Putnam County, Tennessee, USA
County or equivalent
Location overview
Putnam County is in Tennessee’s Upper Cumberland region, with Cookeville as its county seat. Its cities include Algood, Baxter, Cookeville and Monterey. After an earlier county organization was overturned, the state legislature reestablished Putnam County in 1854. It was named for Revolutionary War Gen. Israel Putnam. Cookeville is a regional center for employment, higher education, shopping and health care.