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History · Eagleville

Eagleville dates to 1832, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Absalom Scales House and the William Harrison McCord House. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1880.

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2on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Eagleville began

When was Eagleville founded?

1832

Eagleville dates its founding to 1832 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 134 in 18802020 census: 813194 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1836.The full story ↓

What stands out about Eagleville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Eagleville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsEstablished in 1832: 194 years of Eagleville.
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Start Eagleville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eagleville’s history is told.

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Timeline

Eagleville, 1832 to 1936

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1832
    FoundingEagleville is established
  3. 1836Post officeThe Eagleville post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900Born hereJohn Edwin Windrow is born here
  6. 1936On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Eagleville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Eagleville.

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Eagleville was founded in 1832 and was originally named "Manchester." When a post office opened in town in 1836, the city changed its name to "Eagleville," since the name Manchester was already taken. According to local lore, the name was inspired by an unusually large eagle which was killed in the vicinity. Eagleville was part of Williamson County until 1877, when it agreed to join Rutherford after Williamson County refused to build a road connecting Eagleville with Franklin, the county seat. In 2015, Eagleville completed its sewer system. The $3.1 million project was financed by a low-interest loan and a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Eagleville, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Eagleville Primitive Baptist Church2026Eagleville Primitive Baptist ChurchEagleville Church of Christ2026Eagleville Church of ChristWilliam Harrison McCord House-Eagleville, TN2021William Harrison McCord House-Eagleville, TNEagleville City Hall2014Eagleville City Hall
On the map

Eagleville on the map, 1936 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eagleville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Eagleville on the 1936 USGS mapEagleville on the 1949 USGS mapEagleville on the 1951 USGS mapEagleville on the 1980 USGS map1936Chapel Hill sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Eagleville.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Eagleville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
7
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Absalom Scales House
Absalom Scales HouseWilliam Harrison McCord House
Buildings
Absalom Scales HouseBuilding
William Harrison McCord HouseBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Eagleville, census by census

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Grew from 134 people in 1880 to 813 in 2020, 6 times over.

10 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Eagleville’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

Eagleville’s post office has been open since 1836.

5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eagleville
CampbellHayesKelleyOwenRussell

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Eagleville’s history

What year was Eagleville founded?

In 1832, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Eagleville’s post office opened in 1836, and the census of 1880 counted 134 people here.

What is on the National Register in Eagleville?

Two places: the Absalom Scales House (listed 1973) and the William Harrison McCord House (1984).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.