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| Spring Hill is located 30 miles South of Nashville, Tennessee and situated in Maury and Williamson Counties. Convenient to I-65 Interstate via Saturn Parkway, Spring Hill boasts of rich historical sites, lush farmland, businesses, industry and booming residential growth. Historical and beautiful. Spring Hill was a popular hunting ground claimed by the Cherokee. Tribes of Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Shawnee also hunted in the area. The location of the original settlement is the meeting point of three land grants. Revolutionary War soldiers, Major George Doherty, John Hardin and Major Ezekiel Polk, received these land grants lieu of money. The land came together at a point near the intersections of Duplex Road, Old Military Road and U.S. Highway 31. The first settlers began arriving in 1808 and cleared the land to build log cabins. Albert Russel is said to have been the first to clear land. He built a log cabin on a hill above the spring and named his home Anne's Bower. The property later was known as the Old Tanyard Spring. By 1809, a settlement had been established. As early as 1810 settlers petitioned the Maury County Court for a road from Columbia to Sanford's cotton gin. As early as 1816, William Williford began a school for boys and girls. Many of the settlers were from cultured, well-to-do families with many social ties in the eastern states, therefore schools and churches were a priority. Father James Peters, a Methodist preacher, built a log church in 1819 and established a campground. People came from miles around to attend the Methodist Camp Meetings which lasted for days at a time. In 1824, Henry Wade purchased the land that once belonged to Russel which was also the Old Camp Ground property. It was he who visualized a town. He had a survey made and began to sell lots along what is today Main Street (Hwy. 31). People wanted to name the town Petersburg---in honor of Father Peters. He, however would not let the family name be used. It was then suggested that the settlement be called by a name long familiar to most of them, since for some sixteen years they had taken their wooden buckets and said, "I'm going over to the spring hill and get some water." The little settlement took the name Spring Hill in 1825. SPRING HILL CIVIL WAR SITE The Civil War fighting in Spring Hill is in dispute by historians. Some Historians maintain that there was a Battle of Spring Hill while other historians maintain that the action in Spring Hill was only a skirmish. The following dates, Army units and locations are correct, only the fighting is in dispute. On November 29, 1864 both Federal and Confederate forces converged on the town of Spring Hill. The Army of Tennessee with Hood, Forrest, Cleburne and Brown met the 103rd Ohio, the 100th Illinois, 26th Ohio, 97th Ohio, 2nd Michigan and the 40th and 57th Indiana. Some 30,000 men fought throughout the afternoon and by nightfall there were estimated casualties of *350 Union soldiers and 500 Confederate soldiers. During the night Scholfield slipped his Union forces north; the bloody battle of Franklin ensued the following day as the Southern troops caught up to them. The Spring Hill Battlefield is located just Northwest of the Saturn Parkway (Kedron Road exit) in Spring Hill and is preserved and protected from development by the Association for Preservation of Civil War Sites. The Battlefield is located 12 miles South of civil wars sites in Franklin (Franklin Battlefield, Carnton Cemetery) and approximately 32 miles west of Stones River Battlefield in Murfreesboro. (Text provided by www.springhilltn.org) |
Today, Spring Hill is a thriving and growing suburb of Nashville. The economy is booming and the employment outlook is fantastic.
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| Rainfall (inches annually) Snowfall (inches annually) January Avg. Low Temp July AVg. High Temp Days of Precipitation Annually Days of Mostly Sun |
53.0 |