Maury County, Tennessee
Maury County is a county in the State of Tennessee. The county seat is Columbia. The estimated population of Maury County in 2019 was 96,387.[1]
History
Maury County was established by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly dated November 16, 1807.[2][3][4][5] Maury County was created out of parts of Williamson County and the act creating it also instructed its first county commissioners to found the town of Columbia on the Duck River to serve as its seat.[6] Maury County is named after Abram Maury, Jr., a planter who served as a state senator from Williamson County, who was also a founder of the town of Franklin, Tennessee.[3][7] Prior to 1806, title to the lands of the Duck River valley were held by the Cherokee Nation; their claims were relinquished by the Third Treaty of Tellico (1805) and the Treaty of Washington (1806).[4][8] Giles, Lawrence, and Lewis Counties were later carved out (in part or whole) of Maury County land.[9]
The early history of Maury County is closely tied to the Polk family;[3] the petition to form Maury County was signed by several members of that family, including Samuel Polk,[10] the father of President James K. Polk.[11]
Communities in Maury County
See the Category:Communities page for a complete listing of articles.
- Bigbyville
- Columbia
- Culleoka
- Fly
- Hampshire
- Mount Pleasant
- Neapolis
- Santa Fe
- Spring Hill
- Theta
- Williamsport
References
- ↑ "Quick Facts - Maury County, Tennessee." U.S. Census Bureau, Undated. Web. 22 Jan. 2021..
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors. "Maury County, Tennessee." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 20 Jan. 2021. Web. 22 Jan. 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lightfoot, Marise. "Maury County." Tennessee Encyclopedia. Tennessee Historical Society, 1 Mar. 2018. Web. 22 Jan. 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Turner, William Bruce. History of Maury County, Tennessee. Nashville, Parthenon Press, 1955, pp. 12 -13. Web (hathitrust.org). 22 Jan. 2021]
- ↑ "An Act to reduce Williamson county to constitutional limits and to form a new county on the south and southwest of the same." Acts passed at the First Session of the Seventh General Assembly of the State of Tennessee. Knoxville, William Moore, 1808, pp. 149-154. Online through Vanderbilt Library. 22 Jan. 2021.
- ↑ Act of 16 Nov. 1807, cited supra, at p. 151.
- ↑ | "Abram Maury", Williamson County Historical Society, Undated. Web. 22 Jan. 2021
- ↑ | "Broken Treaties." Tennessee State Museum. Undated. Web. 22 Jan. 2021
- ↑ Turner, supra at 15.
- ↑ Turner, supra, at 16.
- ↑ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Polk#Early_life Wikipedia contributors. "James K. Polk." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 23 Jan. 2021. Web. 23 Jan. 2021.
