Counce, Tennessee

Counce is an unincorporated community in Hardin [County, Tennessee|Hardin County], Tennessee. Counce is located on Tennessee [State Route 57] near the Mississippi border. The community is adjacent to the Tennessee River near the Pickwick [Landing Dam]. Counce is the terminus of a CPKC, ex Kansas [City Southern Railway|Kansas City Southern] line which was originally the Corinth and Counce Railroad and later became part of the MidSouth [Rail Corporation] before Kansas City Southern took over MidSouth. Counce was named after the Counce families, who were the first families to inhabit the community.