Geographic Center of Tennessee

In 1834, the State of TN hired Professor James Hamilton to find its geographic center in order to locate the state capital as near as possible to the center of the state. 

However, certain circumstances and politics left the capital in Nashville, although Gov. James K. Polk wanted it moved to Murfreesboro. In 1976, 1/2 mile N.E. on Old Lascassas Rd. an obelisk was placed by the Rutherford County Historical Society at the state's geographic center.