List of forts in Tennessee

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River battery at Fort Donelson

The following is a list of forts in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

Forts in Tennessee[edit]

Interior view of Fort Loudoun
Powder magazine at Fort Wright
Fort Southwest Point
Name County Built Notes
05Fort Adair Knox 1788 or 1791 Location unknown, destroyed
10Fort Assumption Shelby 1739
15Bledsoe's Fort Sumner 1781–83
20Fort Blount Jackson 1794 Site excavated 1989-1994
20Camp Boone Montgomery 1861
25Fort Cass Bradley 1835
25Fort Defiance Montgomery 1861 a multi-million dollar museum and interpretive center construction began 2010.
30Fort Donelson Stewart 1861
35Fort Henry Henry and Stewart 1861
40Fort Loudoun Monroe 1756
45Fort Nash Coffee 1793 Structure destroyed. Site located on private property.
45Fort Nashborough Davidson 1781
50Fort Negley Davidson 1862
55Fort Pillow Lauderdale 1861
60Fort Prudhomme Lauderdale, Shelby or Tipton 1682 Location unknown, destroyed
65Fort Randolph Tipton 1861 Destroyed
70Fort Sanders Knox 1861
75Fort Southwest Point Roane 1797
80Tellico Blockhouse Monroe 1794
85Fort Watauga Carter 1775
90White's Fort Knox 1786
95Fort Wright Tipton 1861 Only powder magazine left

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