The City of Morristown

Morristown was officially incorporated in 1903. Its initial form of government was a Mayor-Council type. Later on the city added an Administrator. The City Council and the Mayor are selected by the vote of the people and the Council selects the City Administrator, who is responsible for the day-in day-out operations of the City. This provides a governmental formula that allows the City to listen and be most responsive to its citizens.

The City of Morristown

Hamblen County
Hamblen County was formed from part of Hawkins County by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on January 20, 1871. The following year the Hamblen County Courthouse was constructed near downtown Morristown. Today, after many additions and renovations, the original courthouse is still in use by the people of Hamblen County. What would become Hamblen County was actually formed a year earlier during a meeting in a small country
store near Panther Springs. By July of 1871, the county had established a Board of Commissioners and was conducting business. To secure the vote of Senator William Green of Hawkins County and, in turn the passage of the bill that would create the new county, he was given the privilege of naming the new county after his grandfather Hezekiah Hamblen.

Today 58,000 people call Hamblen County home. Hamblen County still operates under a County Commission comprised of 14 people and a County Executive form of local government.

Hamblen County Government