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History · Tuckers Crossroads

Tuckers Crossroads’ post office opened in 1857, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on.

1857first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Tuckers Crossroads began

When was Tuckers Crossroads founded?

1857

The Tuckers Crossroads post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Tucker's Cross Roads (1857), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 263169 years
Founding year: the first Tuckers Crossroads post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Tuckers Crossroads’ past

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

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The story so far

Tuckers Crossroads, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tuckers Crossroads yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Tuckers Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. It is located at the intersection of Tennessee State Route 141, Linwood Road, and Big Springs Road. The community has one hair salon, one gas station (formerly known as the Linwood BP but recently bought by Marathon), two community softball fields, an elementary and middle school, three churches, a Dollar General, many farms (including the beef cattle of Neal Farms) and rural residential housing.

Its first post office opened in 1857.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Tuckers Crossroads, 1857 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Tucker's Cross Roads post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Tucker's Cross Roads post office closes
  5. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Tuckers Crossroads on the map, 1958 to 1994

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

Tuckers Crossroads on the 1958 USGS mapTuckers Crossroads on the 1980 USGS mapTuckers Crossroads on the 1994 USGS map1958Shop Springs 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 Tuckers Crossroads.

Famous people

Famous people close to Tuckers Crossroads

Nobody well known was born in Tuckers Crossroads itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Huell HowserAmerican television personality · b. 1945
Tennys SandgrenAmerican tennis player · b. 1991
John RoganSecond tallest person ever recorded · b. 1865
Jalen RamseyAmerican football player · b. 1994
James ComerAmerican politician in Kentucky · b. 1972
Jimmy DuncanAmerican politician · b. 1947
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Tucker's Cross Roads, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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

Questions about Tuckers Crossroads’ history

What year was Tuckers Crossroads founded?

The Tuckers Crossroads post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.