Crossroads, Tennessee | |
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  Crossroads  Crossroads | |
| Coordinates: 35°17′59″N88°07′25″W / 35.29972°N 88.12361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Hardin |
| Elevation | 551 ft (168 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 731 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1314913 [1] |
Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Crossroads is located on Tennessee State Route 128, northeast of Savannah.
Crossroads is featured extensively in the web comic Johnny Bullet. [2] In the strip, it is spelled Cross Roads and is a larger size city, comparable to neighbouring Savannah, Tennessee, in Hardin County.
Hardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,831. The county seat is Savannah. Hardin County is located north of and along the borders of Mississippi and Alabama. The county was founded in November 1819 and named posthumously for Col. Joseph Hardin, a Revolutionary War soldier and a legislative representative for the Province of North Carolina; the State of Franklin; and the Southwest Territory. Hardin County was the site of the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War.
Savannah is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 7,213 at the 2020 census. Savannah is located along the east side of the Tennessee River.
Shiloh is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee.
Shiloh Indian Mounds Site (40HR7) is an archaeological site of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture. It is located beside the Tennessee River on the grounds of the Shiloh National Military Park, in Hardin County of southwestern Tennessee. A National Historic Landmark, it is one of the largest Woodland era sites in the southeastern United States.
Lon Allen Scott was an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Tennessee as a Republican.
State Route 69 is a state highway in West and Middle Tennessee that runs parallel to the Tennessee River for the majority of its length. SR 69 carries both primary and secondary highway designations and is routed through rural areas.
Joseph Hardin Sr. was an Assemblyman for the Province of North Carolina, and was a signatory of the Tryon Resolves. Early in the War for Independence, as a member of the militia from Tryon County, Hardin fought the Cherokee allies of Britain along the western frontier. Later in the war, having taken his family over the Appalachian Mountains to the Washington District for safety against the advance of the Red Coats out of South Carolina, Hardin joined the Overmountain Men. He saw action at the Battle of Ramsour's Mill and the decisive Battle of Kings Mountain. Following the peace with Britain, Hardin was a co-founder and second Speaker of the House for the State of Franklin; and an Assemblyman in the Southwest Territory before its statehood as Tennessee.
State Route 203 is a state highway in Tennessee that runs in an east-to-west direction from the city of Collinwood, in Wayne County to the city of Savannah in Hardin County. The highway lies both in Middle and West Tennessee.
Hookers Bend is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Hookers Bend is located north of Savannah near a bend in the Tennessee River. The community is named after founder John Hooker.
Cerro Gordo is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Cerro Gordo is located on the east bank of the Tennessee River, north of Savannah. It is most notable as the May 1816 landing site of the Hardin Expedition. Cerro Gordo is Spanish for large hill.
Walkertown is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Walkertown is located immediately south of Savannah and is served by Tennessee State Route 128 and Tennessee State Route 69. Walkertown was founded by James Walker Haynes in 1826. Known descendants of James Walker Haynes are James Walker Haynes, Jr. and his son Jacob Walker Haynes. James Walker Haynes, Jr. lives in Savannah, TN and Jacob Walker Haynes currently lives in Chattanooga, TN.
Maddox is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Maddox is located at the intersection of Tennessee State Route 69 and Tennessee State Route 226, south of Savannah.
Oak Grove is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Oak Grove is located north of Savannah and is near the east bank of the Tennessee River.
Olivehill, also known as Olive Hill, is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Olivehill is located on U.S. Route 64 and Tennessee State Route 15, east of Savannah and west of Waynesboro.
Hamburg is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. Hamburg is located on the west bank of the Tennessee River, south of Savannah.
Hardinville was a town founded in 1817 "near the confluence of Turkey and Boone's Creeks", east of the Tennessee River, in Hardin County, Tennessee. It was incorporated by the state legislature on October 24, 1824. On March 3, 1825, the Congress of the United States passed a law establishing a number of post roads, including one "From Hardinsville[sic], by M'Nairy Courthouse, and Hardiman Courthouse, to Tipton Courthouse." and another "From Hardinville, to Florence, Alabama."
The Savannah Archaeological Site in Hardin County, Tennessee, is a prehistoric complex of platform mounds and village of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture, a regional variation of Mississippian culture.
Grandview is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States. Grandview is located on the Tennessee River 13.1 miles (21.1 km) northeast of Savannah.
State Route 128 (SR 128) is a state highway in western and western Middle Tennessee.
Thompson Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee. It is located 11 miles northeast of Savannah and 18 miles north of the Alabama border.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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