Shape Detective

Each game shows 8 of these 11 places in a random order. The outlines are real boundaries from the U.S. Census Bureau, made simpler so they load fast. Every clue was checked against those boundaries.

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1. U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line 2024 places for Tennessee (tl_2024_47_place) and 2023 cartographic boundary counties (cb_2023_us_county_500k). www.census.gov
2. Tennessee Encyclopedia: Camp Blount (Thomas Kanon). tennesseeencyclopedia.net
3. Our Town Almanac Pulaski history notes (citing Wikipedia: Pulaski, Tennessee). en.wikipedia.org
4. Our Town Almanac Shelbyville history notes (citing Musgrave Pencil Company history and Wikipedia: Shelbyville, Tennessee). musgravepencil.com
5. Tennessee Encyclopedia: Camp Forrest (Michael R. Bradley). tennesseeencyclopedia.net
6. Tennessee Encyclopedia: Lincoln County; Tennessee State Library and Archives, Lincoln County fact sheet. tennesseeencyclopedia.net
7. Tennessee Encyclopedia: Giles County (Margaret Butler). tennesseeencyclopedia.net
8. Our Town Almanac Lynchburg history notes (Metropolitan Government of Lynchburg, Moore County, approved 1988). en.wikipedia.org
9. Tennessee Encyclopedia: Bedford County. tennesseeencyclopedia.net
10. Tennessee Encyclopedia: Franklin County (John Abernathy Smith). tennesseeencyclopedia.net
11. Tennessee Encyclopedia: Marshall County (Carroll Van West). tennesseeencyclopedia.net