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Tennessee Public Records Search
Tennessee public records are kept by state agencies, the courts and county offices. RecordsDirectory.com lists the official statewide record offices for Tennessee and has a page for each of its 95 counties (combined 2024 population estimate: 7,227,750).
๐ Tennessee Record Offices at a Glance
| State vital records office | Tennessee Department of Health โ Office of Vital Records Source: tn.gov โ |
| Sex offender registry | Tennessee Sex Offender Registry (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation) Source: sor.tbi.tn.gov โ |
| Courts | Tennessee State Courts |
| Criminal cases | In Tennessee, felony cases are tried in Criminal Court or Circuit Court, depending on the county; misdemeanors and felony preliminary hearings are handled by General Sessions Court. |
| Land records | In Tennessee, deeds, mortgages and other land records are recorded by the county Register of Deeds. |
| Divorce | Divorce cases in Tennessee are heard by the Circuit Court or Chancery Court in each county. |
| Probate | Wills and estates in Tennessee are handled by the Probate, Chancery or County Court, depending on the county. |
| Counties | Most Tennessee court, land and probate records are kept at the county level, so RecordsDirectory.com lists Tennessee records county by county. |
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Largest Counties
Shelby County
Pop. 910,530
Davidson County
Pop. 729,505
Knox County
Pop. 506,748
Hamilton County
Pop. 386,256
Rutherford County
Pop. 376,996
Williamson County
Pop. 269,136
Montgomery County
Pop. 246,025
Sumner County
Pop. 211,721
Wilson County
Pop. 169,948
Sullivan County
Pop. 162,703
Blount County
Pop. 142,211
Washington County
Pop. 139,642
All 95 Tennessee Counties
Anderson County
Pop. 81,449
Bedford County
Pop. 54,228
Benton County
Pop. 16,173
Bledsoe County
Pop. 15,591
Blount County
Pop. 142,211
Bradley County
Pop. 113,782
Campbell County
Pop. 40,238
Cannon County
Pop. 15,142
Carroll County
Pop. 29,107
Carter County
Pop. 57,434
Cheatham County
Pop. 42,604
Chester County
Pop. 17,876
Claiborne County
Pop. 33,070
Clay County
Pop. 7,857
Cocke County
Pop. 37,596
Coffee County
Pop. 61,285
Crockett County
Pop. 13,973
Cumberland County
Pop. 65,618
Davidson County
Pop. 729,505
DeKalb County
Pop. 21,747
Decatur County
Pop. 11,800
Dickson County
Pop. 57,641
Dyer County
Pop. 36,403
Fayette County
Pop. 44,476
Fentress County
Pop. 20,129
Franklin County
Pop. 45,137
Gibson County
Pop. 51,422
Giles County
Pop. 30,971
Grainger County
Pop. 25,073
Greene County
Pop. 73,398
Grundy County
Pop. 14,148
Hamblen County
Pop. 67,715
Hamilton County
Pop. 386,256
Hancock County
Pop. 7,038
Hardeman County
Pop. 25,434
Hardin County
Pop. 27,617
Hawkins County
Pop. 59,371
Haywood County
Pop. 17,097
Henderson County
Pop. 28,183
Henry County
Pop. 32,883
Hickman County
Pop. 25,859
Houston County
Pop. 8,538
Humphreys County
Pop. 19,554
Jackson County
Pop. 12,376
Jefferson County
Pop. 59,217
Johnson County
Pop. 18,506
Knox County
Pop. 506,748
Lake County
Pop. 6,422
Lauderdale County
Pop. 24,630
Lawrence County
Pop. 46,467
Lewis County
Pop. 13,418
Lincoln County
Pop. 36,751
Loudon County
Pop. 62,129
Macon County
Pop. 27,189
Madison County
Pop. 100,409
Marion County
Pop. 29,826
Marshall County
Pop. 37,847
Maury County
Pop. 113,411
McMinn County
Pop. 56,754
McNairy County
Pop. 26,103
Meigs County
Pop. 13,937
Monroe County
Pop. 49,154
Montgomery County
Pop. 246,025
Moore County
Pop. 6,773
Morgan County
Pop. 21,954
Obion County
Pop. 30,261
Overton County
Pop. 23,551
Perry County
Pop. 8,987
Pickett County
Pop. 5,108
Polk County
Pop. 18,338
Putnam County
Pop. 84,894
Rhea County
Pop. 34,759
Roane County
Pop. 56,742
Robertson County
Pop. 78,459
Rutherford County
Pop. 376,996
Scott County
Pop. 22,517
Sequatchie County
Pop. 17,620
Sevier County
Pop. 100,184
Shelby County
Pop. 910,530
Smith County
Pop. 20,783
Stewart County
Pop. 14,365
Sullivan County
Pop. 162,703
Sumner County
Pop. 211,721
Tipton County
Pop. 62,187
Trousdale County
Pop. 12,159
Unicoi County
Pop. 17,872
Union County
Pop. 21,064
Van Buren County
Pop. 6,686
Warren County
Pop. 43,619
Washington County
Pop. 139,642
Wayne County
Pop. 15,974
Weakley County
Pop. 33,162
White County
Pop. 29,108
Williamson County
Pop. 269,136
Wilson County
Pop. 169,948
All 504 Tennessee Cities & Towns
Adams
Pop. 666
Adamsville
Pop. 2,074
Alamo
Pop. 2,334
Alcoa
Pop. 13,588
Alexandria
Pop. 944
Algood
Pop. 4,104
Allardt
Pop. 602
Altamont
Pop. 1,189
Andersonville
Pop. 353
Apison
Pop. 4,271
Ardmore
Pop. 1,236
Arlington
Pop. 15,550
Ashland City
Pop. 5,689
Athens
Pop. 15,050
Atoka
Pop. 10,624
Atwood
Pop. 967
Auburntown
Pop. 284
Baileyton
Pop. 450
Baneberry
Pop. 578
Banner Hill
Pop. 1,211
Bartlett
Pop. 56,708
Baxter
Pop. 2,051
Bean Station
Pop. 3,111
Beech Bluff
Pop. 437
Beersheba Springs
Pop. 455
Bell Buckle
Pop. 423
Belle Meade
Pop. 2,590
Bells
Pop. 2,474
Belvidere
Pop. 82
Benton
Pop. 1,458
Berry Hill
Pop. 1,838
Bethel Springs
Pop. 748
Bethpage
Pop. 289
Big Rock
Pop. 163
Big Sandy
Pop. 497
Biltmore
Pop. 1,846
Blaine
Pop. 2,167
Blanche
Pop. 156
Bloomingdale
Pop. 9,292
Blountville
Pop. 3,309
Bluff City
Pop. 1,838
Bogota
Pop. 67
Bolivar
Pop. 5,084
Bon Air
Pop. 205
Bon Aqua Junction
Pop. 1,586
Bowman
Pop. 422
Braden
Pop. 248
Bradford
Pop. 1,002
Bransford
Pop. 0
Brentwood
Pop. 45,525
Briceville
Pop. 175
Brighton
Pop. 2,904
Bristol
Pop. 27,867
Brownsville
Pop. 9,358
Bruceton
Pop. 1,520
Buchanan
Pop. 105
Bulls Gap
Pop. 771
Burlison
Pop. 367
Burns
Pop. 1,872
Butler
Pop. 127
Byrdstown
Pop. 807
Calhoun
Pop. 562
Camden
Pop. 3,692
Carthage
Pop. 2,266
Caryville
Pop. 2,207
Castalian Springs
Pop. 678
Cedar Hill
Pop. 304
Celina
Pop. 1,424
Centertown
Pop. 323
Centerville
Pop. 3,561
Central
Pop. 1,938
Chapel Hill
Pop. 1,897
Charleston
Pop. 910
Charlotte
Pop. 1,662
Chattanooga
Pop. 191,496
Chesterfield
Pop. 356
Chewalla
Pop. 150
Childers Hill
Pop. 18
Christiana
Pop. 4,777
Church Hill
Pop. 7,310
Clarkrange
Pop. 554
Clarksburg
Pop. 387
Clarksville
Pop. 185,690
Cleveland
Pop. 50,232
Clifton
Pop. 2,124
Clinton
Pop. 10,458
Coalfield
Pop. 2,754
Coalmont
Pop. 822
Coker Creek
Pop. 155
Collegedale
Pop. 11,510
Collierville
Pop. 51,951
Collinwood
Pop. 903
Colonial Heights
Pop. 3,258
Columbia
Pop. 48,812
Conasauga
Pop. 128
Cookeville
Pop. 37,102
Coopertown
Pop. 4,781
Copperhill
Pop. 457
Cornersville
Pop. 1,362
Cosby
Pop. 779
Cottage Grove
Pop. 67
Cottontown
Pop. 374
Counce
Pop. 276
Covington
Pop. 8,575
Cowan
Pop. 1,816
Crab Orchard
Pop. 731
Cross Plains
Pop. 1,907
Crossville
Pop. 12,785
Crump
Pop. 933
Cumberland City
Pop. 323
Cumberland Gap
Pop. 313
Dancyville
Pop. 53
Dandridge
Pop. 3,841
Darden
Pop. 582
Dayton
Pop. 7,796
Decatur
Pop. 1,652
Decaturville
Pop. 816
Decherd
Pop. 2,479
Delano
Pop. 838
Dellrose
Pop. 86
Dickson
Pop. 16,878
Dodson Branch
Pop. 1,425
Dover
Pop. 1,893
Dowelltown
Pop. 367
Doyle
Pop. 531
Dresden
Pop. 2,930
Ducktown
Pop. 448
Dukedom
Pop. 92
Dunlap
Pop. 5,960
Dyer
Pop. 2,328
Dyersburg
Pop. 15,915
Eagleton Village
Pop. 5,598
Eagleville
Pop. 966
East Cleveland
Pop. 1,934
East Ridge
Pop. 21,970
Eastview
Pop. 768
Elgin
Pop. 347
Elizabethton
Pop. 14,461
Elkton
Pop. 530
Embreeville
Pop. 1,062
Englewood
Pop. 1,590
Enville
Pop. 189
Erin
Pop. 1,220
Erwin
Pop. 6,020
Essary Springs
Pop. 154
Estill Springs
Pop. 2,698
Ethridge
Pop. 561
Etowah
Pop. 3,742
Eva
Pop. 109
Fairfield
Pop. 351
Fairfield Glade
Pop. 9,487
Fairgarden
Pop. 262
Fairmount
Pop. 2,110
Fairview
Pop. 10,535
Fall Branch
Pop. 1,160
Falling Water
Pop. 2,315
Farner
Pop. 197
Farragut
Pop. 25,242
Fayetteville
Pop. 7,142
Fincastle
Pop. 1,374
Finger
Pop. 279
Finley
Pop. 481
Flat Top Mountain
Pop. 1,004
Flintville
Pop. 525
Forest Hills
Pop. 4,455
Fowlkes
Pop. 753
Frankewing
Pop. 19
Franklin
Pop. 89,142
Friendship
Pop. 614
Friendsville
Pop. 920
Gadsden
Pop. 476
Gainesboro
Pop. 961
Gallatin
Pop. 52,489
Gallaway
Pop. 521
Garland
Pop. 284
Gates
Pop. 654
Gatlinburg
Pop. 3,703
Germantown
Pop. 40,128
Gibson
Pop. 372
Gilt Edge
Pop. 474
Gladeville
Pop. 2,199
Gleason
Pop. 1,363
Goodlettsville
Pop. 17,433
Gordonsville
Pop. 1,387
Graball
Pop. 288
Grand Junction
Pop. 330
Gray
Pop. 2,237
Graysville
Pop. 1,508
Green Hill
Pop. 6,866
Greenback
Pop. 1,224
Greenbrier
Pop. 7,039
Greeneville
Pop. 15,979
Greenfield
Pop. 2,017
Greenvale
Pop. 161
Griffith Creek
Pop. 586
Grimsley
Pop. 1,171
Gruetli-Laager
Pop. 1,789
Guys
Pop. 416
Halls
Pop. 10,272
Halls
Pop. 2,033
Hampton
Pop. 1,883
Harriman
Pop. 6,216
Harrison
Pop. 8,011
Harrogate
Pop. 4,438
Hartsville/Trousdale County
Pop. 12,159
Helenwood
Pop. 101
Henderson
Pop. 6,519
Hendersonville
Pop. 63,947
Henning
Pop. 877
Henry
Pop. 452
Hickman
Pop. 276
Hickory Valley
Pop. 79
Hilham
Pop. 267
Hillsboro
Pop. 555
Hohenwald
Pop. 4,136
Holladay
Pop. 130
Hollow Rock
Pop. 702
Hopewell
Pop. 2,634
Hornbeak
Pop. 505
Hornsby
Pop. 257
Humboldt
Pop. 7,852
Hunter
Pop. 1,918
Huntingdon
Pop. 4,502
Huntland
Pop. 890
Huntsville
Pop. 1,741
Huron
Pop. 0
Iron City
Pop. 282
Jacks Creek
Pop. 28
Jacksboro
Pop. 2,248
Jackson
Pop. 69,303
Jamestown
Pop. 2,102
Jasper
Pop. 3,655
Jefferson City
Pop. 9,013
Jellico
Pop. 2,122
John Sevier
Pop. 1,177
Johnson City
Pop. 73,635
Jonesborough
Pop. 6,746
Kahite
Pop. 892
Karns
Pop. 4,115
Kenton
Pop. 1,250
Kimball
Pop. 1,638
Kingsport
Pop. 57,109
Kingston
Pop. 6,340
Kingston Springs
Pop. 2,769
Knoxville
Pop. 198,722
La Follette
Pop. 7,194
La Grange
Pop. 120
La Vergne
Pop. 41,430
Lafayette
Pop. 5,919
Lake Tansi
Pop. 4,437
Lakeland
Pop. 14,416
Lakesite
Pop. 1,949
Lakewood Park
Pop. 1,140
Lavinia
Pop. 82
Lawrenceburg
Pop. 12,112
Lebanon
Pop. 51,501
Lenoir City
Pop. 12,041
Lenox
Pop. 348
Leoma
Pop. 374
Lewisburg
Pop. 13,473
Lexington
Pop. 8,037
Liberty
Pop. 345
Linden
Pop. 1,123
Livingston
Pop. 4,100
Lobelville
Pop. 978
Lone Oak
Pop. 1,422
Lookout Mountain
Pop. 2,038
Loretto
Pop. 1,813
Loudon
Pop. 6,942
Louisville
Pop. 4,334
Luray
Pop. 77
Luttrell
Pop. 1,086
Lyles
Pop. 1,385
Lynchburg, Moore County
Pop. 6,773
Lynnville
Pop. 321
Madisonville
Pop. 5,395
Manchester
Pop. 13,484
Martin
Pop. 10,989
Maryville
Pop. 32,373
Mascot
Pop. 3,277
Mason
Pop. 1,343
Maury City
Pop. 595
Mayland
Pop. 365
Maynardville
Pop. 2,598
McDonald
Pop. 712
McEwen
Pop. 1,762
McKenzie
Pop. 5,603
McLemoresville
Pop. 292
McMinnville
Pop. 14,032
Medina
Pop. 5,681
Medon
Pop. 194
Memphis
Pop. 610,919
Mercer
Pop. 128
Michie
Pop. 659
Middle Valley
Pop. 12,187
Middleton
Pop. 737
Midtown
Pop. 1,369
Milan
Pop. 8,306
Milledgeville
Pop. 275
Millersville
Pop. 6,427
Millington
Pop. 11,486
Minor Hill
Pop. 520
Miston
Pop. 96
Mitchellville
Pop. 160
Monteagle
Pop. 1,440
Monterey
Pop. 2,796
Mooresburg
Pop. 755
Morris Chapel
Pop. 218
Morrison
Pop. 790
Morristown
Pop. 32,994
Moscow
Pop. 555
Mosheim
Pop. 2,560
Mount Carmel
Pop. 5,549
Mount Juliet
Pop. 44,066
Mount Pleasant
Pop. 4,871
Mountain City
Pop. 2,486
Mowbray Mountain
Pop. 1,721
Munford
Pop. 6,896
Murfreesboro
Pop. 168,387
Nashville-Davidson
Pop. 704,963
New Deal
Pop. 226
New Hope
Pop. 973
New Johnsonville
Pop. 1,840
New Market
Pop. 1,416
New Tazewell
Pop. 2,824
New Union
Pop. 2,160
Newbern
Pop. 3,247
Newport
Pop. 6,954
Niota
Pop. 821
Nixon
Pop. 294
Nolensville
Pop. 15,809
Norene
Pop. 137
Normandy
Pop. 105
Norris
Pop. 1,623
Oak Grove
Pop. 248
Oak Grove
Pop. 4,626
Oak Hill
Pop. 4,485
Oak Ridge
Pop. 34,039
Oakdale
Pop. 199
Oakland
Pop. 10,769
Obion
Pop. 968
Ocoee
Pop. 208
Oliver Springs
Pop. 3,433
Olivet
Pop. 1,377
Oneida
Pop. 3,875
Ooltewah
Pop. 578
Orebank
Pop. 816
Orlinda
Pop. 1,005
Orme
Pop. 85
Palmer
Pop. 581
Palmersville
Pop. 114
Paris
Pop. 10,517
Park City
Pop. 2,813
Parker's Crossroads
Pop. 284
Parrottsville
Pop. 227
Parsons
Pop. 2,159
Pegram
Pop. 2,038
Pelham
Pop. 704
Petersburg
Pop. 559
Petros
Pop. 352
Philadelphia
Pop. 682
Pigeon Forge
Pop. 6,446
Pikeville
Pop. 1,879
Pine Crest
Pop. 2,029
Pinson
Pop. 565
Piperton
Pop. 2,766
Pittman Center
Pop. 464
Plainview
Pop. 2,226
Pleasant Hill
Pop. 551
Pleasant View
Pop. 5,629
Pocahontas
Pop. 391
Portland
Pop. 13,651
Powell
Pop. 13,739
Powells Crossroads
Pop. 1,294
Prospect
Pop. 145
Pulaski
Pop. 8,241
Puryear
Pop. 715
Ramer
Pop. 325
Randolph
Pop. 252
Rarity Bay
Pop. 757
Red Bank
Pop. 12,073
Red Boiling Springs
Pop. 1,214
Riceville
Pop. 823
Ridgely
Pop. 1,666
Ridgeside
Pop. 444
Ridgetop
Pop. 2,143
Ripley
Pop. 7,546
Rives
Pop. 246
Roan Mountain
Pop. 797
Robbins
Pop. 133
Rockford
Pop. 841
Rockvale
Pop. 1,611
Rockwood
Pop. 5,684
Rocky Top
Pop. 1,664
Rogersville
Pop. 4,720
Rossville
Pop. 1,183
Rural Hill
Pop. 2,075
Russellville
Pop. 684
Rutherford
Pop. 1,149
Rutledge
Pop. 1,348
Sale Creek
Pop. 2,955
Saltillo
Pop. 430
Samburg
Pop. 198
Sardis
Pop. 420
Saulsbury
Pop. 108
Savannah
Pop. 7,565
Scotts Hill
Pop. 891
Selmer
Pop. 4,590
Sequatchie
Pop. 359
Sevierville
Pop. 18,231
Sewanee
Pop. 2,936
Seymour
Pop. 16,216
Shackle Island
Pop. 4,404
Sharon
Pop. 914
Shelbyville
Pop. 25,792
Sherwood
Pop. 43
Shiloh
Pop. 130
Signal Mountain
Pop. 8,877
Silerton
Pop. 97
Slayden
Pop. 182
Smithville
Pop. 5,546
Smyrna
Pop. 60,302
Sneedville
Pop. 1,344
Soddy-Daisy
Pop. 13,430
Somerville
Pop. 3,523
South Carthage
Pop. 1,584
South Cleveland
Pop. 7,452
South Fulton
Pop. 2,177
South Pittsburg
Pop. 2,969
Sparta
Pop. 4,989
Spencer
Pop. 1,590
Spring City
Pop. 1,996
Spring Hill
Pop. 59,398
Springfield
Pop. 19,842
Spurgeon
Pop. 4,071
St. Joseph
Pop. 820
Stanton
Pop. 415
Stantonville
Pop. 342
Statesville
Pop. 201
Strawberry Plains
Pop. 2,669
Sullivan Gardens
Pop. 1,267
Summertown
Pop. 733
Sunbright
Pop. 543
Surgoinsville
Pop. 1,930
Sweetwater
Pop. 6,676
Taft
Pop. 251
Tazewell
Pop. 2,380
Telford
Pop. 731
Tellico Plains
Pop. 781
Tellico Village
Pop. 7,414
Tennessee Ridge
Pop. 1,361
Thompson's Station
Pop. 9,081
Three Way
Pop. 1,922
Tiptonville
Pop. 3,425
Toone
Pop. 265
Townsend
Pop. 628
Tracy City
Pop. 1,446
Trenton
Pop. 4,111
Trezevant
Pop. 813
Trimble
Pop. 532
Troy
Pop. 1,407
Tuckers Crossroads
Pop. 426
Tullahoma
Pop. 21,035
Tusculum
Pop. 3,394
Unicoi
Pop. 3,845
Union City
Pop. 10,876
Unionville
Pop. 1,275
Valley Forge
Pop. 2,136
Vanleer
Pop. 597
Viola
Pop. 112
Vonore
Pop. 1,684
Walden
Pop. 1,974
Walland
Pop. 377
Walnut Grove
Pop. 403
Walnut Grove
Pop. 575
Walnut Hill
Pop. 2,415
Walterhill
Pop. 113
Wartburg
Pop. 944
Wartrace
Pop. 670
Watauga
Pop. 367
Watertown
Pop. 1,642
Waverly
Pop. 4,381
Waynesboro
Pop. 2,311
Westmoreland
Pop. 2,885
Westpoint
Pop. 139
White Bluff
Pop. 4,386
White House
Pop. 16,463
White Pine
Pop. 2,584
Whiteside
Pop. 33
Whiteville
Pop. 4,564
Whitlock
Pop. 18
Whitwell
Pop. 1,616
Wildersville
Pop. 78
Wildwood
Pop. 968
Wildwood Lake
Pop. 3,495
Williston
Pop. 337
Winchester
Pop. 10,251
Winfield
Pop. 1,020
Woodbury
Pop. 2,831
Woodland Mills
Pop. 338
Wrigley
Pop. 50
Wynnburg
Pop. 16
Yorkville
Pop. 231
Yuma
Pop. 54