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History · Locust Fork

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While traveling south with his troops in 1815, General Andrew Jackson camped along a river in the area. General Jackson carved his name in a locust tree, naming the area Locust Fork. In the early 1800s Nick Hudson built a public inn in what is now Locust Fork. He erected barns to shelter the horses and hogs of the Tennessee farmers who drove them to the deeper South for a more profitable market.

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Candi StatonCandi StatonHanceville · 15 miCCClayne CrawfordClay · 13 miHank PattersonHank PattersonSpringville · 13 miZach CunninghamZach CunninghamPinson · 12 miNico CollinsNico CollinsPinson · 12 miCasey MizeCasey MizeSpringville · 13 mi
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Locust Fork, decade by decade

Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Locust Fork is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Locust Fork has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Nectar Covered Bridge in Nectar, 5.6 miles away.

Locust Fork and the nearest listed places

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Nectar Covered BridgeSwann Covered BridgePalmerdale Homesteads Historic DistrictEasley Covered BridgePresley StoreSpringville Historic District

Closest to Locust Fork

Nectar Covered BridgeNectar · Built 19285.6miSwann Covered BridgeCleveland · Built 19338.7miPalmerdale Homesteads Historic DistrictPinson · District9.4miEasley Covered BridgeOneonta · Built 19279.8miPresley StoreSpringville · Building12.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Nectar Covered Bridge’s page links to a real one.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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