List of forts in Tennessee facts for kids
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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
Interior view of Fort Loudoun
Powder magazine at Fort Wright
| 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, Tennessee | 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 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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