Sycamore Landing

Sycamore Landing is a Tennessee historical marker in Humphreys County.

2620 Sycamore Landing Road Waverly, TN 37185

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Given its name by William Wyatt in 1868, Sycamore Landing became a major shipping point on the Tennessee River for peanuts, crossties, and other local farm products. Business partners W. H. (Bud) Fowlkes and Harris White Hooper built the general store and warehouse around 1890. Successive owners continuted to operate the store building until it closed in 1968. Continued In 1918 a post office was established at Sycamore Landing, and John W. Anderson served as the first postmaster. From the 1920s until the early 1940s, mail was transported to the post office by motorboat from Johnsonville. In 1953 the post office was closed, and mail serviced moved to Bakerville. Sycamore Landing was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1980.

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Historical maps covering this location

1838 · Kentucky (T.G. Bradford, 1838) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Military map showing the marches of the United States Forces 1863-1865. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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