History Of Dickson County Dickson County was created by an act
of the Tennessee General Assembly, meeting in Knoxville, on
November 3, 1803, from portions of Robertson and Montgomery
counties. This new county was named for Dr. William Dickson, a
Nashville physician, who also served as Speaker of the Tennessee
House of Representatives and as a U. S. Congressman. Dickson
County was organized as the 25th of the of Tennessee's 95
counties. The fertile soils and abundance of natural resources
drew settlers to this area of the Western Highland Rim in the
early 1790's. North Carolina Revolutionary War and Tennessee
land grants assured large tracts of land at little of no cost to
these pioneers. The discovery of iron ore provided the
foundation for the area's first industrial development. James
Robertson,"Father of Tennessee" discovered the first iron ore
veins in Cumberland Furnace and established the first iron works
in middle Tennessee. On August 4, 1804, an act of the Tennessee
General Assembly created the Town o