Columbia in Maury County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Tennessee Farm Bureau

“The Voice of Agriculture”

— Since 1921 —

Tennessee Farm Bureau Marker (Side 1) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, April 11, 2026

1. Tennessee Farm Bureau Marker (Side 1)

Inscription.
The Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation was founded and shaped by farmers in 1921 to serve as the voice of agriculture across “The Volunteer State.” Mr. Joe Frank Porter, a farmer from Williamsport was elected the first president and established the headquarters in Maury County. The Federation’s first home was in a basement office at the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia and relocated five times through the years before moving to this site in 1968.

Reverse Side
The organization has provided a valuable service to Tennesseans over the years, including a livestock marketing cooperative, health, property and casualty, and life insurance companies as well as a tax service. Each organizational decision has been grassroots-driven, led, and focused on continuing the mission statement adopted on February 15, 1923 – “To develop, foster, promote and protect programs for the general welfare, including economic, social, educational and political well-being of farm people in the great state of Tennessee.”

Erected by City of Columbia Tennessee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture

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• Industry & Commerce. A significant historical date for this entry is February 15, 1923.

Location. 35° 38.108′ N, 87° 0.611′ W. Marker is in Columbia, Tennessee, in Maury County. It is at the intersection of Bear Creek Pike (U.S. 412) and Tom J. Hitch Parkway, on the right when traveling west on Bear Creek Pike. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 147 Bear Creek Pike, Columbia TN 38401, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fairview Park (approx. 1.4 miles away); John Harlan Willis Memorial Bridge (approx. 1½ miles away); Pillow Park (approx. 1.6 miles away); Maury County Colored Hospital (approx. 1.7

Tennessee Farm Bureau Marker (Side 2) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, April 11, 2026

2. Tennessee Farm Bureau Marker (Side 2)

miles away); Thank You (approx. 1.7 miles away); Jane Knox Polk Chapter (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Polk Family (approx. 1.7 miles away); Camille Leonie Herndon (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.

Tennessee Farm Bureau Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, April 11, 2026

3. Tennessee Farm Bureau Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2026, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 15, 2026, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.