Near Franklin in Williamson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Tennessee Valley Divide

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 8, 2012

1. Tennessee Valley Divide Marker

Inscription. The high ground you are on is part of a long ridge that divides central Tennessee. Streams south of the divide flow to the Duck and Tennessee Rivers, while streams to the north empty into the Cumberland River.

Travelers in the early days of the Natchez Trace were more conscious of the divide. Moving on foot or on horseback, they noticed changes in elevation and stream direction. Going north toward Nashville, the Tennessee Valley Divide marked the edge of the frontier — the end of Chickasaw Indian Country.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places. In addition, it is included in the Natchez Trace series list.

Location. 35° 50.051′ N, 87° 4.093′ W. Marker is near Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County. It is on Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 423.9), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Franklin TN 37064, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Duck River Ridge Smarden and Mobley's Cut / Duck River Ridge and The Treaties of Hopewell (approx. 0.6 miles away); Boston (approx. 1.8 miles away); Bending Chestnut (approx. 2 miles away); U.S.D. 1812 (approx. 2.2

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miles away); Garrison (approx. 2.8 miles away); Richard "Dick" Poyner (approx. 3.1 miles away); Greenbrier (approx. 4.2 miles away); Dr. George B. Hunter Farm / Along Leiper's Fork (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.

Also see . . . Natchez Trace Parkway. National Park Service (Submitted on October 15, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.)

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 8, 2012

2. Tennessee Valley Divide Marker

Photographed by Duane Hall, June 4, 2015

3. Tennessee Valley Divide Marker

High Ground / Ridge near Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, June 4, 2015

4. High Ground / Ridge near Marker

View to north from marker location

Credits. This page was last revised on July 11, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,082 times since then and 36 times this year. Last updated on July 9, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 11, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 3, 4. submitted on June 10, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.