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This was part of the Miro District (also spelled Mero), named after the Spanish Governor Esteban Rodríguez Miró of what was then Louisiana on the west side of the Mississippi River. Miró had served with Spanish troops that assisted the Americans during their war for independence. James Robertson, the explorer for whom this county was named, was trying to create an alliance with Miró that would allow free movement on the Mississippi River (which Spain controlled) to settlers on the Cumberland frontier. Before statehood, this territory was known as Tennessee County.
It was organized as Robertson County in 1796, at the same time as Montgomery County, which had also been part of the Miro district. The county seat, Springfield, Tennessee, was laid out in 1798. Although initially most settlers did not hold slaves, by the 1820s planters began to cultivate tobacco, a commodity crop that was labor-intensive and depended on slaves. The planters bought slaves to work their plantations, as well as to care for the livestock they bred - thoroughbred horses and cattle.
Adjacent Counties
- Logan County, Ken.
- Simpson County, Ken.
- Todd County, Ken.
- Davidson County
- Cheatham County
- Montgomery County
- Sumner County
Cities, Towns & Communities
- Adams
- Ashburn
- Baggettsville
- Barren Plains
- Cedar Hill
- Coopertown
- Cross Plains
- Crunk
- Greenbrier
- Holmansville
- Hubertville
- Milldale
- Millersville (part)
- Orlinda
- Port Royal (part)
- Portland (part)
- Ridgetop (part)
- Sandy Springs
- Springfield (County Seat)
- Stroudville
- Turnersville
- White House (part)
- Youngville
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