Tracy City is a town in Grundy County, Tennessee, United States. Incorporated in 1915, the population was 1,481 at the 2010 census. Named after financier Samuel Franklin Tracy, the city developed out of railroad and mining interests after coal was found in 1840. In 2010 the people of Tracy City elected a dead man, Carl Robin Geary, as mayor.
Tracy City City Hall, November 2014.
Arsonists destroyed Tracy City's James K. Shook School in 1976 after this 1971 photo.
Grundy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in Middle Tennessee, bordering East Tennessee. As of 2021, the population was 13,622. Its county seat is Altamont. The county is named in honor of Felix Grundy.
Grundy County Courthouse in Altamont
Stereo card c. 1900 showing an overlook at Beersheba Springs
James K. Shook School is but one of many buildings to succumb to arson in Grundy County.
Northcutt's Cove Chapel near Altamont