Allisona is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Rutherford and Williamson counties,

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

. Both

U.S. Route 31A U.S. Route 31A (US 31A) is a alternate route of U.S. Route 31 that exists between Nashville and Pulaski, Tennessee. It is located entirely in Middle Tennessee and except for the Lewisburg bypass, where it is concurrent with SR 106, it is ent ...

( State Route 11) and State Route 269 runs through the community, which is the location of the

James Wilhoite House The James Wilhoite House is a historic Italianate style house in Allisona, Tennessee, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The property is also known as the Reed Corlette House. It was built, remo ...

, which is listed on the U.S.

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. Allisona formerly had a post office.

Newton Cannon Newton Cannon (May 22, 1781 – September 16, 1841) was an American politician who served as the eighth Governor of Tennessee from 1835 to 1839. He also served several terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1814 to 1817, and fr ...

, who represented Tennessee in the

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from 1814 to 1817 and 1819 to 1823 and served as the state's governor from 1835 to 1839, and for whom

Cannon County, Tennessee Cannon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,506. Its county seat is Woodbury. Cannon County is part of the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Stat ...

is named, had an estate near Allisona, where he is buried.

References

Unincorporated communities in Rutherford County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Williamson County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{WilliamsonCountyTN-geo-stub