Campbell Co Tn - About Campbell Count

The settlement of Campbell County was begun some time not far from 1795, and for several years it was restricted mainly to that portion to the east of the mountains, all of which was included in Henderson County’s grant (see sketches of Claiborne and Hawkins Counties).

1806 -- Campbell County was formed from Anderson and Claiborne County, the 26th county

1852 -- Campbell County had an earthquake April 29, 1852

1867 -- Yellow Fever Epidemic

1873 -- Yellow Fever Epidemic

1884 -- Fire destroyed the courthouse at Jacksboro

1884 -- Jellico's First Baptist Church

1885 -- Jellico was first Incorporated

1897 -- The town of LaFollette was organized, and a railroad link to the Southern Railway was established.

1898 -- Grace Moore is born

1904 -- Newmarket Train Wreck September 25, 1904

1907 -- There was a boxcar of TNT exploded at Jellico

1907 -- The First General Assembly was held at the Jellico Creek Church in Whitley County Kentucky

1919 -- The start of Dixie Highway

1921 -- A building site was purchased in Jellico, Tennessee on Florence Avenue to build a Tabernacle

1926 -- The Iron Furnace closed

1930-31 -- There was an outbreak of Meningitis

1933 -- Campbell County had a tornado

1936 -- There was an outbreak of Meningitis

1944 -- Troop Train Wreck Toll 17

1945 -- We had Diphtheria

1948 -- Lafollette had an earthquake on February 10, 1948

1950 -- Lafollette had a flood on May 11, 1950
1968 -- Caryville was Incorporated

1968 -- Jacksboro was Incorporated

There were several Cholera Epidemics in the 1800's

There were a lot of floods in the 1800's on the Cumberland River

There was a drought in 1877-88 also 1887 and 1894-96 again in 1913-14

1896 there was a Typhoid Fever Epidemic in Scott Co.

In 1916 there was a Polio Epidemic (state-wide) again in 1936 and 1945-46

In the fall of 1918 there was a Flu Epidemic again in 1928

In 1924 there was a Thphoid Epidemic at Lincoln Memorial University

In March 1924 there was a Small Pox Epidemic in Anderson Co.

On June 29, 1928 Lake City, Oliver Springs and Knoxville flooded.

1941 and 1944 there was a Measles Epidemic

In Knoxville in 1936-37 they had the "Black Death" Epidemic

In 1941 and 1943 the whooping cough was going around

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