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History · Walnut Grove

10% of Walnut Grove’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Walnut Grove’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 Walnut Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Walnut Grove, in brief

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

Walnut Grove is a census-designated place in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 864 as of the 2010 census. The community incorporated as a town in 1998. It disincorporated on July 1, 2001, after the law under which it had incorporated was ruled unconstitutional.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 864 to 911 (+5%).

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

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Walnut Grove on the map, 1953 to 1994

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

Walnut Grove on the 1953 USGS mapWalnut Grove on the 1974 USGS mapWalnut Grove on the 1994 USGS map1953Cottontown 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 Walnut Grove.

Famous people

Famous people close to Walnut Grove

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

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Huell HowserAmerican television personality · b. 1945
Corey BrewerAmerican basketball player · b. 1986
Tennys SandgrenAmerican tennis player · b. 1991
John RoganSecond tallest person ever recorded · b. 1865
Harry B. GrayAmerican chemist · b. 1935
John JenkinsAmerican basketball player · b. 1991
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Cummings CrossroadsJohnsons Crossroads
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Walnut Grove
FriendshipShawWalnut Grove

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Walnut Grove’s history

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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 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.