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Humphreys County
Lies on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad. Tennessee River forms its western boundary, while Duck River Hows through the county. Other streams are Buffalo River, Blue Creek, Trace Creek, Hurricane, Tumbling, White Oak, Big and Little Richland creeks. The face of the country is diversified with plateau, ridge and valley lands. The soil varies greatly from fertile to poor. Duck River Valley is one of the most fertile in the State. Timber is abundant, and is of excellent quality. There is good water power on some of the streams. There are good schools at Waverly, the county seat, and at other points. Waverly has a population of 510. Other towns in the county are Johnsonville, McEwen, Hurricane Mills, Bakerville and Cuba. Some iron ore is found in the county, but has not been developed. There is a woolen mill and a hub and spoke factory in the county. About $30,000 are invested and 50 hands employed in manufacturing. Large quantities of tanbark (chestnut oak) are annually shipped from the county. The principal agricultural products are corn, wheat, oats, peanuts, tobacco and live stock. The churches are Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian, Cumberland Presbyterian and Catholic. The county taxes per $100 are: for schools, 10 cents; for roads, 10 cents, for county purposes, 30 cents. [Source: Hand-book of Tennessee; By Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture, Statistics, and Mines, A. W. Hawkins; 1882]
Humphreys County was established in 1809 from parts of Stewart County, and named for Judge Parry Wayne Humphreys. The county seat was initially located at Reynoldsburg, near the mouth of Dry Creek. When the western half of the county was split off to form Benton County in 1835, the seat was moved to the more centrally located Waverly.
Cities
McEwen ~ New Johnsonville ~ Waverly
Unincorporated Communities
Bakerville ~ Buffalo ~ Cedar Grove ~ Hurricane Mills ~ Plant ~ Polecat ~ Gorman
