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Maury County, Tennessee

Maury County (/ˈmʌri/ MURR-ee) is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Middle Tennessee region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 100,974.[2] Its county seat is Columbia.[3] Maury County is part of the Nashville-DavidsonMurfreesboroFranklin, TN metropolitan statistical area.

Maury County

 United States

1807

Abram Poindexter Maury, Sr.[1]

616 sq mi (1,600 km2)

613 sq mi (1,590 km2)

2.4 sq mi (6 km2)  0.4%

100,974 Increase

110,760 Increase

164.72/sq mi (63.60/km2)

5th

(north)

Williamson County

(east)

Marshall County

(south)

Giles County

(southwest)

Lawrence County

(west)

Lewis County

(northwest)

Hickman County

Transportation[edit]

Interstate 65 runs along the eastern portion of Maury County for about 18 miles (29 km), bypassing Columbia and Spring Hill. State Route 396 is a short controlled-access highway that connects I-65 to Spring Hill. U.S. Route 31, which parallels I-65 its entire length through Tennessee, runs through Columbia and Spring Hill, and U.S. Route 431 runs for a short distance in the northeastern corner of the county. The northern terminus of U.S. Route 43 and the eastern terminus of U.S. Route 412 are both located in Columbia. Other major state routes include 6, 7, 20, 50, and 99. Secondary state routes include 166, 243, 245, 246, 247, and 373.[22]


The Maury County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northeast of the central business district of Mount Pleasant[23] and 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southwest of Columbia.[24]

Education[edit]

The Maury County Public Schools district operates public schools in the entire county.[25]

(county seat)

Columbia

Mount Pleasant

(partly in Williamson County)

Spring Hill

Cordie Cheek (1916–1933) – 17-year-old black youth in 1933 by a mob including county officials, after being falsely accused of rape[26]

lynched

(1837–1904) – 16th governor of Arkansas[27]

James P. Eagle

(1857–1939), former slave, luxury railway-car chef

Rufus Estes

(1846–1928), Missouri merchant, government official, and politician

George Rufus Kenamore

(1795–1849), 11th President of the United States

James K. Polk

(1856–1907), Tennessee state senator and diplomat

VanLeer Polk

(1839–1901) – author of Co. Aytch (1882)

Samuel R. Watkins

National Register of Historic Places listings in Maury County, Tennessee

Official site

- free genealogy resources for the county

Maury County, TNGenWeb

at Curlie

Maury County

Columbia Daily Herald