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The Meigs County Courthouse is located at 17214 State Highway 58, Decatur, TN 37322; phone: 423-334-5821.
Meigs County was established in 1836 from part of Rhea County. It is named for Colonel Return J. Meigs [1740-1823] who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War after which he became an Indian Agent working with the Cherokee native Americans in Tennessee. [wikipedia.org, accessed May, 2015]