Gibson County, rural and proud of it.
-
4/8/2024
I've lived in the county for decades and know something about it.
It is located in West Tennessee west of Nashville, northeast of Memphis, North of Jackson and South of Paducah KY. It has several large towns or cities including Humboldt, Milan, which are both bigger and more like cities than the county seat Trenton. It has a lake, known as Gibson Lake. It does not include Reelfoot Lake which is in Lake and Obion counties about 25 miles due northwest of the county line, and it does not include Natchez Trace State Park which is about 30 miles due Southeast of the county line. But it does have a lake known as Gibson Lake and the huge Army Ammunition dump near Milan. There are lots of little creeks and such in the county but the biggest creek around is about 30 miles west and is called the Mississippi.
It has an interstate nearby (I40, about 25 miles south) and I55 about 30 miles NW just over the big river. There is talk of extending an interestate highway to run down to Memphis from Kentucky but so far it is only in pieces. It will be a major route down the east side of the big river.
Most of the industry outside of the Ammo Plant is chickens (thanks to Tyson), and farming Cotton, Corn, and Soy Beans.
Sharon | Trenton, TN