Teapots line the walls of the Trenton city hall.
GIBSON

County Seat: Trenton
When you think of Trenton, Tennessee, you think of teapots. At least you should. A native of Trenton named Dr. Frederick Freed liked collecting fancy teapots (to be specific, he liked collecting porcelain veilleuses teapots made between 1750 and 1860). Dr. Freed practiced medicine in New York, but occasionally visited his brother in Trenton. One day his brother convinced him to donate his teapots to the town of Trenton rather than to a large museum in the Northeast. Dr. Freed did so, and today his collection of more than 650 teapots is the pride of his hometown. Every April, Trenton even has a teapot festival to celebrate its wonderful collection.
A sign welcoming you to Kenton
If you leave Trenton heading north, you'll pass through the town of Kenton (which is in both Gibson and Obion counties). But don't pass through too fast, or you might accidentally hit one of Kenton's famous albino squirrels. Locals estimate that there are about 250 white squirrels in Kenton.
One of Gentry McGee's books

Yet another Gibson County tidbit: For some reason, three of the more important authors of old Tennessee history textbooks came from Gibson County. The first was Samuel Cole Williams, who wrote six books and many articles for an adult audience on early Tennessee history. The second was Gentry McGee, who wrote a classic textbook called A History of Tennessee from 1663 to 1930 that you can still buy at used bookstores. The third was Mary Rothrock, who wrote Discovering Tennessee in the 1940s and This is Tennessee: A School History in the 1960s. These three Gibson County natives had a huge influence on what Tennesseans still know about their history. They also had a lot to say with what you are reading on this web site.



And as if that's not enough, Gibson County has one of the best looking courthouses in Tennessee. Judge for yourself.

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