Wilson County Real Estate
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Demographics
Wilson County is the home of small town living. Wilson County, Tennessee is filled with fast growing cities, beautiful landscaping, picturesque lakes, and community parks. This just goes to show that the community is one worth living in. Many people commute to nearby Nashville, for employment purposes, but are always ready to rush home to their quaint small town homes in Wilson County. One of the largest cities in Wilson, Lebanon, is also the county seat. Wilson County encompasses a 571 square mile are area and has a population of approximately 91,696 (U.S. Census 2000).
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Geography
Wilson County is located to the east of the Nashville-Davidson area. It is right next to Davidson County . With access to the shoreline of the Percy Priest Lake, which has 22 miles of shoreline, split between three counties. It borders Sumner County to the southeast, Rutherford County to the northeast, and Davidson County to the east.
Municipalities in Wilson County
Gladeville Lebanon Mount Juliet Norene WatertownHistory
Wilson County was established by an act of the Third General Assembly of the State of Tennessee on October 26, 1799, three years after the organization of the state itself. The county was named in honor of Major David Wilson, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Sumner County while it was yet a part of North Carolina. He was the first Speaker of the Territorial Assembly.
The population of the County in 1856 was estimated at 7,100; the 1860 census, 7,258; the 1870 census at 6,678; the 1880 census at 7,958, and the 1886 census at 8,500. R. W. Ray was the first resident lawyer in the County, and had a fair practice established when the Civil War began.
At the June term of 1857, the County Court ordered the erection of a Court House. Accordingly a two-story frame building was erected in the year 1858 on the corner of Main and Cumberland Streets in Ashland City and was used as a Court House until 1869, when the County sold it and the lots belonging thereto to Mrs. E. M. Cooper for $1,926.00. The building was then used as a hotel, known as the Central Hotel. The new and more substantial brick Court House was then erected. Shortly after the organization of the County, a small jail was erected, built of logs, but later a brick jail was built. The Asylum For The Poor was built in 1874.
The population of the County in 1856 was estimated at 7,100; the 1860 census, 7,258; the 1870 census at 6,678; the 1880 census at 7,958, and the 1886 census at 8,500. R. W. Ray was the first resident lawyer in the County, and had a fair practice established when the Civil War began.