Everything about Nutbush Tennessee totally explained
Nutbush, Tennessee is an
unincorporated rural community in western
Tennessee that has been considered part of
Brownsville in
Haywood County, and
Ripley in
Lauderdale County,
U.S.A..
Established in the early
1800s, Nutbush is home to two early American churches founded by
white settlers,
Woodlawn Baptist Church and
Trinity United Methodist Church. Trinity
Cemetery provides the final resting place to more than 50
Civil War soldiers.
Agriculture is the dominant source of income in the area. Then and now,
agriculture is focused on the
cultivation and processing of
cotton. In
2006,
cotton is processed in one
cotton-processing plant in the community.
Nutbush is best known as the birthplace and childhood home of singer
Tina Turner. In the song
Nutbush City Limits she describes the town she grew up in. In
2001, part of
Tennessee State Route 19 near Nutbush was named
Tina Turner Highway in her honor.
Nutbush is also known as the birthplace and home community of
black and
white pioneer
musicians and recording artists such as
Hambone Willie Newbern and
Sleepy John Estes.
Demographics
In
2000, the population of the Nutbush
voting precinct (TN 3976) was 259. Of those, 215 were
White (83.01%), 42
Black (16.22%), and 2 were of
another ethnicity (0.77%). At that time 190 people (73.36%) were aged 18 or older.
Economy
The community's main source of income is
agriculture (especially
cotton).
Historical
After the
abolition of slavery,
sharecropping was the primary means of income for low income families in the area. Mostly for the
cultivation of
cotton, land would be used by
sharecroppers in return for a share of the crop to the landowner.
Modern
Modern machines like the
cotton picker have made the manual
cultivation obsolete over time as they took over the work from the
hand laborers. In
2006, one
cotton-processing plant in Nutbush is the only
agricultural industry in the community.
Lagoon Creek
Peaking Facility is run by the
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Nutbush. From eight
gas turbines the
power plant generates
electric power for the area in times of high demand.
History
Settlement
The Nutbush community was established in the early
1800s by settlers from
Virginia and
North Carolina. Originally from
England they traveled westward to Tennessee hoping to gain
economic prosperity through the use of
slave labor.
Churches
Trinity United Methodist Church
Trinity United Methodist Church was founded in
1822. More than 50
Civil War soldiers, both
Confederate and
Union soldiers, are buried in the Trinity Cemetery associated with the church. The Trinity Cemetery is mentioned as one of the best kept cemeteries in the county.
Woodlawn Baptist Church
The
Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church in Nutbush was established in
1866 by freed
slaves of the community and members of the
white Woodlawn Baptist Church. Most slave
congregations were ministered by white
pastors but in 1846, the young slave Hardin Smith of
Virginia was allowed to preach to a slave congregation at the white Woodlawn Church, establishing the first area congregation pastored by a slave.
Woodlawn Baptist Church was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in
1996 for its historical significance.
Postal
In
1881 a
U.S. Post office was opened in Nutbush and closed again in
1905.
Geography
Geography
Nutbush is located at 35.70° North, 89.41° West.
The elevation above sea level is 390
ft (119
m) (average county elevation for
Haywood County).
Music
The early black and white musicians and singers from the Nutbush churches recorded and influenced an international audience.
Tina Turner
Nutbush is best known as the childhood home of singer
Tina Turner. At age 16, she moved to
St. Louis, Missouri.
After her birth in
1939,
Tina Turner (born as
Anna Mae Bullock) was raised in Nutbush,
Brownsville and
Ripley by her grandmother and area extended family. The houses she was raised in as a child no longer exist. Wood from her Nutbush/Flagg Grove home was converted into a barn.
Both
Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church and Spring Hill Baptist Church in Nutbush were the family churches of Tina Turner. She attended and sang in both choirs growing up. Her family members were church officials, musicians and singers who are buried in both cemeteries.
's song
Nutbush City Limits (
1973, produced by
Ike Turner) is about the town where she was born and raised, Nutbush,
Tennessee. The
Line dance "
The Nutbush" is performed to the song
Nutbush City Limits.
In
2001,
Tennessee State Route 19 between
Brownsville and Nutbush was named "
Tina Turner Highway"
[
Nutbush is mentioned on the TV show . An impersonator of Tina Turner is introduced as "Tina Turner and her Bunsen Burner". With different explosive materials she destroys cars like she "used to do in her lab in Nutbush".]
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