Hardin County, Tennessee
From Savannah, the county seat, out to Saltillo, Morris Chapel, and Crump, Hardin County is rolling hills, fertile Tennessee River bottomland, and thousands of acres of standing timber. The river runs straight through the county, soybeans, corn, cotton, cattle, and timber have paid the bills here for generations, and Shiloh National Military Park anchors the southern end. If you're ready to sell, PlaceAcre makes a cash offer within 24 hours — no agents, no fees, no repairs.
Rolling farmland and river bottomland typical of Hardin County, Tennessee.
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Get Your Cash OfferHardin County is built around the Tennessee River. The bottomland along it grows row crops as well as anything in West Tennessee, while the uplands roll out into pasture, hay ground, and hardwood ridges. At the south end, Shiloh National Military Park preserves roughly 3,000 acres of battlefield, and the visitors it draws keep a steady tourism pulse running through Savannah year-round. Row crops, cattle, and timber have been the county's working economy for generations.
That mix means three different buyer pools want three different kinds of ground here: river-bottom row-crop acreage, upland pasture and hay ground, and timbered tracts carrying merchantable standing timber. On top of that, heirs of long-held family farms are a steady source of land coming to market as it changes generational hands — often from out of state, often with several siblings on the deed. We buy in all three categories, directly and in cash.
A real written number on your parcel. Soil productivity on row-crop bottomland, fencing and water on pasture, and standing timber on wooded tracts all factor in.
No agent commission, no listing costs, no repair requests. PlaceAcre covers standard closing costs on a direct cash purchase.
Row-crop, pasture, or timbered land — cut over, grown up, flood-prone bottoms, or back tracts with no road frontage. We buy it exactly as it sits.
Soybean, corn, and cotton ground in the river bottoms, leased out or farmed yourself.
Fenced grazing ground and hay fields across the county's rolling uplands, working or idle.
Mixed hardwood and pine acreage — mature, pre-merchantable, or recently cut over.
River frontage, sloughs, and cabin tracts around Savannah, Saltillo, and Crump.
Deer and turkey ground along the ridges and bottoms, including long-leased tracts.
Heir property split among relatives out of state, with or without probate wrapped up.
Tennessee cropland values rose 5.8% in 2026 to an average of $6,400 per acre statewide — the largest percentage gain of any state in USDA NASS's 2026 Land Values Summary. That's a strong signal for anyone holding farm ground in West Tennessee.
Treat that statewide number as a benchmark, not a per-parcel appraisal. Hardin County's river-bottom tracts and its upland pasture command very different price points within that average — bottomland with productive soils and good drainage sits at the top of the range, while rougher upland pasture and landlocked back acreage price well below it. Road access, river frontage, flood history, and tract size all move the number.
Timbered acreage in the county carries additional standing-timber value on top of bare land value — which is why a wooded tract can be worth meaningfully more than the per-acre farm average suggests. Our guide on what a timber cruise tells buyers walks through how that gets measured. For a free estimate on your specific parcel, try our Land Value Calculator, or request a cash offer for a firm written number.
A general warranty deed is customary for both residential and land transactions in Tennessee.
Tennessee is not an attorney-closing state — a title or escrow company typically conducts the closing, orders title search, and handles good-funds disbursement, though attorneys are often still involved in preparing custom deed language.
Cash sales can close in as little as 7-21 days once title work is clear.
Under Tennessee's good-funds law, proceeds are disbursed only after funds have actually cleared — typically by wire at closing, with the deed recorded at the Hardin County Register of Deeds.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
26,831
Population (2020 Census)
577.5
Square Miles
45.1
Median Age
~$160,400
Median Home Value — 2024 estimate, illustrative only
"I was ready to get out from under the bottom ground and didn't want a sign in the yard all year. They had a written number to me the next day and we closed clean."
— Ronnie T., Hardin County row-crop farmer
"Our family tract is mostly timber with no real road to it. Everybody else wanted a survey first. PlaceAcre just bought it like it was."
— Diane S., Savannah-area landowner
The Battle of Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862), one of the Civil War's bloodiest engagements, was fought largely within present-day Hardin County. Shiloh National Military Park now preserves roughly 3,000 acres of the battlefield.
Savannah's Cherry Mansion, built overlooking the Tennessee River, served as Union General Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters in the days just before the Battle of Shiloh.
Hardin County was formed in 1819 and named for Colonel Joseph Hardin, a Revolutionary War soldier and early Tennessee statesman.
The Tennessee River Museum in Savannah, housed in a historic post office building, documents the river's central role in the county's economy — ferries, riverboats, and timber rafting among them.
Most cash offers close in 7-21 days once title work is clear — versus months on the open market for rural acreage around Savannah and the river bottoms.
Yes — row-crop bottomland, cattle and hay pasture, and larger multi-tract family farms across the county.
It depends on soil type, river frontage, road access, and whether the tract carries standing timber value. Use our free Land Value Calculator, or request a cash offer for a specific written number.
Yes — PlaceAcre covers standard closing costs on a direct cash purchase.
Yes — delinquent property taxes can typically be resolved as part of closing, out of the sale proceeds.
Yes — timbered tracts are common in Hardin County, and standing timber value is factored into the offer alongside bare land value.
Communities we serve: Savannah, Saltillo, Morris Chapel, and Crump.
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