Cannon County, Tennessee, USA
County or equivalent
Location overview
Cannon County is in Middle Tennessee, with Woodbury as its county seat. The county was established in 1836 from portions of Rutherford, Smith and Warren counties and later gained land from Wilson County. It was named for Tennessee Gov. Newton Cannon. Woodbury developed around a courthouse square after its earlier settlement name, Danville, was changed. White oak basket making, furniture and other folk decorative arts are distinctive parts of the county’s cultural history.