Triune, Tennessee
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| Coordinates: 35°51′15″N 86°39′32″W / 35.85417°N 86.65889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| Counties | Williamson |
| Elevation | 836 ft (255 m) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Triune is an unincorporated community in eastern Williamson County, Tennessee, approximately halfway between Franklin and Murfreesboro. The community is located along the Wilson Branch of the Harpeth River and at the intersection of State Route 96 (Murfreesboro Road) and the concurrency of U.S. Routes 31A and 41A (Nolensville Road), just north of their interchange with Interstate 840.
The earliest recorded non-Native American settlement in the Triune area was by William Jordan, a man from Virginia who built a log cabin in the area in 1796. In the early 1800s, the community, then called Hardeman's Crossroads (or Hardeman Cross Roads) for an early landowner, grew. By the 1820s it included several substantial buildings, including stores, saloons, and leather shops. Several local plantations had their own mills and cotton gins. By 1830, Hardeman's Crossroads had a post office. The community later was called Flemingsburg. The name Triune was derived from the name of the Triune Methodist Church, built in 1849 and the first church building in the community. Triune was the site of five schools built between 1820 and 1845.
During the Civil War, Triune was the scene of several engagements. Several Confederate brigades under General Braxton Bragg were stationed in the area in 1862, and in December 1862 the area was the scene of military activity related to the Battle of Stones River. After Bragg's defeat there, Union Army forces occupied Triune and erected fortifications at the crossroads. Between April and June 1863 there were several cavalry skirmishes in Triune, including one in June in which Confederate forces led by Nathan Bedford Forrest succeeded in penetrating Union lines. The Methodist and Baptist churches, several homes, and the Porter Female Academy, a girls' school, were destroyed by fire as a result of military action in 1863. As of the 1880s, Triune had 57 residents.
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