Red Mound

Red Mound is a Tennessee historical marker in Henderson County.

Henderson Co, State Hwy 22, approx. 3/4 mile south of I-40 on west side of Hwy, 200 yards south of Little Beaver Creek

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During the second quarter of the 19th Century, on the hill immediately west of this marker was the site of the community of Red Mound, which according to oral tradition was named for Red Mountain, N. C., from where many of the early settlers came. In 1837, a post office was established here with Samuel S. Parker as postmaster. This geographic location marks the site of the Battle of Parker's Crossroads fought December 31, 1862.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Kentucky (Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1833 · Missouri, Ill., Ky., Tenn., Ala., Miss., Ark. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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)

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Red Mound

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