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Local History of Hartsville
Hartsville, the county seat, is the county's only town. Settled in 1797 as Donoho's Mill, Charles and Sarah Donoho, and James and Sarah Art, and their children, were among the settlers at this place in 1797, the Donoho's on the east side of West Fork, the Hart on the west side on the same stream. The Donoho's operated the mill, and the Harts, in 1798, opened a ferry, known for well over a half a century as Hart's Ferry. In 1800, Charles Donoho sold his mill to James Hart. The opening of the post office in 1807, along with Andrew Allison's and George Blacks store, put Hartsville on the map indefinitely. In 1817, the State Legislature officially declared Hartsville an "established" Tennessee town. James Hart who died as postmaster and esquire, and on whose land the town was originally laid out, is today known as the Founder of Hartsville, Tennessee.
Coming of Schools
The Masonic Order obtained their ownership in 1868 and by September 1875, the Institute had absorbed the nearby Hartsville Masonic Institute Male Academy, which had itself established about January 1837. The Hartsville Masonic Institute continued in operation, with a widespread clientele, as a private academy until 1910 when it became a publicly owned institution under the name Hartsville Academy. The old school provided a firm foundation for the present Trousdale County High School which succeeded it in 1916 and which itself occupied the old institute building through December 1919.
The county seat has had its share of fires. Courthouses were lost in the fires of 1900 and 1904. County records were destroyed in 1874, 1900, and 1905 and few records predate 1906. Other fires occurred in 1877 and 1902. Floods have hit every decade or so, to. The most notable being December 1927. Locals refer to such floods as "the back water". In March 1883, the telephone reached the old Upper Cumberland of Tennessee, and the Hartsville area in particular, and life has never been as "quiet" since, or events very far away. The railroad came to Trousdale County in 1892, replacing the river as the major cargo-way, and strengthening the county's position as a major tobacco trade center until just recently. Trousdale saw its first traffic light go up in 1946, it's first parking meters in 1952, it's first rest home in 1956, and by 1960, and it had six punch-clock-type factories. Between 1880 and 1970, Trousdale's population averaged between five and six thousand, with little variation. The county went Republican for the first time in 1972. Trousdale County is the smallest county in the state with 75,000 acres.
Hartsville Today
Hartsville is the site of civil war battles. Today a driving tour can be taken which will take you past many of the war sites and building that were used as hospitals and prisons.
Local Hartsville Information
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Tennessee Small Business Development Centers
Hartsville-Trousdale County Chamber of Commerce
Trousdale County Information
Trousdale County
Local Schools
Trousdale County Board of Education
Tennessee Technology Center
Real Estate
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Statistics / Economy
U.S. Census Bureau
Hartsville, Tennessee
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