Fiddlers Grove Historic Village in Lebanon in Wilson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Tates Crossing Flag Station

Photographed by Karen Emerson-McPeak, September 23, 2017

1. Tates Crossing Flag Station Marker

Inscription. This Train Flag Station was in use at Tates Crossing near Mt. Juliet, Tennessee from 1870 until 1935. During this 65 years it was owned by two different railroads, The Tennessee and Pacific Railroad and the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad.

In 1992, Dean Robinson gave the Tates Crossing Flag Station to the West Wilson Historical Society. The Flag Station was restored by N. C. Hibbett, Thebart, Evelyn and Jimmy Powell. This took a total of 417 hours of labor. It is the only known station still in existence in the Middle Tennessee area.

This Flag Station was closed down because a new railroad was built right beside it that went a farther distance. The old railroad was removed and is now a street called Division Street or Old Railroad Bed Road.

The West Wilson Historical Society donated the Flag Station to Fiddlers Grove in 1998.

Erected 1998. (Marker Number 43.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.

Location. 36° 11.821′ N, 86° 16.172′ W. Marker is in Lebanon, Tennessee, in Wilson County. It is in Fiddlers Grove Historic Village. It can be reached from James E Ward Center Road.

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Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lebanon TN 37087, 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 walking distance of this marker: Glen Hightower Telephone Museum (a few steps from this marker); Train Caboose (within shouting distance of this marker); Pete Smith Store (within shouting distance of this marker); Tuckers Gap Depot (within shouting distance of this marker); Fiddlers Grove Blacksmith Shop (within shouting distance of this marker); Melrose Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Doris Bland Pavillion (within shouting distance of this marker); Mr. Luther's Blacksmith Shop and Broom Factory (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lebanon.

Photographed by Karen Emerson-McPeak, September 23, 2017

2. Tates Crossing Flag Station Marker

Photographed by Kevin W., June 17, 2024

3. Tates Crossing Flag Station Marker

Marker was moved since the original entry.

Tates Crossing Flag Station image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Karen Emerson-McPeak, September 23, 2017

4. Tates Crossing Flag Station

Photographed by Kevin W., June 17, 2024

5. Tates Crossing Flag Station

Close up photo of the train time tables.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 6, 2017, by Karen Emerson-McPeak of Triune, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 395 times since then and 18 times this year. Last updated on June 17, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 6, 2017, by Karen Emerson-McPeak of Triune, Tennessee. 3. submitted on June 18, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. 4. submitted on November 6, 2017, by Karen Emerson-McPeak of Triune, Tennessee. 5. submitted on June 18, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.