List of historical societies in Tennessee

The following is a list of historical societies in the state of Tennessee, United States.

Organizations

Title page of Historic Madison, published in 1946 by the Madison County Historical Society, Tennessee[1]
Macon County Historical Society building in Tennessee, US, in 2016
Museum and library building of the Greenbrier Historical Society, Tennessee (photo 2016)
  • Anderson County Historical Society[2]
  • Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities[3]
  • Association for Tennessee History[3]
  • Beersheba Springs Historical Society[4]
  • Bledsoe's Lick Historical Association[3]
  • Chattanooga Area Historical Association
  • Claiborne County Historical Society[4]
  • Dyer County Historical Society[5]
  • East Tennessee Historical Society
  • Fentress County Historical Society
  • Franklin County Tennessee Historical Society[4][6]
  • Giles County Historical Society[3]
  • Grainger County Historic Society
  • Greenback Historical Society[2]
  • Greenbrier Historical Society[3]
  • Grundy County Historical Society[6][4]
  • Hartsville-Trousdale County Historical Society[6]
  • Jackson Purchase Historical Society[5]
  • Jefferson County Historical Society
  • Lewis County Historical Society[3]
  • Historical Society of Loudon County
  • Macon County Historical Society
  • Madison County Historical Society[7]
  • Maury County Historical Society[7]
  • McMinn County Historical Society[2]
  • Meigs County Historical Society[2]
  • Monroe County Historical Society[2]
  • Montgomery County Historical Society[7][5]
  • Morgan County Historical Society[2]
  • Oliver Springs Historical Society
  • Overton County Historical Society[2]
  • Polk County Historical and Genealogical Society[2]
  • Rhea County Historical Society[2]
  • Scott County Historical Society[2]
  • Sequatchie Valley Historical Association
  • Smoky Mountain Historical Society
  • Sullivan County Historical and Genealogical Society[2]
  • Historical Society of Tennessee[8][9]
  • Tennessee Historical Society[8]
  • Union County Historical Society[2]
  • Vanderbilt Southern Historical Society[8]
  • Washington County Historical Association[3]
  • West Tennessee Historical Society[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Emma Inman Williams (1946), Historic Madison; the story of Jackson and Madison County, Tennessee, from the prehistoric moundbuilders to 1917, Jackson, Tenn.: Madison County Historical Society – via HathiTrust
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Affiliates and Local Societies", easttnhistory.org, East Tennessee Historical Society, retrieved July 22, 2025
  3. ^ a b c d e f g American Association for State and Local History (2002), "Tennessee", Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), AltaMira Press, p. 757+ – via Internet Archive
  4. ^ a b c d "Nonprofit Explorer", propublica.org, New York: ProPublica, retrieved July 22, 2025
  5. ^ a b c "Resources & Links", wths-tn.org, West Tennessee Historical Society, retrieved July 22, 2025
  6. ^ a b c "TNGS Partnership Program", tngs.org, Germantown, TN: Tennessee Genealogical Society, retrieved July 22, 2025
  7. ^ a b c d American Association for State and Local History (1944), "Tennessee", Historical societies in the United States and Canada: a handbook, Washington, D.C, p. 176+ – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ a b c Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin (1907), "Tennessee", Bibliography of American Historical Societies (2nd ed.), Washington DC: Government Printing Office, p. 906+ – via HathiTrust
  9. ^ Social Networks and Archival Context, United States: SNAC Cooperative, retrieved July 22, 2025