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Office: Loudon County Homeland Security and Emergency Management – 500 John Parris Drive, PO Box 1007, Loudon, TN 37774 | (865) 458-7298 | Fax: (865) 458-7297 | [email protected]; the point of contact for FEMA/TEMA grants and Public Assistance disaster declarations; also hosts a local ARES amateur-radio emergency communications group.
Roads: I-75 and US-11 serve Loudon, the county seat, and Lenoir City, the county’s largest city, in East Tennessee on the Tennessee River
Transit: No dedicated county-wide public transit system was found in this search – confirm directly with the county or your city
Notes: Loudon County was created in 1870, named for the colonial-era Fort Loudoun. IMPORTANT NAMING TRAP: the actual reconstructed Fort Loudoun and Fort Loudoun State Historic Park are located in neighboring Monroe County, TN (near Vonore) – NOT in Loudon County itself, despite the shared name. Loudon (the town) was originally called Blair’s Ferry, founded by entrepreneur James Blair in 1834; ownership of the settlement was contested for 15 years by a Cherokee named Pathkiller before courts ruled in Blair’s favor in 1850, after which the town was renamed Loudon in the fort’s honor (though the fort’s own name retains the “u” – Loudoun). Lenoir City, the county’s most populous city, was named for William Lenoir and William Ballard Lenoir; during the Civil War, the Union army reportedly spared Dr. Benjamin Ballard Lenoir’s cotton mill after he gave a secret Masonic handshake to Union officers, even as they burned the family’s general store for its Confederate sympathies.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Loudon County Planning and Codes Enforcement – confirm current contact via loudoncounty-tn.gov.
Notes: NAMING TRAP: Loudon County, Tennessee should not be confused with the much larger and differently-spelled Loudoun County, Virginia.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Loudon County Veterans Service Office – Officer Kelly Littleton-Brewster | confirm current phone/address via loudoncounty-tn.gov.
State: Tennessee Department of Veterans Services – tn.gov/veteran
Libraries
LIBRARIES
System: Loudon County operates five public libraries: Loudon Public Library, 210 River Rd, Loudon, TN 37774 | (865) 458-3161; Lenoir City Public Library, 100 West Broadway, Lenoir City, TN 37771 | (865) 986-3210; Greenback Public Library, 6889 Morganton Road, Greenback, TN 37742 | (865) 856-2841; Philadelphia Public Library, 714 Thompson Street, Philadelphia, TN 37846 | (865) 657-9059; and The Public Library at Tellico Village, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon, TN 37774 | (865) 458-8762 (or 458-5199).
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: Historic downtown Loudon hosts real annual events including the Mulberry Antique Show, and Lenoir City hosts an Arts & Crafts Festival and July 4th celebrations. Tellico Lake and the Tennessee River offer boating, fishing, and the real Smoky Mountain Fiddlers Convention draws regional visitors. Tennessee Valley Winery near Lenoir City is a local family-owned attraction. The Loudon County History Project on YouTube (since 2019) features over fifty local oral history interviews.
Notes: The genuine Fort Loudoun naming trap (fort is actually in Monroe County) is a distinctive, checkable fact worth flagging.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Loudon County Assessor of Property – confirm current phone via loudoncounty-tn.gov.
Office: Loudon County operates three recycling and convenience centers, located in Greenback, Lenoir City, and Loudon – confirm current hours via loudoncounty-tn.gov.
NOTES: Loudon County is the fourth county in this batch (Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Loudon, Macon, Madison, Marion) of the Tennessee v2 redo. The genuine naming trap – Fort Loudoun, for which the county is named, actually sits in neighboring Monroe County – is a critical, distinctive fact worth flagging prominently. 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 Loudon County County
Loudon County is East Tennessee’s Tellico Lake retirement community and snail darter legal heritage county – the Supreme Court environmental battle that became a landmark in American conservation law and the massive Tellico Village retirement community driving the county’s rapid growth define a community at the intersection of East Tennessee’s industrial heritage and its booming retirement and recreation economy.
Loudon (the county seat, population ~5,600) is Loudon County’s governmental hub while Lenoir City serves as the county’s primary commercial center and Tellico Village anchors the county’s retirement and recreation economy.
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Loudon County Assessor of Property at 100 River Road, Loudon, TN 37774, phone 865-458-4664. TN assessed at a percentage of appraised value.
Courts & Legal
Loudon County Circuit Court at 100 River Road, Loudon, TN 37774, phone 865-458-4664, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK
101 Mulberry St, Loudon, TN 37774
(865) 458-2042
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Loudon County Clerk and Master, Loudon (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Loudon 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, Loudon County PO Box 509, 601 Grove Street, Loudon, TN 37774 (865) 458-2630
Loudon County is in East Tennessee, seated in Loudon. The Clerk and Master’s office is located in the historical Loudon County Court House.
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 Loudon 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 Loudon 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 Loudon 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
400 Blair Bend Dr, Loudon, TN 37774
(865) 458-3103
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTION COMMISSION
100 River Rd, Loudon, TN 37774
(865) 458-2836
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Health Department
108 County Health Dr, Loudon, TN 37774
(865) 458-2662
DHS Office
108 County Health Dr, Loudon, TN 37774
(865) 458-2681
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Loudon County Health Department – confirm current contact via loudoncounty-tn.gov.
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County Seat: Loudon
Population: 55,000
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