Hill's Island

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Hill's Island is an island on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, Tennessee, USA. [1] [2] It is the fourth smallest island between Old Hickory Dam and Cheatham Dam. [1] [2] The island is only accessible by boat. [1] The town of Madison, Tennessee can be seen from the island. [1]

Cumberland River river in the United States of America

The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The 688-mile-long (1,107 km) river drains almost 18,000 square miles (47,000 km2) of southern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. The river flows generally west from a source in the Appalachian Mountains to its confluence with the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky, and the mouth of the Tennessee River. Major tributaries include the Obey, Caney Fork, Stones, and Red rivers.

Davidson County, Tennessee County in the United States

Davidson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 626,681, making it the second-most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Nashville, the state capital.

Madison, Tennessee Neighborhood in Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Madison is a former settlement, now a suburban neighborhood of northeast Nashville, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is incorporated as part of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.

History

The island was originally home to Native Americans. [1] It was settled by the Donelson family in the 1780s. [1] Later, it was acquired by Henry R.W. Hill, who ran a plantation with slave labor at this location. [1] By the 1880s, it was purchased by Ellen G. White. [3] The island was then used by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. [3]

Seventh-day Adventist Church Protestant Christian church founded in 1863

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in Christian and Jewish calendars, as the Sabbath, and its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ. The denomination grew out of the Millerite movement in the United States during the mid-19th century and it was formally established in 1863. Among its founders was Ellen G. White, whose extensive writings are still held in high regard by the church.

The island was donated by the Adventist Health System to the Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation in 2006. [1] As of 2015, the foundation planned to turn the island into an education opportunity for schoolchildren to experience the Tennessee wilderness. [1] The island is home to "deer, turkey, herons, raccoons, snakes, otters, and a bald eagle." [3]

Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation is a non-profit land trust, established in 1998 to protect natural and scenic land in Tennessee. It is accredited by the Land Trust Alliance's Land Trust Accreditation Commission. The foundation is supported by membership donations, individual philanthropy, and gifts of land from private landowners.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gonzalez, Tony (February 13, 2015). "Future charted for Hill's Island, a gem in the Cumberland". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Gonzalez, Tony (February 13, 2015). "4 next steps for future of Hill's Island". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hill's Island Executive Summary" (PDF). Retrieved February 12, 2016.

Coordinates: 36°15′07″N86°40′00″W / 36.2519°N 86.6666°W / 36.2519; -86.6666

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