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Official Website
History
The county was created in 1807 when the citizens of Rutherford County living south of the Duck River and the Stones River successfully petitioned the governor to split Rutherford County in two.
Once the state's largest and most populous county, Bedford County's size (in terms of area) has been steadily reduced since 1809 to form Coffee County, Moore County, Lincoln County, and Marshall County.
The county was pro-Confederate during the Civil War, but Shelbyville was mostly loyal to the Union.
Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest was born in 1821 in Chapel Hill (now in Marshall County) and has no connection to naming of Bedford County. It was named after the Revolutionary War officer Thomas Bedford.
Texas pioneer William Whitaker Reed was born in Bedford County in 1816.
Adjacent Counties
Cities, Towns & Communities
- Bell Buckle
- Branchville
- Bugscuffe
- Center Grove
- Cortner's Station
- Fairfield
- Fall Creek
- Flat Creek
- Haley's Station
- Hawthorne
- Mount Hammond
- Normandy
- Palmetto
- Pleasant Grove
- Poplin's Crossroads
- Raus
- Richmond
- Roseville
- Rover
- Shelbyville (County Seat)
- Unionville
- Wartrace
- Wheel
Links
National Register of Historic Places
