State Route 180 (abbreviated SR 180) is a secondary south–north highway in

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and

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, United States.http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/Maps/county/co49.pdf Lauderdale County, TN Highway Maphttp://www.tdot.state.tn.us/Maps/county/co38.pdf Haywood County, TN Highway Map State Route 180 is 12.52 mi (20.1 km) long. State Route 180 starts in Nutbush in Haywood County, childhood home of singer

Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss retired singer and actress. Widely referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer o ...

, and continues north to

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in Lauderdale County. The rolling hills of Tennessee and cotton fields dominate the rural landscape of the area traversed by SR 180. State Route 180 is located on the southeastern edge of the

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, an area with a high earthquake risk.

Counties traversed

State Route 180 traverses the counties (south to north) shown in the table below.

Points of interest

Points of interest along State Route 180 (south to north). *

Nutbush, Tennessee Nutbush is a rural unincorporated community in Haywood County, Tennessee, United States, in the West Tennessee, western part of that state, about 50 miles northeast of Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis. It was established in the early 19th century b ...

, childhood home of singer

* Trinity United Methodist Church, Nutbush

History

Earthquake risk

State Route 180 is situated on the southeastern edge of the

, an area with a high earthquake risk. In 1811 and 1812 several earthquakes with the

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near New Madrid, Missouri caused permanent changes in the course of the

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in a wide area, including the Mississippi River valley in

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Churches

Trinity United Methodist Church, founded in 1822, is located just south of the southern terminus of SR 180 in Nutbush. More than 50

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soldiers, both

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and

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soldiers, are buried in the Trinity Cemetery associated with the church.

Agriculture and industry

After the

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sharecropping Sharecropping is a legal arrangement with regard to agricultural land in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land. Sharecropping has a long history and there are a wide range ...

was the primary means of income for low income families in the area along SR 180. Mostly for the cultivation of cotton, land would be used by sharecroppers in return for a share of the crop to the landowner.

Modern agriculture

Modern machines like the

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have made the manual cultivation obsolete over time as they took over the work from the manual laborers. In 2006, a cotton-processing plant exists in Nutbush at the junction of SR 180 and State Route 19.

Lagoon Creek Peaking Facility

Lagoon Creek

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is run by the

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(TVA) in Nutbush not far from State Route 180. From twelve

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the power plant generates electric power for the area in times of high demand.

Music

The early black and white musicians and singers from the Nutbush churches along today's State Route 180 recorded and influenced an international audience. Nutbush is the birthplace and home community of black and white pioneer musicians and prominent recording artists such as

Hambone Willie Newbern William "Hambone Willie" Newbern (probably 1901 – April 15, 1965) was an American guitar-playing country blues musician. Life and career Few details are known of his life. He is believed to have been born in Haywood County, Tennessee, clos ...

and

Sleepy John Estes John Adam Estes (January 25, 1899 or 1900June 5, 1977),
known as Sleepy John Estes, was an Am ...

. Harmonica player

Noah Lewis Noah Lewis (September 3, 1891 – February 7, 1961)Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. p. 238. . Previously, his birth year was also reported as 1890 or 1895. 1891 is general ...

Henning, Tennessee Henning is a town in Lauderdale County, Tennessee. The population was 945 at the 2010 census. History The infamous Battle of Fort Pillow, a Civil War victory for the Confederates, took place near Henning. Here, nearly 300 black troops serving in ...

is buried in an area cemetery near Nutbush.''A History of Tennessee Arts'', University of Tennessee Press Singer Tina Turner spent her childhood in

, 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Brownsville, where State Route 180 starts at State Route 19, part of which was named "Tina Turner Highway" in 2002, in honor of the singer.

Major intersections

References

External links

{{commons category, Tennessee State Route 180
Tennessee Department of Transportation

Official Lauderdale County Website

Haywood County Official Web Site

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Transportation in Haywood County, Tennessee Transportation in Lauderdale County, Tennessee