Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-30
DAVIDSON COUNTY.

Important Facts for the ResIden s.
Length of the Cumberland and It's
Tribufartes-Churc Railroads
-Turnpikes- Ferries Area - Dis
Iances, ETC
From the study CT the admirable, and
We might say, unequaled map of David
son county, recently prepared by Wilbur
F. Foster, we learn facts which are of the
utmost importance to the residents, and
which we venture few of them have here
tofore understood Living always within
the county, it is not at all unreasonable to
presume that even our Oldest and most
intelligent citizens themselves were not
aware of them. We learn from this map
that the area of this county opportunities
329 251 acres, or near 5l5 square miles
Near one third of the county is watered
by the Cumberland, and if its tributaries
were taken into the account one
half would be.
The curves on the map, indicating is
tances from point to point, are by actual
measurement to miles as accurate as the
science Of mathematics itself. The prin-
cipal timber with which this prolific area
sboVnds is oak, chestnut, poplar, hickory,
gum, maple, beech, etc. The length of
the Cur AerlsDd with its serpentiue mean
derings through the county is 563 miles,
watering and fructifying many pleasant
valleys, and rejecting in its CLASSY surface
many hap 1y homes Drawn by a strait
line it is but "a miles from the point where
enters to the point where it leaves the
county.
Of turnpikes, there are the Gallatin
pike leading to Gallatin, the Louisville
Branch pike to Goodlettsville, the Spring
field pike leading to Robertson county,
the Brick Church pike, up the
valley of Ewing s,Oreek, the Whites Creek
pike leading across Whites Greek. Buena
Vista pike, leading off in the same direc-
ton, Hide Ferry pike to GAINESVILLE, Char
lotte pike to Charlotte, Clifton pike to Cliff
tor, RichlGnd pike to Sonth Harpeth,
Hillsboro pike to Hllsboro, Franklin pike
and Middle Franklin pike to the town of
that name. The Nolensviile pike to No.
lensville, the Mill Creek Valley pike to
Antioch; then there are the Murfreesboro
and the Stones River pike, the Lsbsnon
pike and Smiths pike, going off into the
second district. There are also the David
son and Wilson County Central pike to
Wilson county, Vaughn'5 pike to Browns
vile, Neeley's Bend pike to Neeley's Bend,
the Long Hollow pike from Goodlettsville
to Sumner county, and the Owen and
Winstead pike going up the valley Of
Little Mil Greek to Williamson.
OF the creeks emptying into the Cumber-
land, and the distances from their months
to the Suspension Bridge, it is seen that
Browns creek empties miles above; Mill
creek, 81 above; Priestlys Springs, 81
above; Oraighead'5 Spring Branch, q
above Glib oa's creek 81 above; Stones
river, Is above; Betsy s branch, II above;
Dry creek, 22& above; Msnsber's creek,
PA above; county line, 81 miles above.
Below the Suspension Bridge, Pages creek
empties q miles; Whites creek, s.; Rich
land creek, l4t; Ogerails creek. 1S4;
Indian creek, 81; Cub, or Pond creek 224;
Sulphur creek 23t; Bull Run creek and
county line, 254.
OF churches there are in the second
dis riot McOrarys Church and church at
Il ,Whitersville.
Ia the third district there are Charlton,
Smiths Springs, Burnetts Chapel and
Mount View.
Fourth district-Hermitsge Church and
blossoms Chapel.
Fifth distriot-Antioch and Hamilton
Church.
S xth disirict-Oave Ridge Church.
Seventh Observation-Disclosures and
Smithville Churches.
Eighth district-Thompson' Church,
ST James Chapel and Mount Pisgah.
IN the tenth and eleventh districts, as
well as the ninth, schoolhouses are used
for purposes of worship.
Twelfth dIstrict-Gower's Chapsl
In the thirteenth there ave three or four
churches.
Fourteenth district-Christisn Church,
Pleasant Grove, Providence and Liberty
Grove
Sixteenth district--New Hope and Phil
Ups Church.
Eighteenth distinctly Trinity Church,
Lindsey OhapeI and Hobson's Chapel.
Nineteenth district-New Bethel, a
church on Walkers branch.
Tgentieth-Union Hill and several in
the vicinity of GoodlelsVille.
Twenty -frst-Lswis Chapel, or Old
Brick Church, and church near W. B.
Ewing's.
Twenty. second-Ridge Grove Church.
Tw,n'y- thir l-Ohurch near brakes.
Twenty fourth-Garrest Chapel, and
two churches near Robertsons
store. The foregoing are in addi-
ton to the churches in Nashville and
Edgefld, and the many schoolhouses used
as churches.
As regards railroads, we see that the
Nashvile and Northwestern road has
track Of liz miles in the county, which it
leaves at the fourth crossing of Harpeth.
Nashville and Chattanooga road has 154
miles in the county, leaving the line at
Hurricane creek. The Nashville and
Decatur road has 81 miles in the county,