The Jack Daniel’s distillery was founded in Lynchburg, Tennessee, in 1866.
Jack Daniel’s is a brand of Tennessee whiskey associated with Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel. The company identifies 1866 as the founding year, making the distillery one of the oldest registered distilleries in the United States. The site is in Moore County, where the production complex remains a major tourist destination.
The whiskey is known for the Lincoln County Process, in which the newly made spirit is filtered through sugar maple charcoal before maturation. This charcoal mellowing is a defining feature of Tennessee whiskey, although legal definitions and industry usage have varied over time.
The brand’s founding date is sometimes confused with Jack Daniel’s birth year or with later dates connected to corporate ownership. The Old No. 7 label, Tennessee location, and charcoal-mellowing process are separate facts from the 1866 founding claim.