North Capitol in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Grundy County

Established 1844 361 Square Miles

— County Seat Altamont —

Grundy County Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 2, 2022

1. Grundy County Marker

Inscription. President Van Buren's attorney general Tennessean Felix Grundy died four months before this county was formed. The stony Cumberland Pleau refuge holds Savage Gulf, Beersheba Springs, Monteagle Assembly retreat, Swiss-founded Gruelti, and Tracy City where coal was discovered in the 1840s by boys digging out a groundhog. Coal become a principal industry controlled by the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Company. A violent depute with miners over the use of convict labor occurred in 1892. Highlander Fork School began here in 1932.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Political Subdivisions.

Location. 36° 10.298′ N, 86° 47.246′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in North Capitol. It can be reached from 5th Avenue North. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1023 5th Ave N, Nashville TN 37219, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

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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 walking distance of this marker: Warren County (here, next to this marker); Sequatchie County (here, next to this marker); Putnam County (here, next to this marker); Van Buren County (a few steps from this marker); Jackson County (a few steps from this marker); White County (a few steps from this marker); Clay County (a few steps from this marker); Overton County (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Grundy County Marker (marker in center) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 5, 2022

2. Grundy County Marker (marker in center)

Felix Grundy image. Click for full size.

The U. S. Department of Justice

3. Felix Grundy

1858 Portrait by George Drury — Department of Justice

Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 166 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 2, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 2. submitted on July 5, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 3. submitted on July 6, 2024, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.