Wartrace Historical Marker
Blackman Boulevard (U.S. 64), Wartrace,
TN,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 31' 31.559988",
-86° 20' 2.4"
In 1850, Rice Coffey gave eight acres to the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad on which the main line would run with a depot and freight house at the junction of the branch line to Shelbyville. In 1851, town lots were laid off. The following year, a post office was established. In 1853, the town was incorporated as Wartrace Depot after Wartrace Creek. Twenty years later, the name was changed to Wartrace after Wartrace Creek, which was named for the War Trace, a buffalo path used by Indians at war with Nashville settlers in the 1790's.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.
Blackman Boulevard (U.S. 64)
Wartrace Historic Homes & Houses Heidt Tavern-Singleton HouseHeidt Tavern-Singleton House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Henry A. Clark HouseHenry A. Clark House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
John Green Sims HouseJohn Green Sims House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Martin HouseMartin House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Valley HomeValley Home is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Wartrace General Interest Beechwood PlantationThe Beechwood Plantation house, which formerly stood at this site, was an important Confederate headquarters during the Tullahoma Campaign. It was bui... [click for more]
Strolling JimStrolling Jim, the first World's Champion Tennessee Walking Horse, is buried in a pasture directly behind the Walking Horse Hotel. Foaled in 1936, thi... [click for more]
Walking Horse HotelWalking Horse Hotel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Wartrace City Historical MarkerIn 1850, Rice Coffey gave eight acres to the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad on which the main line would run with a depot and freight house at the... [click for more]
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