Fentress, a N. E. county of Tennessee, bordering on Kentucky, and drained by several affluents of Cumberland river; area, 570 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 4,717, of whom 170 were colored. The surface consists principally of high table lands of the Cumberland mountains, affording excellent pastures. Timber is abundant, and coal is found in various places. The chief productions in 1870 were 10,339 bushels of wheat, 109,084 of Indian corn, 24,067 of oats, and 11,713 of potatoes. There were 942 horses, 4,624 cattle, 5,021 sheep, and 12,017 swine. Capital, Jamestown.