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Dickson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,666.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47043.html )〕 Its county seat is Charlotte.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Dickson County is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Dickson County is home to Tennessee's oldest courthouse built in 1835. This is the 2nd courthouse as the first was destroyed in the Tornado of 1833, destroying all but one building on the square. ==History== October 25, 1803 the Tennessee General Assembly passed a bill creating Dickson County, the 25th of Tennessee's 95 counties. It was formed from parts of Montgomery and Robertson counties, and was named for William Dickson, a Nashville physician then serving in the United States Congress.〔 Dickson never lived in the county, but his relatives were prominent in its early development. Dickson was a close friend of President Andrew Jackson. General James Robertson built the first iron works in west Tennessee in Dickson County. Robertson sold his furnace in 1804 to Montgomery Bell (1769–1855), who became one of the state's wealthiest capitalists and industrialists.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dickson County, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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