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Tennessee State Route 216
State Route 216 (SR 216) is a east–west state highway in West Tennessee, connecting Rives with Martin. Route description SR 216 begins as secondary highway in Obion County at an intersection with US 45W/ SR 5/ SR 21. It goes as Pleasant Hill Road to pass through the town of Rives before crossing the North Fork of the Obion River and becoming Rives Mount Pelia Road. The highway then winds its way southeast through farmland to cross into Weakley County. SR 216 becomes Mount Pelia Road as it passes through the community of Mount Pelia before winding its way eastward and entering Martin, where it passes through some neighborhoods before splitting off onto Baker Road. It then becomes concurrent with SR 43 (Skyhawk Parkway) as they bypass downtown and come to an interchange with US 45E and US 45E Business (Elm Street/ SR 372). Prior to this point, the entire route of SR 216 is a two-lane highway. Here SR 43 becomes unsigned and follows US 45E south while SR 216 becomes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rives, Tennessee
Rives is a town in Obion County, Tennessee. The population was 312 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Union City, TN– KY Micropolitan Statistical Area. Located just south of Union City, Rives was originally known as Troy Station. Settlers from South Carolina first came to the area in the 1820's and by the 1850's the town was flourishing because of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Rives has a rich railroad history and at one time the town had several hotels to serve the passenger trains that traveled the area. Fire department and law enforcement Rives maintains Rives Volunteer Fire Department, which was established in 1980. The current Chief is David Kendall, the last remaining original member. The Department has a station with three apparatus across from the post office. RVFD is responsible for Fire District 61 in the County, responding to 83 emergency calls for service in 2022, 102 calls in 2021, 65 calls in 2020, and 186 calls in 2019. The Department has mutual aid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin, Tennessee
Martin is a city in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 10,825 according to the 2020 census. The city is the home of the University of Tennessee at Martin. History Martin is named for Captain William Martin. William Martin was born in Halifax County, Virginia in 1806, and moved to Weakley County, Tennessee with his wife Sarah in 1832. Captain Martin prospered through tobacco farming and began working to establish a railroad connection in what would later become Martin in 1852. It was not until after his death in 1859 that his sons, led primarily by George W. Martin, persuaded the Mississippi Central Railroad to locate a connection with the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad in what would become Martin, Tennessee in 1872. Martin was initially named Green Briar Glade and then renamed Frost in honor of an official of the Illinois Central Railroad. George W. Martin, M. P. Martin and W. H. Martin sold to the Mississippi Central Railroad on February 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obion County, Tennessee
Obion County is a County (United States), county located in the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 30,787. The county seat is Union City, Tennessee, Union City. The county was formed in 1823 and organized in 1824. It was named after the Obion River. Obion County is part of the Union City, TN–Kentucky, KY Union City micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Martin, Tennessee, Martin–Union City, TN Combined Statistical Area. History In the year, 1811 there was a large Reelfoot Lake, seismic activity located on the New Madrid Seismic Zone, New Madrid Fault Line. The series of earthquakes, while devastating, formed Reelfoot Lake. Obion was later established in 1823 and organized the following year. It was named for the Obion River, which flows through the county and is a tributary of the nearby Mississippi River. The word "Obion" is believed to be derived f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weakley County, Tennessee
Weakley County is a county located in the northwest of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,902. Its county seat is Dresden. Its largest city is Martin, the home of the University of Tennessee at Martin. The county was established by the Tennessee General Assembly on October 21, 1823, and is named for U.S. Congressman Robert Weakley (1764–1845). Weakley County comprises the Martin, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Weakley County was created in October 1823 from some of the land that the Chickasaw people ceded to the United States in the Treaty of 1818. The county was named after Colonel Robert Weakley, a member of the House of Representatives, a speaker of the State Senate, and the man commissioned to treat (negotiate) with the Chickasaw. During the 19th century, the county was the state's largest corn producer. By the latter half of the 20th century, soybeans became the county's leading crop. Geography According to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Tennessee
West Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee that roughly comprises the western quarter of the state. The region includes 21 counties between the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers, delineated by state law. Its geography consists primarily of flat lands with rich soil and vast floodplain areas of the Mississippi River. Of the three regions, West Tennessee is the most sharply defined geographically, and is the lowest-lying. It is both the least populous and smallest, in land area, of the three Grand Divisions. Its largest city is Memphis, the state's second most populous city. West Tennessee was originally inhabited by the Chickasaw, and was the last of the three Grand Divisions to be settled by Europeans. The region officially became part of the United States with the Jackson Purchase in 1818, 22 years after Tennessee's statehood. As part of the Mississippi River basin, West Tennessee enjoys rich soil that led to large-scale cotton farming during the antebellum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 5
State Route 5 (SR 5) is a north–south State highway (US), state highway in the West Tennessee, western part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Except for the section northwest of Union City, Tennessee, Union City, it is entirely Concurrency (road), concurrent with U.S. Route 45 in Tennessee, U.S. Route 45 (US 45) and U.S. Route 45W, US 45W. Route description McNairy County SR 5 begins in McNairy County, Tennessee, McNairy County as the hidden designation for U.S. Route 45 in Tennessee, US 45 at the Mississippi state line just north of Corinth, Mississippi, Corinth. The highway goes north as a 4-lane divided highway to an intersection with Old US Highway 45 S (a connector to Mississippi Highway 145, MS 145), where it narrows to an undivided 4-lane and passes through the town of Guys, Tennessee, Guys. US 45/SR 5 then pass through Eastview, Tennessee, Eastview, where they have an intersection with Tennessee State Route 57, SR 57, before having an intersection with Tennessee Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 21
State Route 21 (SR 21) is a two lane highway that runs from the Mississippi River west of Tiptonville, Tennessee to the Kentucky state line north of Union City, TN, Union City. This road provides access to Reelfoot Lake State Park. Route description SR 21 begins as a secondary highway in rural Obion County, Tennessee, Obion County at the Kentucky state line, at the intersection of Kentucky Route 116, KY 116 and Kentucky Route 239, KY 239. It then travels south to first a diamond interchange with Interstate 69 in Tennessee, SR 690 (Future I-69) and then an intersection with U.S. Route 51 in Tennessee, US 51/Tennessee State Route 3, SR 3/Tennessee State Route 22, SR 22 just north of Union City, Tennessee, Union City. It then enters Union City on North Clover Street, then turns west on East Cheatam Street, then south again on North Division Street to intersect Tennessee State Route 5, SR 5 (East Main Street) in D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obion River
The Obion River system is the primary surface water drainage system of northwestern Tennessee, United States. Description The Obion has four major forks, the North Fork, Middle Fork, South Fork and Rutherford Fork (which is named after Henry Rutherford an early surveyor of the area). The confluences of these forks are a few miles above the mouth of the Obion's discharge into the Mississippi River. For the greater parts of their lengths, the forks exist as separate streams. In the mid-20th century, the Obion system was largely channelized for agricultural purposes, under the auspices of the ''Obion-Forked Deer Basin Authority'', a Tennessee state agency that coordinated this work with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Some of the adverse effects of channelization included increasing erosion of land, loss of wildlife habitat, and increased flooding downstream. But with the restoration of wetlands along the river in the 21st century, this process has now been halted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pelia, Tennessee
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Tennessee State Route 43
State Route 43 (SR 43) is a south to north highway in Tennessee that is 56.79 miles (91.39 km) long. It begins in Madison County and ends in Obion County.Tennessee Department of Transportation (24 January 2003). "State Highway and Interstate List 2003" State Route 43 is little-known by the general public by this designation as it is overlain by U.S. Route 45E for most of its length; the "43" designation is seen largely on mileposts. Two short sections of this route at Martin and South Fulton is fully signed. SR 43 from its southern terminus to Milan is designated as a Strategic Highway Network connector route servicing the Milan Arsenal.FHWA National Highway System, State of Tennessee Route description Most of SR 43 is a four-lane[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 372
U.S. Route 45E (US 45E) is a state highway in West Tennessee, connecting Jackson with South Fulton via Milan and Martin. For the majority of its length, it runs concurrently with unsigned State Route 43 (SR 43) for most of that highway’s length except for short segments at Martin and South Fulton, where it is cosigned with SR 216 and SR 215, respectively. Route description US 45E begins in Madison County, running concurrently with unsigned SR 43 and SR 186 in Three Way at an interchange between US 45 and US 45W ( SR 5). It goes northeast as a four-lane divided highway, where SR 186 splits off, before crossing into Gibson County. US 45E/SR 43 immediately enters Medina, where the highway bypasses downtown on the western side and has an intersection with SR 152. It then leaves Medina and continues north to enter Milan and has an intersection with SR 187 before becoming an undivided four-lane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 22
State Route 22 (SR 22) is a south-to-north State highway#United States), state highway in the West Tennessee, western part of Tennessee, United States. It begins at the Mississippi state line in McNairy County, Tennessee, McNairy County, where the roadway continues as Mississippi Highway 2 (MS 2). It ends at the Kentucky state line in Lake County, Tennessee, Lake County, when it crosses into the Kentucky Bend, a detached portion of Fulton County, Kentucky. The monument for the 1862 Battle of Island Number Ten in the American Civil War is located on SR 22, about north of Tiptonville, Tennessee, Tiptonville. Route description McNairy County SR 22 begins as a primary highway in McNairy County at the Mississippi state line, where the highway continues south as MS 2. The highway travels north as a two-lane highway, passing through the community of Acton, Tennessee, Acton before entering the town of Michie, Tennessee, Michie and intersecting Tennessee State Route 224, SR 224. It t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
