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Decherd, TN Road Trips

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city in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States

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Trip Routes

1

Longest Drive

259.7 mi

Memphis, TN

Quickest Drive

5h 16m

Memphis, TN

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Decherd, TN by the Numbers

Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Population

2,816

Median Income

$34,646

Median Home Value

$118,600

Median Age

39.4

Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.

Decherd, TN at a Glance

Founded

1868

Elevation

958 ft

Area

5 mi²

City data from Wikidata (Q1957230), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.

Traveler Guide to Decherd, TN

Central Tennessee, more often called Middle Tennessee, is a region of Tennessee. Besides the obvious destinations like Nashville, there are some lesser known ones, like Carthage, for instance, the hometown of former Vice-President Al Gore.

Tennessee Wineries. Visit at least one of the more than 20 wineries in Tennessee. Here in Middle Tennessee are these: Beachaven Vineyards & Winery (Clarksville), Sumner Crest Winery (Portland), Red Barn Winery & Vineyards (Lafayette), Beans Creek Winery (Manchester), Keg Springs Winery (Hampshire), Holly Ridge Winery and Vineyard (Livingston), Highland Manor Winery (Jamestown) and Stonehaus Winery, Inc. (Crossville) 1 Meriwether Lewis National Monument or Grinder's Stand, east of Hohenwald and near mile marker 389 along the Natchez Trace, grave and reconstructed inn where it is believed Meriwether Lewis took his life. 2 State Historic Rock House, 3663 Country Club Rd, Sparta, ☏ +1 931 739-7625. W-Sa 10AM-3PM. Historic way station along a wagon road between Nashville and Knoxville circa the 1830s where Andrew Jackson once stopped, and near the town of Sparta that nearly became Tennessee's state capital. (updated Sep 2021)

1 Cumberland Caverns, east of McMinnville, where you can stop to see antebellum estates like the Black House and Falcon Rest, this is the 2nd largest cave in Tennessee, with a chandelier from the Lowes Metropolitan Theater in NYC.

Visit the Microbrewery at Yazoo in Nashville. Take the tour get a growler

Travel tips adapted from Central Tennessee on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.

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