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Office: Campbell County Emergency Management Agency – established by County Commission resolution on August 17, 1981 | 136 N. Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 1, LaFollette, TN 37766; confirm current phone via campbellcountytn.gov.
911: Campbell County Emergency District – 1111 Jacksboro Pike, La Follette, TN; the county’s Primary Safety Answering Point since 1996.
EMS: Campbell County EMS – four stations and seven Advanced Life Support units countywide; partners with Roane State Community College to train EMTs and paramedic students.
Sheriff: Campbell County Sheriff’s Office – 610 Main Street, Jacksboro, TN 37757 | Non-emergency: (423) 562-7446
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: I-75 and US-25W serve LaFollette (the largest city) and Jacksboro (the county seat), in the far north of East Tennessee near the Kentucky border
Transit: No dedicated county-wide public transit system was found in this search – confirm directly with the county or your city
Notes: Campbell County, formed September 11, 1806 from parts of Anderson and Claiborne counties, is named for Colonel Arthur Campbell, a Virginia House of Burgesses member and Revolutionary War officer. NAMING NOTE: the historic 1891-92 “Coal Creek War” convict-leasing labor uprising is centered in neighboring Anderson County (Briceville/Coal Creek, now Lake City) – not Campbell County – despite frequent conflation between the two adjacent East Tennessee coal counties in general search results.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Campbell County Building/Permits – 570 Main Street, Suite 202, Jacksboro, TN 37757 | (423) 562-5185 | Fax: (423) 562-5121; for city-specific permits, contact LaFollette or Jacksboro city hall directly.
Notes: Campbell County genuinely hosts three state parks within its boundaries – Cumberland Trail State Park (Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Scenic Trail, Tennessee’s 53rd state park, established 1998, a linear park cutting through 11 counties), Cove Lake State Park, and Norris Dam State Park.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Campbell County Veterans Services – confirm current contact via campbellcountytn.gov.
Resource: Campbell County VA Clinic – 130 Independence Lane, LaFollette, TN 37766; a real VA outpatient clinic serving local veterans (Community Health of East Tennessee shares this address).
State: Tennessee Department of Veterans Services – tn.gov/veteran
Libraries
LIBRARIES
System: Jacksboro Public Library – confirm current address/phone via campbellcountytn.gov; La Follette also maintains its own public library.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: Cove Lake State Park, 110 Cove Lake Lane, Caryville, TN 37714 | (423) 566-9701, covers 673 acres around Cove Lake (an impoundment created by the 1936 Caryville Dam, itself part of the 1930s Norris Dam Project) at the western end of the scenic Powell Valley. Cross Mountain, at 3,534 feet, is the highest peak in Tennessee west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, visible from the park. The North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area is genuinely home to the second-largest free-roaming elk herd east of the Mississippi River, part of Tennessee’s ongoing elk reintroduction program since 2000. The Cumberland Trail’s northern leg passes near Cove Lake, connecting to nearby mountaintop trails.
Notes: The real elk herd and multi-state-park concentration are distinctive, checkable local facts.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Campbell County Assessor of Property – confirm current phone via campbellcountytn.gov.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Facility: Campbell County Animal Shelter (operated by Friends of Campbell County, Tennessee Animals, FCCA) – 749 Towe String Road, Jacksboro, TN 37757 | (423) 566-1892 or (423) 566-8018 | [email protected] | Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 12-5:30 PM; a nonprofit shelter partnership working toward a no-kill community, offering pet food assistance to residents in need.
City resources: For animal control within LaFollette city limits, call (423) 563-0686; within Jacksboro town limits, call the City Office at (423) 562-9312.
Notes: FCCA also partners with Pets for Patriots to support veteran pet adoptions.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Campbell County Environmental Services – (423) 562-1811; operates the Hill Top Transfer Station (Towe String Road) among county convenience centers – confirm current operational status, as this facility has undergone periodic construction closures.
NOTES: Campbell County is the seventh and final county in this batch (Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell) of the Tennessee v2 redo. The genuine elk herd at North Cumberland WMA and the county’s three-state-park concentration are distinctive, checkable local facts; the Coal Creek War naming note helps avoid a common research mix-up with neighboring Anderson County. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Campbell County County
Campbell County is northeast Tennessee’s Norris Lake recreation and Appalachian coal heritage county – the TVA’s first reservoir and the county’s working-class mountain character define a community where LaFollette serves as the primary commercial hub and Jacksboro provides governmental services to the surrounding Appalachian cove and lake communities.
Jacksboro (the county seat, population ~2,200) is Campbell County’s governmental hub while LaFollette serves as the county’s largest commercial center, an East Tennessee Appalachian city on US 25W in the mountains near the Kentucky border.
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Campbell County Assessor of Property at 570 Main Street, Jacksboro, TN 37757, phone 423-562-4985. TN assessed at a percentage of appraised value.
Courts & Legal
Campbell County Circuit Court at 570 Main Street, Jacksboro, TN 37757, phone 423-562-4985, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK
570 Main St, Jacksboro, TN 37757
(423) 562-2921
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Campbell County Clerk and Master, Jacksboro (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Campbell County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Clerk and Master, Campbell County 570 Main Street, Suite 110, PO Box 182, Jacksboro, TN 37757 (423) 562-3496
Campbell County was founded September 11, 1806, named for Arthur Campbell, on Tennessee’s northern border in East Tennessee, seated in Jacksboro (largest city LaFollette).
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Tennessee has NOT adopted the Uniform Probate Code. Instead, Tennessee uses its own common form and solemn form probate framework, governed by Title 30 of the Tennessee Code Annotated. In Campbell County, the Clerk and Master (part of Chancery Court) administers probate.
Small Estate Affidavit (T.C.A. §§ 30-4-101 through 30-4-103) – available when the value of the probate estate does not exceed $50,000 (personal property; real property is generally excluded). The affidavit can be filed no sooner than 45 days after death. A bond payable to the state is commonly required to protect creditors and other heirs, though it is often waived when the person filing is the estate’s sole heir/beneficiary, or when all heirs consent in writing.
Common Form Probate – the standard, uncontested path: the will (if any) is admitted to probate without formal notice to all interested parties, and the personal representative is appointed and issued Letters Testamentary (with a will) or Letters of Administration (without a will).
Solemn Form Probate – used when formal proof of the will’s validity is needed, typically because of an anticipated will contest; requires notice to all interested parties and a hearing.
Muniment of Title – used to transfer real estate when there is a valid will but no other assets requiring administration.
Step 2: filing for administration
The personal representative (or an interested party) files the original will (if one exists) and a Petition for Probate of Will or Petition for Letters of Administration with the Campbell County Clerk and Master.
The court issues Letters Testamentary (testate) or Letters of Administration (intestate), giving the personal representative authority to act.
The personal representative publishes notice to creditors in a local newspaper; creditors generally have a limited window (commonly around 4 months from the notice) to file claims.
The personal representative inventories and appraises the estate’s assets (may be waived by the will or by all beneficiaries).
The personal representative pays valid debts, expenses, and taxes.
The estate is closed with a final accounting (unless waived) and distribution to beneficiaries or heirs.
What it costs
Filing fees vary by county; confirm current fees with Campbell County directly.
Tennessee has no statutory fee schedule for attorneys or executors – fees must be “reasonable” and are subject to court approval if contested.
Tennessee does NOT impose a state estate tax or a state inheritance tax. Only the federal estate tax may apply, and only to very large estates.
Typical timeline for a simple, uncontested estate: roughly 6-9 months.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
220 South 5th St, Jacksboro, TN 37757
(423) 562-4964
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTION COMMISSION
570 Main St, Jacksboro, TN 37757
(423) 562-2921
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Health Department
216 Colston Dr, Jacksboro, TN 37757
(423) 562-9524
DHS Office
216 Colston Dr, Jacksboro, TN 37757
(423) 566-9440
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Campbell County Health Department – 162 Sharp-Perkins Rd, Jacksboro, TN 37757 | (423) 562-8351
Facility: LaFollette Medical Center – 923 E Central Ave, LaFollette, TN 37766 | (423) 907-1200
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County Facts
County Seat: Jacksboro
Population: 40,000
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