 1794 | |
85Fort Watauga | Carter | align="right" | 1775 | |
90White's Fort | Knox | align="right" | 1786 | |
95Fort Wright | Tipton | align="right" | 1861 | Only powder magazine left |
See also
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