David Crockett Birthplace State Park

David Crockett Birthplace State Park / My TN State Park Fundraiser 2025

Donate to vote for David Crockett Birthplace State Park as your favorite Tennessee State Park in the My TN State Park Fundraiser! 

For the entire month of April, Tennessee State Park supporters can donate to vote for their favorite Tennessee State Park. That means if David Crockett Birthplace State Park is your favorite, you can donate to vote for us, and we’ll use your donations to improve our park! 

Due to extensive damage to the park from Hurricane Helene in September 2024, the park is currently closed for public safety. Your contributions can significantly enhance the park as it rebuilds. Donations will support a range of vital projects, including improving hiking trails and bridges, conserving habitats for wildlife and installing interpretive signage.

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  • $5,000

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Recent Transactions

  • Randal Graham

    $1,000.00 / 283 days ago

    This park will need extra help to recover from the Helene floods.

  • Meredith Malburne

    $1,000.00 / 283 days ago

    Thank you for serving TN and sharing history.

  • Tiffany DiPerna

    $51.50 / 284 days ago

    My family loves this park!

  • Catherine Cate

    $103.00 / 289 days ago

    Look forward to watching this beautiful and history TN state park rebuild!

  • Jeannette Strouth

    $25.75 / 291 days ago

    Our family has a long history with David Crockett Birthplace State Park. I look forward to making many more happy memories there when the park is rebuilt.

  • Margaret Hopson

    $20.60 / 293 days ago

    This park is our favorite. Makes no difference if we are camping, hosting or just visiting. It is a beautiful park with a great staff. It will come back stronger then it was.

  • KELVIN THOMAS

    $50.00 / 294 days ago

    Best Park Rangers around!! ❤️

  • Joe Brown

    $15.45 / 294 days ago

    I was born in Washington County, and attended David Crockett High School. I wish the best for the park in its recovery efforts!

  • Alydia Partlow

    $10.30 / 295 days ago

  • Hiram Rogers

    $100.00 / 295 days ago

    Best wishes, as you work through post-Helene restoration. We look forward to seeing what emerges from your good plans and hard work. Hiram and Jean

  • Dawn Ashby

    $20.60 / 295 days ago

    Yay for state parks! 😀

  • Chelsea Meadows

    $25.75 / 297 days ago

    It’s so sad to see such a beautiful park closed after all of the damage from Helene but I hope these donations will help the park come back better than ever.

  • Wade Clemons

    $103.00 / 298 days ago

    You have been missed.

  • Timothy Hazlewood

    $10.30 / 303 days ago

  • Angela Adams

    $34.33 / 304 days ago

    So sad to see the devastation of this park caused by Hurricane Helene, hopefully this effort will help hasten the reopening!!

  • Tim Hancock

    $103.00 / 305 days ago

    No other TN park I know, tells the story of how Tennessee came to be, through the life and times of its most famous son! A small park with staff and Rangers that make you feel like family!

  • Charles Samuels

    $51.50 / 305 days ago

    Donating to support a friend and a worthy cause. I wish that I could do more.

  • Normand Dion jr

    $51.50 / 306 days ago

    We love this park. Hurricane helene destroyed our second home here. We ate waiting for the day for reopening to come.

  • MELANIE SCHALLOCK

    $20.60 / 307 days ago

  • Meredith Malburne

    $100.00 / 311 days ago

    Looking forward to your return!

  • Sydney L Evans

    $103.00 / 311 days ago

    Much needed att needed.

  • Anonymous

    $20.00 / 311 days ago

  • Janette Peterson

    $20.60 / 312 days ago

    We love camping here, and we're heartbroken at the damage to this beautiful park.

  • Michael Franklin

    $5.15 / 312 days ago

  • Scott Wheby

    $1.03 / 312 days ago

    Amazing job rebuilding after the destruction

About David Crockett Birthplace State Park

David Crockett was a pioneer, soldier, and politician. He was born near the town of Limestone, Tenn. in 1786. David Crockett Birthplace State Park commemorates the birthplace of this famous Tennessean. In 1817, he moved to Lawrence County. While serving in Congress, he fought for his people’s right to keep land they had settled on in the new frontier of West Tennessee. Crockett died at the Alamo Mission in March of 1836 while aiding the Texans in their fight for independence from Mexico. David Crockett Birthplace State Park became a state park in 1973.