Cookeville in Putnam County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Walton Road - Old Burnt Stand

Photographed by Deanna Lack, August 11, 2014

1. Walton Road - Old Burnt Stand Marker

Inscription. This street generally follows the course of the Old Walton Road, completed in 1801 and connecting present-day Kingston and Carthage. Along this principal land route between east and middle Tennessee rolled wagons taking settlers west, and stages carrying passengers and mail. An inn once stood on this site. After it burned, the area was known locally as "Old Burnt Stand Place."

Erected by Tennessee Bicentennial Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1801.

Location. 36° 10.726′ N, 85° 30.283′ W. Marker is in Cookeville, Tennessee, in Putnam County. It is at the intersection of West 12th Street and North Dixie Ave, on the right when traveling east on West 12th Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cookeville TN 38501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dixie College (approx. 0.3 miles away); Citizen's Bank Building (approx. one mile away); 1907 and 1909 Views of the Cookeville Train Depot (approx. one mile away); P.M. Smith Building (approx. one mile away); Jere Baxter (approx. one mile away); Alexander L. Crawford

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(approx. one mile away); Tennessee Central Depot (approx. one mile away); Civil War In Putnam County (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cookeville.

More about this marker. This marker was missing for several years and was restored to this site in 2014.

Photographed by Deanna Lack, August 11, 2014

2. Walton Road - Old Burnt Stand Marker

In front of Tennessee Tech stadium.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2014, by Deanna Lack of Sparta, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,462 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 12, 2014, by Deanna Lack of Sparta, Tennessee. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.