OBION COUNTY

The old Obion County courthouse in Troy
PHOTO courtesy of Jane Powell

County Seat: Union City

Today, roads and highways dominate. But it used to be that railroads did. For example, Troy, Tennessee, was originally the county seat of Obion County, and Davy Crockett was present when Troy was first laid out in 1825. However, when the railroads were built a few years later, the Nashville & Northwestern railroad line intersected with the Mobile & Ohio line in a place about 10 miles north of Troy. Because the train tracks met there they started a town there called Union City, and in 1890 the county seat moved from Troy to Union City.



Here's a picture of the current Obion County Courthouse in Union City.
A sign welcoming you to Kenton
If you leave Union City heading south, you'll pass through the town of Kenton (which is in both Obion and Gibson 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.

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