Counties in Tennessee

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

* The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Tennessee
* A list and map of counties in Tennessee
* An overview of local elections in Tennessee
* An overview of the initiative process in Tennessee

## Contents

* 1 Counties
* 1.1 County government
* 1.2 Full list of counties
* 1.3 Map of counties
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2025
* 2.2 2024
* 2.3 2023
* 2.4 2022
* 2.5 2021
* 2.6 2020
* 2.7 2019
* 2.8 2018
* 2.9 2017
* 2.10 2016
* 2.11 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Counties[edit]

### County government[edit]

Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:

* Government of Davidson County
* Government of Shelby County

### Full list of counties[edit]

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 92 counties, 345 cities, towns, and villages, and 451 special districts. Three of the 95 counties in Tennessee are classified as service districts.[1]

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

County

Hamilton
Marion
White
Morgan
Campbell
Monroe
Rutherford
Smith
Sumner
Grundy
Bedford
Clay
Lauderdale
Loudon
DeKalb
Hickman
Putnam
Warren
Lake
Jefferson
Haywood
Lawrence
Hawkins
Union
Blount
Chester
Jackson
Sullivan
Carter
Washington
Stewart
Macon
Hardeman
Carroll
Wayne
McMinn
Van Buren
Houston
Giles
Humphreys
Sequatchie
Roane
Montgomery
Henry
Dickson
Greene
Unicoi
Coffee
Perry
Williamson
Cumberland
Knox
Cocke
Hancock
Hardin
Claiborne
Rhea
Overton
Obion
Robertson
Wilson
Grainger
Bradley
Shelby
Meigs
Lincoln
Bledsoe
Weakley
Marshall
Johnson
Sevier
Polk
Henderson
McNairy
Fentress
Benton
Pickett
Franklin
Tipton
Anderson
Cannon
Crockett
Cheatham
Madison
Dyer
Gibson
Scott
Decatur
Maury
Fayette
Hamblen
Lewis
Trousdale
Moore
Davidson

### Map of counties[edit]

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

Ballotpedia is not covering any local elections in Tennessee this year.

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Nashville, Tennessee \- County assessor and circuit court judge
* Shelby County, Tennessee \- General Sessions Court clerk and criminal court judge
* Tennessee school board elections

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Memphis, Tennessee \- Mayor and city council
* Nashville, Tennessee \- Mayor, vice mayor, and city council

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Memphis, Tennessee \- City council (special), municipal court judges (special)
* Nashville, Tennessee \- County clerk, district attorney general, public defender, register of deeds, sheriff, circuit court clerk, criminal court clerk, juvenile court clerk, chancery court judge, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, general session judge, and juvenile court judge
* Shelby County, Tennessee \- County mayor, assessor of property, county clerk, county trustee, district attorney general, register of deeds, sheriff, county commissioners, circuit court clerk, criminal court clerk, juvenile court clerk, probate court clerk, chancery court chancellors, circuit court judges, criminal court judges, general sessions civil court judges, general sessions criminal court judges, juvenile court judge, and probate court judges
* Tennessee school board elections

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Tennessee that year.

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* Nashville, Tennessee \- Assessor of property, chancery court judgeship, criminal court judgeship, trustee
* Shelby County, Tennessee \- General sessions court clerk
* Tennessee school board elections

Past elections

### 2019

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

* Memphis, Tennessee \- Mayor, city council, city court clerk, and municipal court judges
* Nashville, Tennessee \- Mayor and metro council

### 2018

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018

* Nashville, Tennessee \- Mayor (special election)
* Davidson County, Tennessee \- Chancery court, county clerk, criminal court clerk, criminal court judge, general sessions court judge, juvenile court clerk, public defender, register of deeds, sheriff, trustee, metro council (special election)
* Shelby County, Tennessee \- County mayor, county commissioner, county trustee, property assessor, county sheriff, circuit court clerk, probate court clerk, juvenile court clerk, county clerk, and county register
* Tennessee school board elections

### 2017

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017

* Nashville, Tennessee

### 2016

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

* Tennessee school board elections

### 2015

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015

* Memphis, Tennessee
* Nashville, Tennessee

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Tennessee

The 2 home rule charter counties, Shelby and Knox, authorize initiative for charter amendments.

The 3 metropolitan governments, Nashville-Davidson, Lynchburg-Moore, and Hartsville-Trousdale, authorize initiative for charter amendments.

At least 7 cities have initiative for ordinances through their private act charter. These are Algood, Bristol, Cookville, Eagleville, Gatlinburg, Jackson, and Murfreesboro.

At least 2 cities have initiative for ordinances through their home rule charter. These are Chattanooga and Knoxville. As charter amendments may be proposed by ordinance, this process has been used for charter amendments as well.[2]

## See also[edit]

Tennessee | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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* Tennessee
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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* Tennessee municipal code library
* Tennessee state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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