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Submitted: 2/21/19 • Approved: 2/21/19 • Last Updated: 2/24/19 • R170506-G0-S3
bout 1/4 mile off Sparta Pike & 1/4 mile north west of
Shop Springs Rd. on east side of house & barn. In the Hankins Hill area.
In a book about TN by James V. Drake, he wrote of Shop Springs:
"SHOP SPRINGS, a post hamlet, on the Sparta pike, seven miles south-east from Lebanon, was established in 1850, on the land of Thomas Waters, who suggested the name upon application for the post office. It is pleasantly situated in the fertile and delightful valley of Spring creek, in the midst of an excellent community, and has two stores, two blacksmith shops, one wagon shop, one cooper shop, a wood carding factory, school house, two physicians, and about 75 inhabitants..."
*Photograph & info courtesy of:
dannyrichards33@yahoo.com
Contributed on 2/21/19 by ashaw444
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