Byrdstown, Tennessee
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Byrdstown is a town in Pickett County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 798 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Pickett County.
Town square in Byrdstown
Dale Hollow Lake near Byrdstown
Byrdstown Town Hall
Robert K. Byrd
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Robert King Byrd was an American soldier and politician. A Southern Unionist, he commanded the Union Army's First Tennessee Infantry during the Civil War, and saw action at Cumberland Gap, Stones Rive
Byrdstown, Tennessee
…was established in 1879 as a county seat for the newly formed Pickett County. The town, where several families already lived, was named for Colonel Robert K. Byrd, a state senator whose district included the new county. Byrdstown was officially incorporated in 1917. Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull (1871–1955…
Robert K. Byrd