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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-12-08</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000743397</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FIRST MCMINNVILLE CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>None</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001212040</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>STANLEY CARL M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FIRST MCMINNVILLE CORPORTATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>200 EAST MAIN STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MCMINNVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>37110</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-12-08</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>500</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4024</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <remarks>The only transaction being reported is a bona fide gift of 500
shares by the Reporting Person of the Issuer's common stock
as set forth in Table I. The total number of shares shown in
Table I includes all shares directly attributable to the Reporting
Person. The number of indirect shares, if any, and the number
of derivative securities, if any, remains unchanged from
that previously reported.

This filing shall not be deemed an admission that the
Undersigned, for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise, is the
beneficial owner of the securities covered by this statement.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Carl M. Stanley</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-03-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
