List of forts in Tennessee

River battery at Fort Donelson

The following is a list of forts in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

Forts in Tennessee

Interior view of Fort Loudoun

Powder magazine at Fort Wright

Fort Southwest Point

Name	County	Built	Notes
05Fort Adair	Knox	1788 or 1791	Location unknown, destroyed
10Fort Assumption	Shelby	1739
15Bledsoe's Fort	Sumner	1781–83
20Fort Blount	Jackson	1794	Site excavated 1989-1994
20Camp Boone	Montgomery	1861
25Fort Cass	Bradley	1835
25Fort Defiance	Montgomery	1861	a multi-million dollar museum and interpretive center construction began 2010.
30Fort Donelson	Stewart	1861
35Fort Henry	Henry and Stewart	1861
40Fort Loudoun	Monroe	1756
45Fort Nash	Coffee	1793	Structure destroyed. Site located on private property.
45Fort Nashborough	Davidson	1781
50Fort Negley	Davidson	1862
55Fort Pillow	Lauderdale	1861
60Fort Prudhomme	Lauderdale, Shelby or Tipton	1682	Location unknown, destroyed
65Fort Randolph	Tipton	1861	Destroyed
70Fort Sanders	Knox	1861
75Fort Southwest Point	Roane	1797
80Tellico Blockhouse	Monroe	1794
85Fort Watauga	Carter	1775
90White's Fort	Knox	1786
95Fort Wright	Tipton	1861	Only powder magazine left

See also

• List of international forts
• History of Tennessee
• List of archaeological sites in Tennessee
• Tennessee in the American Civil War