Kerrville is an
unincorporated community
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on the northeast portion of
Shelby County,
Tennessee
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,
United States
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. Kerrville is located along about 3.5 miles to the north of
Millington and just to the south of the
Tipton County line, along with
Atoka and
Munford city limits. It is named for Andrew Hart Kerr, who moved from
Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of the U.S. state of Tennessee that composes roughly the central portion of the state. It is delineated according to state law as 41 of the state's 95 counties. Middle Tennessee contains the ...
to
Big Creek and purchased 5,000 acres of land.
History
According to the Shelby County Register of Deeds, Kerrville was laid out around 1873 along the Paducah and Memphis Railroad (now the
Canadian National Railway). The 44 acre parcel of land was donated in 1874 by A.H. Kerr to the railroad for a railway station and small town (hence its name). Many of the streets on the plat do not exist as of today, but "Old Randolph Road" exists as Kerrville-Rosemark Road south of the railroad, and Sullivan Road north of the tracks. The area of the railroad station is now part of Gin Road.
Today, the area is mainly occupied by a few residences and a barbecue restaurant. The center of the area is located at the intersections of Mudville Road, Kerrville-Rosemark Road, Old Tipton Road, and Sullivan Road. It is less than half a mile from
U.S. Route 51
U.S. Route 51 or U.S. Highway 51 (US 51) is a major south-north United States highway that extends from the western suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana, to within of the Wisconsin–Michigan state line. As most of the United States Numbered Highw ...
. Kerrville is located within the Millington annexation reserve.
Notable people
*
Earl Harris, longtime member of the
Indiana House of RepresentativesMcAllenNow.com.-Earl Harris
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Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
1873 establishments in Tennessee