Brackentown is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Sumner County, Tennessee Sumner County is a county located on the central northern border of Tennessee in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 196,281. Its county seat is Gallatin, and its most populous city is Hendersonville. T ...

, in the United States.

History

A post office called Brackentown was established in 1877, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1908. Brackentown was likely named for a member of the local Bracken family who appear in mid-19th century census records.

References

Unincorporated communities in Sumner County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{SumnerCountyTN-geo-stub