Editing Putnam County, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Farm-gate-putnam-tn1.jpg|alt=|thumb|Farm in rural northern Putnam County]]
[[File:Burgess Falls (935955560).jpg|alt=|thumb|Burgess Falls near the southern border with White County]]
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|403|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|401|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.5|sqmi}} (0.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_47.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 9, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

The county is part of the greater [[Cumberland River]] watershed. The southern part of the county is drained by tributaries of the [[Caney Fork]], the northeastern part by tributaries of the [[Obey River]], and the north-central and northwestern parts of the county drain into the Cumberland's [[Cordell Hull Lake]] impoundment.<ref>Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, [http://www.tn.gov/environment/watersheds/ Watershed Management Approach] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417212145/http://www.tn.gov/environment/watersheds/ |date=April 17, 2012 }}. Retrieved: May 10, 2012.</ref> The sources of two tributaries of the Caney Fork, the [[Falling Water River]] and the [[Calfkiller River]], lie near [[Monterey, Tennessee|Monterey]] in the eastern part of the county.

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Overton County, Tennessee|Overton County]] (northeast)
*[[Fentress County, Tennessee|Fentress County]] (northeast)
*[[Cumberland County, Tennessee|Cumberland County]] (east)
*[[White County, Tennessee|White County]] (south)
*[[DeKalb County, Tennessee|DeKalb County]] (southwest)
*[[Smith County, Tennessee|Smith County]] (west)
*[[Jackson County, Tennessee|Jackson County]] (northwest)

===State protected areas===
*Burgess Falls State Natural Area (part)
*[[Burgess Falls State Park]] (part)