Russellville, Tennessee

Russellville
Unincorporated community
The post office in Russellville The post office in Russellville
Russellville Location within the state of Tennessee
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Hamblen
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	37860

Russellville is an unincorporated community in Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States. Located along U.S. Route 11E, it lies approximately midway between Whitesburg and Morristown.

History

Russellville was founded by George Russell in 1785. He had been granted a large tract of land in Greene Co, North Carolina.

During the American Civil War, Lieutenant General James Longstreet established a headquarters in the Nenney House just after the Battle of Bean's Station. The house still stands and has been converted into The Longstreet Museum.

Also during the American Civil War, General Lafayette McLaws was in quarters at a house now called "Hayslope", a house that also still stands and was originally a tavern built by the early settlers. It was originally called the Tavern with the Red Door, while General Joseph B. Kershaw was at nearby Greenwood.

References

• Emma Dean Smith Trent (1987), East Tennessee's Lore of Yesteryear.
• Rebecca Dougherty Hyatt (1970), "History Around Russellville".

External links

• The History of Hayslope
• Col. James Roddye
• Hamblen County TNGenWeb site