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Maury County, Tennessee

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
68historic places
—earliest paper
1807formed
100,974pop. 2020
389cemeteries
3CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 68 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Columbia, Spring Hill, Culleoka.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Tennessee is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Maury titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

43 of 68 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

68 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Amis, Jonathan, HouseMcCainsBuilding1984
Ashwood Rural Historic DistrictColumbiaDistrict1989
Athenaeum, The (Additional Documentation)ColumbiaBuilding1973
Beechlawn Advance and Retreat (Additional Documentation)ColumbiaBuilding1971
BlythewoodColumbiaBuilding1973
Booker, Merritt H., HouseCulleokaBuilding1985
Breckenridge Hatter's ShopMt. PleasantBuilding1984
Cheairs, Martin, HouseSpring HillBuilding1976
Church HouseColumbiaBuilding1978
Cleburne Jersey FarmSpring HillDistrict2000
Clifton PlaceColumbiaBuilding1970
Columbia ArsenalColumbiaDistrict1977
Columbia Central High SchoolColumbiaBuilding1980
Columbia Commercial Historic DistrictColumbiaDistrict1984
Columbia Hydroelectric StationColumbiaStructure1990
Columbia West End Historic DistrictColumbiaDistrict1986
Culleoka Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthCulleokaBuilding1986
Elm Springs (Additional Documentation)ColumbiaBuilding1986
Ewell FarmSpring HillBuilding1976
FairmontColumbiaBuilding1983
First United Methodist Church of ColumbiaColumbiaBuilding1984
Frierson, Lucius, HouseColumbiaBuilding1978
Gordon, John, HouseWilliamsportBuilding1974
Grace Episcopal Church (Additional Documentation)Spring HillBuilding1976
Hamilton Place (Additional Documentation)Mt. PleasantBuilding1973
Hardison Mill FarmColumbiaDistrict2017
Haynes Haven Stock FarmSpring HillDistrict2023
Kennedy, James, HouseColumbiaBuilding1987
Maguire, Patrick, House (Additional Documentation)ColumbiaBuilding1983
Mayes, Dr. Samuel, HouseColumbiaBuilding1993
Mayes-Hutton House (Additional Documentation)ColumbiaBuilding1970
Mercer HallColumbiaBuilding1982
Miller, Washington, HouseColumbiaBuilding2012
Mount Pleasant Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation)Mount PleasantDistrict2003
North Main Street Historic DistrictMount PleasantDistrict1989
Old Stone CreamerySpring HillBuilding2025
Pillow PlaceColumbiaBuilding1983
Pillow-Bethel HouseColumbiaBuilding1976
Pine HillAshwoodBuilding1983
Pleasant Historic DistrictMount PleasantDistrict1989
Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchColumbiaBuilding1977
Polk Sisters' HouseColumbiaBuilding1975
Polk, James K., House NHLColumbiaBuilding1966
Pottsville General StoreColumbiaBuilding2017
Prewitt-Amis-Finney HouseCulleokaBuilding1997
Rally HillColumbiaBuilding1984
Rattle and Snap NHLColumbiaBuilding1971
RippavillaSpring HillBuilding1996
Ritter-Morton House (Additional Documentation)Spring HillBuilding1976
Rockdale Furnace Historic District (40MU487)RockdaleDistrict1988
Scott, Andrew, HouseCulleokaBuilding1995
Skipwith HallColumbiaBuilding1977
Spring Hill Presbyterian ChurchSpring HillBuilding1984
St. John's Episcopal Church (Additional Documentation)ColumbiaBuilding1970
St. Mark United Primitive Baptist ChurchSpring HillBuilding2000
St. Peter's Episcopal ChurchColumbiaBuilding1979
State Bank of TennesseeColumbiaBuilding1978
Thompson, Absalom, HouseSpring HillBuilding1979
Union StationColumbiaBuilding1986
United States Post Office and Court HouseColumbiaBuilding2018
Vine HillCross BridgesBuilding1983
Walnut GroveMt. PleasantBuilding1984
Watkins, William, HouseMt. PleasantBuilding1986
Webster FarmCross BridgesDistrict1996
Webster, George, HouseWilliamsportBuilding1984
West Sixth Street and Mayes Place Historic DistrictColumbiaDistrict1978
White HallSpring HillBuilding1984
Zion Presbyterian ChurchColumbiaBuilding1972

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Maury was formed in 1807 (1807-12-15) from Dickson, Williamson.

MAURY created from DICKSON and WILLIAMSON; those parts of DICKSON and WILLIAMSON south of MAURY reverted to Non-County Area 7 attached to MAURY for administrative and judicial purposes.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Maury County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

101k56k10k1810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
10,35922,14128,18632,49839,90442,70335,40340,35740,36841,69951,09569,498100,974

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

389 cemeteries and 21 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 389 listed
NameLatLon
Adkison Cemetery35.76179-87.12252
Aiken Cemetery35.65312-86.98611
Akers-Brown Cemetery35.4534-87.0175
Akin Ridge Cemetery35.73867-87.21223
Alderson Cemetery35.69673-87.22862
Alexander Cemetery35.75339-86.99055
Alexander Cemetery35.74145-87.20223
Alexandria Cemetery35.74062-87.19611
Allen Cemetery35.67951-86.95111
Allen Cemetery35.63479-86.94528
Allmond Cemetery35.66451-86.89277
Amis Cemetery35.47779-86.98889
Amis Cemetery35.46507-86.99778
Andrews Cemetery35.58118-86.92916
Andrews Cemetery35.76645-87.10556
Arlington Cemetery35.51257-87.22001
Ashton Cemetery35.4909-86.91833
Ashworth Cemetery35.81756-87.14778
Atkinson Cemetery35.56229-86.95472
Bailey Cemetery35.51701-87.26778
Bailey Cemetery35.73966-86.91946
Bailey Cemetery35.5584-87.23612
Ballanfant Cemetery35.48171-86.99368
Baty Cemetery35.48729-86.93111
Baxter Cemetery35.65701-87.28556
Beech Hill Cemetery35.56618-87.26695
Benjamin Watkins Cemetery35.73884-86.90813
Bethany Cemetery35.49868-86.94389
Bills Cemetery35.54812-87.01806
Birkett Hill Cemetery35.51757-87.12084
Black Cemetery35.73867-86.97666
Blackburn Cemetery35.73423-87.19806
Blackburn Cemetery35.64451-86.90444
Blackman Cemetery35.77145-87.01028
Blair Cemetery35.72634-86.8818
Blanton Chapel Cemetery35.67617-86.91611
Blowing Spring Cemetery35.45535-87.21862
Booker Cemetery35.47229-87.00861
Bowen Cemetery35.63451-87.1325
Bowman Cemetery35.51201-86.94667
Boyd Cemetery35.66423-86.83027
Braden Cemetery35.43368-87.00417
Brady Cemetery35.80062-87.15834
Branch Cemetery35.56201-86.92194
Brooks Cemetery35.70923-87.12084
Brooks Cemetery35.74951-87.13528
Broom Cemetery35.69145-87.21667
Brown Cemetery35.62479-86.84111
Brown Cemetery35.67395-86.89611
Brown Cemetery35.69617-86.88472
Brown Cemetery35.71045-86.91361
Brown Cemetery35.47451-86.92694
Brown Cemetery35.72478-87.07083
Bruce Cemetery35.56729-87.20223
Bryant Station Cemetery35.51062-86.88861
Buckner Cemetery35.57312-87.25695
Buford Cemetery35.74193-86.88754
Bumpass-King Cemetery35.47924-87.22501
Bunch Cemetery35.70367-86.93472
Burney Cemetery35.69784-86.84944
Bynum-Williams Cemetery35.56896-87.17028
Byrd Cemetery35.79534-87.21361
Caldwell Cemetery35.67145-86.95416
Caldwell Cemetery35.72846-86.91653
Campbell Cemetery35.73256-86.99611
Catheys Cemetery35.6434-87.28112
Cave Spring Cemetery35.80062-87.08639
Cecil Cemetery35.58368-87.22306
Cecil Cemetery35.5109-87.24612
Cedar Hill Cemetery35.60868-87.25667
Central Cemetery35.51618-86.985
Chaffin Cemetery35.46229-87.08195
Chaffin Cemetery35.47618-87.12195
Charter Cemetery35.7334-87.22584
Chavers Cemetery35.49396-87.24612
Cheairs Cemetery35.72631-86.9433
Cheek Cemetery35.55923-86.89277
Cherry Cemetery35.6759-87.25334
Childress Cemetery35.52284-86.87139
Childress Cemetery35.7215-86.87566
Historical populated places — 21 of 21
NameLatLon
Ben35.64257-87.11917
Bigby35.57563-87.21612
Capers35.69479-87.20473
Carpenters35.44813-87.26973
Concord35.65729-87.12195
Cuba35.50618-86.96223
Dooley35.59368-87.04501
Dukes Store35.57924-87.12362
Flint Valley35.67507-87.00028
Jonesboro35.52646-87.21084
Kraus35.6659-87.03112
Latta35.70424-87.1014
Leatherwood35.75368-87.22584
Lickskillet35.56174-86.90334
Loco35.76729-87.00695
Mayberry35.82923-87.21445
Morganville35.75923-86.99778
Mowd35.71812-87.06945
Oakland35.6459-86.90334
Satterfield35.75757-86.98417
Sulphur Springs35.79396-87.05195

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Columbia5,0473.3 kmTN034
Spring Hill7,04016.9 kmTN035
Thompson'S Station1,79725.7 kmTN013

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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