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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Columbia, Tennessee

 
Clickable Map of Maury County, Tennessee and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Maury County, TN (124) Giles County, TN (76) Hickman County, TN (20) Lawrence County, TN (61) Lewis County, TN (19) Marshall County, TN (32) Williamson County, TN (416)  MauryCounty(124) Maury County (124)  GilesCounty(76) Giles County (76)  HickmanCounty(20) Hickman County (20)  LawrenceCounty(61) Lawrence County (61)  LewisCounty(19) Lewis County (19)  MarshallCounty(32) Marshall County (32)  WilliamsonCounty(416) Williamson County (416)
Columbia is the county seat for Maury County
Columbia is in Maury County
      Maury County (124)  
ADJACENT TO MAURY COUNTY
      Giles County (76)  
      Hickman County (20)  
      Lawrence County (61)  
      Lewis County (19)  
      Marshall County (32)  
      Williamson County (416)  
 
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1 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — "Betty Lee Park"
On Santa Fe Pike at Royal Oaks Drive, on the right when traveling south on Santa Fe Pike.
2 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 83 — 1946 Columbia Race Riot / A.J. Morton Funeral Home
On East 8th Street, on the left when traveling east.
3 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 18 — Advance and Retreat
On Pulaski Highway (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Sheegog Lane, on the left when traveling south.
4 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson — B. August 31, 1808 - D. March 23, 1876
Near Cemetery Street at Whatley Street, on the right when traveling north.
5 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Andrew Johnson — From Poverty to Presidency
On South Main Street at Public Square when traveling north on South Main Street.
6 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Athenaeum Rectory — School and Headquarters
Near Athenaeum Street at West 8th Street.
7 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Bethel House Hotel / The Princess Theatre — 1882 - 1949
On West 7th Street (Business U.S. 412) west of South Garden Street.
8 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 47 — Billy Direct
On Main Street just south of General Motors Visitor Center Entrance.
9 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 62 — Birthplace of James Percy Priest
On Carters Creek Pike at B Dodson Road, on the right when traveling north on Carters Creek Pike.
10 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Brigadier General John Carpenter Carter — B. December 19, 1837 – D. December 10, 1864
On Graham Street south of Hardwick Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
11 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Camille Leonie Herndon — September 29, 1869 - March 15, 1963 — Daughter of Joseph Pomfred and Josephine Maurice Herndon —
Near West 4th Street at North Main Street.
12 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Capt. John Gordon — B. July 15, 1763 – D. 1819
Near Cemetery Street at South Glade Street, on the right when traveling north.
13 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Capt. Meade Frierson — B. January 30, 1895 – D. August 29, 1918 — Rose Hill Cemetery —
Near Cemetery Street at Whatley Street, on the right when traveling north.
14 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 80 — College Hill High School
On Bridge Street south of East 10th Street, on the left when traveling south.
15 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Columbia Fire Department — 1868-2018
On South Garden Street at Carmack Boulevard (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling south on South Garden Street.
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16 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 68 — Columbia Military Academy — 1904 - 1979
On West 7th Street (Business U.S. 412) at Academy Heights, on the left when traveling west on West 7th Street.
17 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 45 — Davis' Ford — Nov. 25, 1864
On New Lewisburg Highway (Tennessee Route 50) at Pleasant Mount Church Road, on the right when traveling west on New Lewisburg Highway.
18 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Delaying Forrest — "...a decided stand" — Hood's Campaign —
On Trotwood Avenue (State Highway 243), on the right when traveling east.
19 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Edward Franklin “Pop” Geers — B. January 25, 1851 - D. September 3, 1924
Near Cemetery Street at Whatley Street, on the right when traveling north.
20 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Edward Ward Carmack — B. November 5, 1858 – D. November 9, 1908
Near Cemetery Street at Whatley Street, on the right when traveling north.
21 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Elm Springs — End of the Burn Line — Hood’s Campaign —
Near Park Plus Drive.
22 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Fairview Park — Columbia, Tennessee
On Iron Bridge Road, 0.4 miles east of Frierson Court, on the right when traveling west.
23 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — First County Seat Location
On Mooresville Pike at Morrow Lane, on the right when traveling south on Mooresville Pike.
24 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 19 — Forrest and Capron — Nov. 24 1864
On Trotwood Avenue (State Highway 234), on the right when traveling east.
25 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 85 — Freedmen's Savings Bank and Trust Company
On North Main Street at East 6th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
26 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Frierson Cemetery
On Hampshire Pike (U.S. 412) 0.4 miles east of North Cross Bridges Road, on the right when traveling east.
27 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 79 — GrafTech International / National Carbon Company
On Santa Fe Pike, 0.1 miles north of U.S. 412, on the left when traveling north.
28 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 20 — Greenwood —
On West 4th Street at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on West 4th Street.
29 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Historic Elm Springs — International Headquarters of Sons of Confederate Veterans
Near Morrisville Pike, 0.2 miles south of East James Campbell Boulevard (Tennessee Route 50), on the right when traveling south.
30 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 13 — Hood and Schofield — Nov. 24, 1864
On James M Cambpell Boulevard (State Highway 50) at Mt. Pleasant Pike (State Highway 243), on the right when traveling east on James M Cambpell Boulevard.
31 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 29 — Hood's Maneuver
On Trotwood Avenue (Tennessee Route 243) north of Old Sunnyside Lane, on the right when traveling north.
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32 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — James Edwin R. Carpenter — Architect of the Maury County Court House
On Public Square at West 7th Street, on the left when traveling east on Public Square.
33 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — James K. Polk — Rise to the White House
On North Main Street at Public Square when traveling south on North Main Street.
34 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — James K. Polk House — For the Union
On South High Street at West 7th Street (Business U.S. 412), on the right when traveling south on South High Street.
35 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 39 — James Knox Polk
On West 7th Street (State Highway 99) near South High Street.
36 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Jane Knox Polk Chapter — Daughters of the American Revolution — Columbia, Tennessee —
Near West 4th Street at North Main Street.
37 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Jefferson Davis Monument — President of the Confederate States of America 1861 - 1865
Near Park Plus Drive, 0.3 miles south of East James M Campbell Boulevard (Tennessee Route 50), on the left when traveling south.
38 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — John Harlan Willis Memorial Bridge
On Nashville Highway (U.S. 31) at the Duck River, on the right when traveling south on Nashville Highway.
39 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 5 — Joseph Brown
On Pulaski Hwy at Sheegog Lane on Pulaski Hwy.
40 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Lt. James C. Wooten, II — B. August 7, 1896 – D. August 1, 1918
Near Cemetery Street at Whatley Street, on the right when traveling north.
41 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Lt. Joseph A. Irvine — B. September 25, 1841 - D. April 12, 1890
Near Cemetery Street at South Glade Street, on the right when traveling north.
42 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Major Nathaniel F. Cheairs — B. December 6, 1818 – D. January 2, 1914
Near Cemetery Street at Whatley Street, on the right when traveling north.
43 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 82 — Maury County Colored Hospital — 1923-1954
On East 7th Street east of Water Street, on the right when traveling east.
44 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Maury County War Memorial
On Public Square at North Main Street, on the left when traveling south on Public Square.
45 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 67 — Mount Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church
On East 8th Street at South Glade Street, on the right when traveling east on East 8th Street.
46 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Nathan Vaught — Master Builder of Maury County — August 13, 1799 - April 9, 1880 —
Near Public Square.
47 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Nathan Vaught — “Master Builder of Maury County”
Near Cemetery Street at South Glade Street, on the right when traveling north.
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48 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Nelson House Hotel — A Tragic Death
On North Main Street south of East 6th Street, on the right when traveling north.
49 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church
On Fountain Heights Road, 0.1 miles east of Pleasant Mount Church Road, on the right when traveling east.
50 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 21 — Polk's Boyhood Home
On Nashville Highway just north of Imperial Drive.
51 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Rev. Franklin Gillette Smith — B. December 13, 1797 – D. August 4, 1866
Near Cemetery Street at South Glade Street, on the right when traveling north.
52 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Riverside Bridge — 1974
On East 5th Street, on the left when traveling east.
53 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Road to Nashville — Columbia Artillery Duel — Hood's Campaign —
Near Trotwood Avenue (Tennessee Route 243) 0.3 miles west of Country Club Lane, on the right when traveling west.
54 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Rose Hill Confederate Memorial
Near Cemetery Street at Whatley Street, on the right when traveling north.
55 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church
On North Frierson Street just south of Church Street, on the right when traveling south.
56 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 22 — Sam Davis
On Nashville Highway (U.S. 31) at Walnut Drive, on the right when traveling south on Nashville Highway.
57 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Sam Watkins — A Common Soldier's Lasting Legacy
Near Zion Road at Old Zion Road, on the right when traveling south.
58 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Side by Side — Rose Hill and Rosemount Cemeteries
Near Cemetery Street near Whatley Street, on the right when traveling north.
59 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Site of the First Law Office of James Knox Polk
On West 7th Street at North Garden Street, on the right when traveling west on West 7th Street.
60 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 37 — St. John's
On Trotwood Avenue.
61 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — St. John's Episcopal Church
Near Trotwood Avenue (Tennessee Route 243) at Polk Lane, on the right when traveling east.
62 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — St. Peter's Church (Episcopal)
On West 7th Street (Business U.S. 412) at Walker Street, on the right when traveling east on West 7th Street.
63 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — The Confederate Monument — Erected in 1882
Near Cemetery Street at Whatley Street, on the right when traveling north.
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64 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — The Duck River and Columbia — The river has always been connected to the life of the city.
On N Main Street at West 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on N Main Street.
65 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — The Forrest-Gould Affair
Near Public Square.
66 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — The Founding of Maury County and Columbia
On Public Square, on the left when traveling north.
67 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — The Polk Family
Near West 4th Street at North Main Street.
68 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 87 — The Reverend Edmund Kelly — 1817-1894
On East 8th Street at South Glade Street, on the right when traveling east on East 8th Street.
69 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Union Station Train Depot
On Depot Street east of South High Street, on the right when traveling east.
70 Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — 3D 38 — Zion
On Hampshire Pike (U.S. 412) at Zion Road, on the left when traveling west on Hampshire Pike.
 
 
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May. 19, 2024