• A to Z Rules
      Start with a City beginning with A
    1. This is BY STATE
    2. Similar to the Tag contest, there will be one thread per state
    3. Post a picture of your bike AND some sign, building etc which clearly shows the city/state you're in
    4. The next person posts from a city with the name beginning with B, then C, D, etc
    5. You can't posts back-to-back pics, you have to wait for a person to post the next city
    6. Once Z is reached, the game starts over with A
    7. If your state doesn't have a city beginning with the next letter in sequence, it's okay to skip that letter
    8. If the location sits for more than one month, the person that posted that is open to move it to the next letter.
    9. For some States there are tough letters to find such as Q, W, X, Y, Z - in those cases it is acceptable to find anything with those letters in the name to keep the game moving.

    The World Wide game is a bit different as it is by whatever is considered a geographic type of regional category, state/province/village etc. and all those will be in the single World Wide A-Z topic.
  • ST-Owners and the event organizer(s) are not responsible for the actions taken during any ride. Each member is responsible for determining if conditions are acceptable for riding and for their actions.

TN: A to Z (Round 9)

(A)burntown Another Round

Auburntown, located in Cannon County, Tennessee, is a charming town with a rich history. Here are some key details:
Auburntown’s small-town charm, nestled among the trees, makes it a delightful place to call home. If you ever visit, take a stroll through its historic streets and enjoy the tranquil beauty of this Tennessee gem!


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Belvidere for the B -

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History Of Belvidere

Belvidere is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States.
Belvidere is a name of Italian origin meaning "beautiful sight".
A post office has been in operation in Belvidere since 1870

Nearby is the homestead, Kentuck, which David Crockett occupied and named in 1812.
It is now marked by a well standing in a field 3-1/2 miles south and to the east of this road.
His first wife and their children settled on the homestead a few miles east about 1813.
She died in 1815, following her husband's return from the Creek War.
She is buried in an old cemetery overlooking Bean's Creek, about five miles southeast.
In 1816 he married Elizabeth Patton, a widow, and, late in 1817, moved to Lawrence County.
 
Decherd For The D -

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History -

Peter Decherd came to the area in 1831 from Franklin County, Virginia and set up a plantation in Winchester TN.
It came to be known as Hundred Oaks.
In the 1850s he granted right-of-way to the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad from property he owned.

On February 14, 1856, the thirty-first General Assembly of the state of Tennessee incorporated the town of Decherd.
It was done so with all the rights and privileges as the town of Cookeville, which was also incorporated at that time.

After the Civil War, Decherd was again incorporated as a town on January 30, 1868.
It was unincorporated in 1885 to avoid application of the "Four Mile Law".
The "Four Mile Law" permitted liquor sales within four miles of schools located in incorporated communities.
The town was chartered once again by the General Assembly on April 22, 1901.

Decherd is home to a large automobile engine assembly plant owned by Nissan.
Nissan Powertrain Assembly Plant at Decherd launched in 1997 and now produces 1.4 million engines a year.
They are for many Nissan cars, SUVs, and trucks, alongside powertrains for the all-electric Nissan Leaf.
The Nissan Powertrain Plant employs over 1,600 employees.
In 2014 a second plant on the same property was launched to produce engines for Infiniti and Daimler.
 
(F)rankewing

Frankewing is an unincorporated community located in Giles County, Tennessee, United States. Here are some key details about Frankewing:
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Greenfield Bend For G (way off the beaten path) -

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They forgot to run their sign through a 'spell check' ;) -
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Not much history to be found for the place and other than the church and cemetery there is not much to be found there either.
 
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  1. (N)oah, Tennessee is an unincorporated community located in Coffee County, Tennessee. In 1887, it was described as being approximately 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north of the county seat of Manchester and having a population between 50 and 1001.
  2. Historical Background:
    • Noah is believed to be the first settlement in Coffee County. It was settled on the Noah Fork of the Duck River around 1800 by the Patton Brothers (John, Daniel, and Neely).
    • Between 1830 and 1840, Jonathan Webster built a corn-mill on Noah Fork.
    • Minor industries in Noah during the 1880s included Samuel Brantley’s saw and grist mill and the Beckman Bros.’ flour and grist-mill.
    • From the 1870s to 1902, the Farrar Distillery operated on the Thomas Farm, selling apple brandy, peach brandy, and corn whiskey. Unfortunately, it ceased operation in 1902 due to flooding.
    • The first post office in Noah opened on May 2, 1836, and a second post office was established on June 23, 18801.
  3. Churches:

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Old Hickory For O -

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Old Hickory is probably best known for being a former company town as the site of a large DuPont plant. Many of the houses were built to house DuPont employees and supervisors in the early days of the factory's existence. Many historic homes are located in the area known as the Village of Old Hickory, containing a number that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The smaller bungalow houses were built by DuPont as residences for factory workers, with the larger homes being designated for management. Many of the formerly dilapidated houses are being renovated and gentrified.
 
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Pall Mall for P (forgot to post this from the weekend)
Pall Mall (/pæl mæl/ PAL MAL) is a small unincorporated community in the Wolf River valley of Fentress County, Tennessee, United States. It is named after Pall Mall, London.[1][2] Pall Mall is located near the Kentucky-Tennessee state-line in northeastern-central Tennessee. The population was at 1,398 people according to the 2000 census.

The World War I hero Alvin York was raised in Pall Mall. His son Andrew Jackson York (1919-2019) lived in the community.[3] York is commemorated at the Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park in Pall Mall, which includes the family farmhouse and grist mill. York is buried at Wolf River Cemetery in Pall Mall.

John Marshall Clemens (1798–1847), father of Mark Twain and Orion Clemens, was postmaster of Pall Mall from 1832 to 1835; he, his wife Jane Lampton Clemens, and their children Orion, Pamela, Margaret, and Benjamin (born, perhaps here, in 1832) lived in the community at Three Forks of the Wolf River during this period (1831–1835), where they conceived Mark Twain (though the family moved to Florida, Missouri a few months before he was born).[4][5][6]

Other notable natives of Pall Mall include U.S. Representative Lincoln Davis and fugitive Billy Dean Anderson.

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Since there are only 2 Qs in Tennessee (AFAIK), I'll post the one I haven't used! ;)
Quebeck For Q -

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History - (What there is of it) -

Quebeck is a very small community in White County, Tennessee, United States. It is located just off U.S. 70, southwest of Doyle and northeast of Rock Island, and roughly adjacent to Walling. Quebeck had a post office with zip code 38579. The community was founded in the late 1880s by J.S. Cooper, a local sawmill owner. He named it for the Canadian province of Quebec, having been inspired by his travels there.
 
Spencer For S -

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A bit of history -

Spencer is named after Thomas Sharp Spencer (d. 1794), a long hunter who passed through the Van Buren County area in the mid-18th century. The town was established in 1850 and incorporated in 1909. Burritt College was located in Spencer from 1848 until its closure in 1939. It was one of the first coeducational institutions in the South, and one of the first state-chartered schools in southern Middle Tennessee. Operating under the auspices of the Churches Of Christ, the school offered a classical curriculum, and stressed adherence to a strict moral and religious code.


 
Union City For U -

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A bit of history -

In 1852, General George Gibbs gave Union City its name because of its location at the junction or "union" of two railroads, the Nashville/Northwestern Railroad (Hickman, KY) and the Mobile, Alabama/Ohio Railroad. Union City is home to Discovery Park of America which is a world-renowned encyclopedic museum with many exhibits pertaining to local history, as well as state, national, and world history, science, technology, and art.
 
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