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Williamson County, Tennessee

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139historic places
—earliest paper
1799formed
247,726pop. 2020
248cemeteries
6CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 139 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Franklin, Brentwood, College Grove.

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 Williamson titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

90 of 139 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

139 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adams Street Historic DistrictFranklinDistrict2000
Allison, William, HouseCollege GroveBuilding1988
Anderson SiteFranklinSite1990
Bank of College Grove, TheCollege GroveBuilding1988
Bank of Nolensville (Additional Documentation)NolensvilleBuilding1988
Beasley-Parham HouseGreenbrierBuilding1988
Bostick Female AcademyCollege GroveBuilding1982
Boyd Mill RuinsFranklinSite1988
Boyd, William, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Boyd-Wilson FarmFranklinDistrict1996
Campbell, William S., HouseFranklinBuilding1975
CarntonFranklinBuilding1973
Carothers, John Henry, HouseFranklinBuilding1989
CedarmontFranklinBuilding1984
Coats-Hines Archeological SiteFranklinSite2011
College Grove Methodist ChurchCollege GroveBuilding1988
Cox HouseFranklinBuilding1980
Crafton, John, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Craig-Beasley HouseFranklinBuilding2003
Critz, Jacob, HouseThompsons StationBuilding1988
Critz, Thomas L., HouseThompsons StationBuilding1988
Crockett, Andrew, HouseBrentwoodBuilding1988
Crockett, Samuel, HouseBrentwoodBuilding1988
Dortch Stove WorksFranklinBuilding1997
Douglass-Reams HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Elliston, Joseph, HouseBrentwoodBuilding1988
Fewkes Group Archeological SiteBrentwoodDistrict1980
Fewkes Group Archeological Site (Boundary Increase)BrentwoodSite2012
Forest Hills School (Additional Documentation)FranklinBuilding1988
Fort GrangerFranklinSite1973
Franklin Battlefield NHLFranklinDistrict1966
Franklin City CemeteryFranklinSite2012
Franklin Historic DistrictFranklinDistrict1972
Franklin Historic DistrictFranklinDistrict2018
Franklin Historic District (Boundary Increase)FranklinDistrict2000
Franklin Historic District (Boundary Increase)FranklinDistrict1988
Frost, John, HouseBrentwoodBuilding1988
Giddens, James, HouseThompsons StationBuilding1988
Glass Mounds Discontiguous Archeological DistrictFranklinDistrict2015
Glass, Samuel F., HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Glen EchoFranklinBuilding1976
Glenn, Abram, HouseTriuneBuilding1988
Gray, Henry P., HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Green, Sherwood, HouseNolensvilleBuilding1988
Hadley, Denny P., HouseBrentwoodBuilding1988
Hamilton-Brown HouseFranklinBuilding2006
Hardeman, Franklin, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Harlinsdale FarmFranklinDistrict2006
Harlinsdale Farm (Boundary Increase)FranklinDistrict2023
Harpeth Furnace (40WM83)FernvaleSite1988
Harrison HouseFranklinBuilding1975
Herbert, John, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Hincheyville Historic District (Additional Documentation)FranklinDistrict1982
Hincheyville Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)FranklinDistrict2020
Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7 NHLFranklinBuilding1973
Hodge, Robert, HouseFranklinBuilding2005
Holt, Thomas, HouseBrentwoodBuilding1988
Homestead ManorThompson StationBuilding1977
Huff StoreBurwoodBuilding1988
Hunter, John, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Hyde, Hartwell B., HouseTriuneBuilding1988
Johnson, James P., HouseThompsons StationBuilding1988
Johnson, William W., HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Johnston, James, HouseBrentwoodBuilding1976
Jordan, Newton, HouseTriuneBuilding1988
Jordan-Williams HouseNolensvilleBuilding1988
Kinnard, Claiborne, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Knight-Moran HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Knights of Pythias PavilionFranklinBuilding1988
Leaton, William, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Lee, Samuel B., HouseDuplexBuilding1988
Leipers Fork Historic DistrictLeipers ForkDistrict1998
Leipers Fork Historic District (Boundary Increase)Leipers ForkDistrict2012
Lewisburg Avenue Historic District (Additional Documentation)FranklinDistrict1988
Lewisburg Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase/Decrease)FranklinDistrict2023
Lotz House (Additional Documentation)FranklinBuilding1976
Maney-Sidway HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Maplewood Farm (Boundary Increase)Spring HillBuilding1993
Martin, William, HouseBrentwoodBuilding1988
Mayberry, H. G. W., HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Mayberry, Henry H., HouseFranklinBuilding1988
McEwen, David, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
McGavock-Gaines HouseFranklinBuilding1988
McLemore HouseFranklinBuilding1999
McMahan, Daniel, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Meeting-of-the-WatersFranklinBuilding1982
MontpierFranklinBuilding1982
MoorelandBrentwoodBuilding1975
Morton, Samuel S., HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Motheral, John, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
MountviewBrentwoodBuilding1986
Natchez Street Historic DistrictFranklinDistrict2004
Neely, John, HouseThompsons StationBuilding1988
Nolensville SchoolNolensvilleBuilding2012
Oak HallBrentwoodBuilding1986
Oden, Dr. Hezekiah, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Ogilvie, William, HouseCollege GroveBuilding1988
Old TownFranklinBuilding1988
Old Town Archeological Site (40WM2)FranklinSite1989
Old Town BridgeFranklinStructure1988
Owen Chapel Church of ChristBrentwoodBuilding1986
Owen, Dr. Urban, House (Additional Documentation)College GroveBuilding1988
Owen-Cox HouseBrentwoodBuilding1988
Owen-Primm HouseBrentwoodBuilding1988
Parks PlaceCollege GroveBuilding1984
Perkins, Nicholas Tate, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Pollard, George, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Pope, John, HouseBurwoodBuilding1988
Puryear, Mordecai, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Rainey House (Additional Documentation)FranklinBuilding1970
RavenswoodBrentwoodBuilding1983
Rest Haven CemeteryFranklinSite2012
Rizer, Y. M., HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Roper's Knob FortificationsFranklinSite2000
Scales, James, HouseKirklandBuilding1988
Seward, John, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Shute, Thomas, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Smith, Alexander, HouseBrentwoodBuilding2005
Smithson, Nathaniel, HousePeytonsvilleBuilding1988
Smithson-McCall FarmBethesdaDistrict2007
Sneed, Constantine, HouseBrentwoodBuilding1988
Sparkman-Skelley FarmBostonBuilding2000
St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Additional Documentation)FranklinBuilding1972
Steele, William, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Thompson Station BankThompsons StationBuilding1988
Toon, Beverly, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Toussaint L'Overture County CemeteryFranklinSite1995
Triangle SchoolFairviewBuilding2007
Trinity United Methodist CurchFranklinBuilding1988
Triune FortificationArringtonSite1999
Truett, Alpheus, HouseFranklinBuilding1988
Vaughn, Andrew C., HouseFranklinBuilding1988
WSM Radio Transmission ComplexBrentwoodDistrict2011
Webb, James, HouseTriuneBuilding1988
Wilhoite, James, HouseAllisonaBuilding1988
Winstead Hill (Additional Documentation)FranklinSite1974
Winstead HouseFranklinBuilding1979
Winstead, John M., HousesBrentwoodBuilding1988
Wyatt HallFranklinBuilding1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Williamson was formed in 1799 (1799-10-26) from Davidson.

WILLIAMSON created from DAVIDSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Williamson County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

248k125k2,86818001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,86820,64027,00623,82728,31326,42923,40925,22024,30725,26758,108126,638247,726

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

248 cemeteries and 16 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 248 listed
NameLatLon
Alexander Cemetery35.75617-86.82333
Alexander Cemetery35.7905-86.8385
Allen Cemetery35.87655-86.92541
Anderson Cemetery35.82852-86.85839
Andrews Cemetery35.79839-86.83305
Andrews Cemetery35.80266-86.84885
Andrews Cemetery35.83262-86.75463
Andrews Cemetery35.9195-86.89861
Anglin Cemetery35.91639-87.17204
Barker Cemetery35.8145-86.94083
Baugh Cemetery35.80216-86.85429
Beal Cemetery35.852-86.76749
Beard Cemetery35.89173-87.1775
Bennett Cemetery35.79367-86.7786
Bingham Cemetery35.91355-86.98172
Bond Cemetery35.77283-86.77301
Bond Cemetery35.90479-86.98907
Boxley Cemetery35.91422-86.95027
Boyd Cemetery35.91672-86.80888
Boyd Cemetery35.93101-86.94938
Boyd Cemetery35.92507-86.9657
Brooks Cemetery35.96661-86.80836
Brown Cemetery35.71812-86.7436
Buchanan Cemetery35.94135-86.80905
Buford Cemetery35.80284-86.86416
Burnett Cemetery35.78451-87.005
Butt Cemetery35.97892-86.70706
Campbell Cemetery35.77614-86.66382
Caperton Cemetery35.75367-86.895
Capley Cemetery35.88604-87.20226
Carlisle Cemetery35.83478-87.08722
Carothers Cemetery35.92387-86.835
Carothers Cemetery35.94811-86.80694
Carroll Cemetery35.95867-86.98805
Carter Cemetery35.78513-86.96302
Carter Cemetery35.95117-86.98278
Chester Cemetery35.96589-87.12139
Childress Cemetery35.86811-86.75527
Chrisman Cemetery35.97006-86.62832
Chrisman Cemetery35.9552-86.62538
Christman Cemetery35.78923-86.79999
Coleman Cemetery35.89111-86.62979
Comstock Cemetery35.73173-86.78111
Confederate Cemetery35.90458-86.86074
Cool Springs Cemetery35.80061-86.76972
Core Cemetery35.83395-86.8575
Cotton Cemetery35.88672-86.93027
Cowles Cemetery35.81311-86.84361
Crafton Cemetery35.82867-86.75999
Craigfield Cemetery35.91487-87.18885
Creswell Cemetery35.74117-86.75722
Crockett Cemetery35.97728-86.77611
Cunningham Cemetery35.97228-87.16361
Daniel Cemetery35.74534-86.77805
Dodson Cemetery35.78117-86.9775
Donelson Cemetery35.88645-86.85194
Duplex Cemetery35.75034-86.83861
Edgmon Cemetery35.84395-86.86111
Elliot Cemetery35.81117-86.8325
Evans Cemetery35.77145-86.84333
Evergreen Cemetery35.7945-86.93639
Farrar Cemetery35.7372-86.73278
Fly Cemetery35.96145-86.63138
Franklin City Cemetery35.92826-86.87221
Garrison Cemetery35.8748-87.05534
Gee Cemetery35.902-86.93
Gentry Cemetery35.83172-86.77055
Giles Cemetery35.73756-86.74555
Gillespie Cemetery35.87382-86.87107
Glass Cemetery35.937-86.92639
Gosey Cemetery35.86172-86.78555
Gray Cemetery35.92672-86.94166
Green Cemetery35.95367-87.18473
Green Hill Cemetery35.98783-86.7536
Greenbrier Cemetery35.84562-87.14195
Guthrie Cemetery35.88339-86.81055
Haffner Cemetery35.89145-86.8975
Hailey - Rash Cemetery35.97478-86.71194
Haleacre Cemetery35.84811-86.83138
Halfacre Cemetery35.87895-86.78305
Historical populated places — 16 of 16
NameLatLon
Beachville36.03951-86.86945
Callender35.99312-86.80222
Carpenters35.97701-86.77667
Cheatham35.81562-86.89945
Fernvale Springs35.95645-87.07501
Flemingsburg35.85201-86.64861
Mayberry35.86257-86.88417
McEwen35.94423-86.84889
McGavock35.94173-86.855
Mizell36.00562-86.80583
Moores35.96756-86.81667
Old Town35.99312-86.9375
Owens35.9709-86.77417
Stevens Shop35.99562-86.77889
Wikles35.98673-86.80417
Wilkes35.7784-86.92917

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
Franklin8,2613.2 kmTN036
Franklin9,0924.0 kmTN016
Thompson'S Station1,79710.9 kmTN013
Brentwood7,32515.8 kmTN015
Spring Hill7,04019.4 kmTN035
Nashville34,55025.8 kmTN038

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

Historical markers

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