A post office called Ashwood was established in 1841.[6] The community derives its name from the Ashwood Hall plantation.[7] In the 1840s, the community included a "gristmill, hemp factory, sawmill, and other Polk enterprises."[2]
ashwood, tennessee, ashwood, unincorporated, community, maury, county, tennessee, united, states, most, community, been, annexed, city, mount, pleasant, unincorporated, communitycountryunited, statesstatetennesseecountymaury, pine, hill, john, episcopal, churc. Ashwood is an unincorporated community in Maury County Tennessee in the United States 1 Most of the community has been annexed by the city of Mount Pleasant Ashwood TennesseeUnincorporated communityCountryUnited StatesStateTennesseeCountyMaury Pine Hill St John s Episcopal Church Location editIt is located six miles southwest of Columbia Tennessee 2 History editAshwood Hall Bishop Leonidas Polk s plantation house was built in the community in 1833 1837 3 Another mansion Pine Hill was built here in 1838 4 St John s Episcopal Church listed on the National Register of Historic Places was built from 1839 to 1842 5 A post office called Ashwood was established in 1841 6 The community derives its name from the Ashwood Hall plantation 7 In the 1840s the community included a gristmill hemp factory sawmill and other Polk enterprises 2 The post office closed down in 1956 6 References edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Ashwood Tennessee a b Garrett Jill K Spring 1970 St John s Church Ashwood Tennessee Historical Quarterly 29 1 3 23 JSTOR 42623126 Jones Wilmer L 2004 Generals in Blue and Gray Davis s generals Greenwood Publishing Group p 248 ISBN 978 0 275 98324 6 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Pine Hill National Park Service Retrieved May 13 2018 With accompanying pictures Maury County Historic Sites Maury County Historical Society Archived from the original on February 15 2015 Retrieved February 7 2015 a b Maury County Jim Forte Postal History Retrieved February 7 2015 Miller Larry L 2001 Tennessee Place names Indiana University Press p 9 ISBN 0 253 21478 5 35 34 46 N 87 08 38 W 35 5795 N 87 1439 W 35 5795 87 1439 nbsp This Maury County Tennessee geography related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ashwood Tennessee amp oldid 1166486079, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
