Spring Hill, Tennessee
Spring Hill is a city in Maury and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, located approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Nashville. Its population as of 2022 is 55,800.[5] Spring Hill is recognized as the 4th fastest growing city in Tennessee by the U.S. Census Bureau[8] and is included in the Nashville metropolitan area.
Geography[edit]
Spring Hill is located at 35°45′9″N 86°54′50″W / 35.75250°N 86.91389°W (35.752556, -86.914021).[17]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 29.14 square miles (75.47 km2), of which 29.09 square miles (75.35 km2) is land and 0.05 square mile (0.12 km2) (0.17%) is water.[3]
Economy[edit]
Spring Hill was the site of the Saturn Corporation production facility, which operated from 1990 to 2007. The Saturn S-Series, Saturn ION, and Saturn VUE were produced there. In 2007, General Motors Corporation (GM), the parent company of Saturn, shut down the facility to retool it for production of other GM vehicles and renamed it Spring Hill Manufacturing. The plant reopened in February 2008 and became the assembly point for the new Chevrolet Traverse. However, after a battle among plants in Spring Hill, Orion Township, Michigan and Janesville, Wisconsin, GM announced on June 26, 2009, that they had chosen to build a new small car in Orion Township.[22] Nearly 2,500 Spring Hill auto workers were faced with lay-off, buy-out and early retirement.[23] The vehicle assembly part of the Spring Hill plant was idled in late 2009 when production of the Traverse was moved to Lansing, Michigan, while production of power trains and metal stamping continued.[24][25][26] In November 2011, GM announced plans for retooling of the vehicle assembly portion of the plant for use as an "ultra-flexible" plant which will initially be used to build the Chevy Equinox and GMC Terrain but will be designed for rapid retooling to other vehicles of similar size.[27][28][29] In April 2021 General Motors [30] and South Korean joint-venture partner LG Energy Solution said they will build a second U.S. battery cell manufacturing plant, revealing plans for a $2.3 billion factory in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
Spring Hill has gone through rapid development and growth in recent years, causing General Motors to reopen their auto plant and begin hiring locally again, which will hire 1,000 new people.[31] In addition, companies such as Ryder and Goodwill have announced new facilities in the Spring Hill area.
The city is served by both Maury County Public Schools and the Williamson County School District, depending on which county one is located in.[33][34]
Infrastructure[edit]
Interstate 65 passes through the eastern part of the city, but the only exit currently within city limits is State Route 396. An interchange on the north side of the city at June Lake Boulevard is scheduled to open in late spring of 2024.[35] State Route 396, known locally as Saturn Parkway, provides an east-west freeway connection into the city with two exits before terminating at Beechcroft Road near the GM plant. U.S. Route 31 is the main north-south arterial through Spring Hill. It is alternatively called both Columbia Pike on the south side of town and Nashville Highway on the north side. State Route 247 is a major east-west road through the city.
Arts and culture[edit]
Rippavilla Plantation, which is located at 5700 Main Street (US 31, Nashville Highway), offers educational activities and an annual corn maze among other attractions.[36] The historic Battle of Spring Hill site is located off Kedron Road and is open for self-guided tours year round.[37]
Some scenes from the 1986 movie At Close Range, starring Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, and Kiefer Sutherland, were filmed in Spring Hill.