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