Haynes Area in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Heaton's Station

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4, 2020

1. Heaton's Station Marker

Inscription.

Heaton's Station (also called Old Heaton Station, Eaton Station, and Heatonsburg) was founded by Amos Heaton after arriving here with James Robertson in Dec. 1779. Stations founded by others in the surrounding area included: Fort Union, Freelands, Nashborough, Stones River, Mansker, Asher, and Bledsoe. By 1783, only two stations remained, Heaton and Nashborough. The Heaton family moved west in 1786 to New Heaton Station, along the present-day Eaton Creek area of Whites Creek.

Erected 1968 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 1.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series list. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1779.

Location. 36° 12.075′ N, 86° 47.282′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in the Haynes Area. Marker is at the intersection of Lock Road and Baptist World Center Drive, on the left when traveling south on Lock Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Nashville TN 37207, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. A different marker also named Heaton's Station (about 500 feet away,

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measured in a direct line); Griggs Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Haynes High School (approx. half a mile away); Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital / Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.D. (approx. half a mile away); The Nashville Race Course (approx. 0.6 miles away); "Historic Talbot's Corner" / Thomas Talbot 1760-1831 (approx. 0.7 miles away); Samuel Watkins (approx. 1.1 miles away); Saint Cecilia Academy (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

More about this marker. This is a replacement marker, with different text, installed in 2018 at a different location from the original.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4, 2020

2. Heaton's Station Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 486 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 7, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.