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Milan in Gibson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
 

Gordon Browning Boyhood Home

 
 
Gordon Browning Boyhood Home Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Austin, May 22, 2025
1. Gordon Browning Boyhood Home Marker
Inscription. Former Governor of Tennessee
 
Erected by UT AG Research Institute of Agriculture.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics.
 
Location. 35° 56.075′ N, 88° 43.676′ W. Marker is in Milan, Tennessee, in Gibson County. It can be reached from Ledbetter Road south of U.S. 79, on the left when traveling south. Off of US 79 on the grounds of the West Tennessee Agricultural Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3 Ledbetter Rd, Milan TN 38358, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Milan Veterans War Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Civil War Memorial - Milan, Tennessee (approx. 2 miles away); U.S. Post Office (approx. 2 miles away); Carroll County / Gibson County (approx. 2½ miles away); Gibson County (approx. 2½ miles away); Gibson County Training School / Polk - Clark School (approx. 2.6 miles away); Gibson County Training School (approx. 2.6 miles away); Gordon Browning (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milan.
 
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Gordon Browning Boyhood Home Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Austin, May 22, 2025
2. Gordon Browning Boyhood Home Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2025, by David Austin of Scotts Hill, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 157 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2025, by David Austin of Scotts Hill, Tennessee. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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