The statue stands in SEVIERVILLE — Dolly Parton's hometown, one town over from Pigeon Forge — on the Sevier County Courthouse lawn, where it was placed in 1987: Dolly seated with her guitar, a butterfly worked into the detail. She said more than once, in the clip from Visit Sevierville on this page, that of everything in her career the statue in her hometown courthouse yard was one of the honors she was proudest of — and that her father used it to keep her from getting cocky. Dolly Parton died on August 25, 2026, and the statue has become Sevierville's place to remember her; the film at position 8 was shot there that day, fans arriving with flowers.

Watch: first looks

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Dolly Parton Tour of Sevierville TN - Tennessee Mountain Home & Family Gravesite / First Performance

TheDailyWoo

TheDailyWoo's 2022 Sevierville hometown tour: the courthouse statue (placed in 1987, backstory included, with Dolly's own photos posed beside it), the downtown mural, her Tennessee mountain home and the family gravesite.

Key takeaways
  • The statue was placed at the Sevier County Courthouse in 1987
  • Dolly has been photographed standing beside her own statue
  • A full hometown tour adds her mountain home and the family gravesite

Tour of DOLLY PARTON's Childhood Sevierville Hangouts & Family Cemetery

Daze with Jordan the Lion

Jordan the Lion walks Dolly's childhood Sevierville: the downtown hangouts and the statue, the 2022 courthouse mural, the salvaged 1856 jail bars set into a storm drain after the fire that destroyed the first courthouse, and the family cemetery.

Key takeaways
  • Downtown Sevierville layers Dolly sites: statue, 2022 mural, childhood hangouts
  • Bars from the 1856 jail that burned with the first courthouse survive as storm-drain grates
  • The family cemetery is part of the hometown circuit

DOLLY PARTON STATUE/ SEVIERVILLE COURTHOUSE

New Horizons

New Horizons tour the Sevier County Courthouse square: the statue up front, and all around it the honor rolls of Sevier County's war dead from World War I on — a courthouse lawn that doubles as a memorial park, with accessible parking and benches.

Key takeaways
  • The courthouse lawn carries honor rolls of Sevier County's war dead from WWI onward
  • The square has accessible parking and benches — it works as a small memorial park

The hometown circuit

Two long tours walk the whole of Dolly's Sevierville: the statue with its backstory (she has been photographed standing beside it herself), the 2022 courthouse mural, her childhood hangouts downtown, her Tennessee mountain home and the family gravesite. Local layers accrete: bars from the 1856 jail that burned with the first courthouse survive as storm-drain grates downtown.

The square itself

The courthouse lawn doubles as a memorial park: honor rolls of Sevier County's war dead from World War I onward ring the square, with accessible parking and benches. Locals tell every visitor a standing story about the statue — Yankee in the South's 2018 stop records that they heard it too.

Watch: more views

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Dolly Partons Hometown! How do YOU say it? Dollys Statue - Downtown Sevierville, TN

Smoky Mountain Faith, Food & Fun

Smoky Mountain Faith, Food & Fun visit Dolly's hometown and her statue in downtown Sevierville — pronunciation debate ('how do YOU say it?') included. Filmed and narrated in English; only an Arabic auto-translated caption track was available, so it is cataloged here as watch content.

Dolly Parton statue and Sevier County courthouse news

Yankee in the South

Yankee in the South stop at the statue in 2018: erected in 1987, butterfly on the guitar and all, with the piece of local lore about the statue that Sevierville locals tell visitors.

Key takeaways
  • The statue was erected in 1987 and shows Dolly with her guitar, butterfly detail included
  • Locals tell a standing story about the statue that every visitor hears

Dolly Statue in Sevierville, Tennessee

Visit Sevierville

Dolly Parton in her own words, from Visit Sevierville: of everything in her career, the statue of her in the Sevierville courthouse yard is one of the things she is proudest of — and how her dad kept her from getting cocky about it.

Key takeaways
  • Dolly counts the Sevierville statue among the honors she is proudest of in her whole career
  • Her father used the statue to keep her humble, she says

After August 2026

The October 2026 visit on this page, two months on, shows the statue settled into its new role: the town's gathering place. Nothing here is staged; it is neighbors and fans swapping stories about what she meant to the Smokies — a hometown girl who never forgot her roots, and who put the whole area on the map.

Sources: the 9 videos on this page, filmed at the Sevier County Courthouse in Sevierville between 2011 (archival clip) and October 2026.

Watch: the full set

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Dolly Talks About Her Statue

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A 2011 clip of Dolly Parton talking about her Sevierville statue. Its caption payload is corrupt word-salad, so it is cataloged as watch content only.

Fans Gather at Her Hometown Statue | Dolly Parton Tribute in Sevierville, Tennessee

Floridians in the Smokies

Filmed in Sevierville on August 25, 2026: Floridians in the Smokies join the fans arriving at the statue with flowers and tributes in the first days after Dolly Parton's death, swapping stories with locals about what she meant to the Smokies — a hometown girl who never forgot her roots.

Key takeaways
  • After Dolly Parton's death in August 2026, fans gathered at the statue with flowers and tributes
  • The statue has become Sevierville's place to remember her
  • Locals credit Dolly with putting the whole area on the map

Visiting Dolly Parton’s Hometown Statue in Sevierville: An Emotional Community Tribute

ADVENTURES AND ASTRONOMY

A hometown visit to the statue and the Sevier County Courthouse square in October 2026, two months after the statue became the town's gathering place. Filmed and narrated in English; only an Arabic auto-translated caption track was available, so it is cataloged here as watch content.

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