Nutbush, Tennessee
Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nutbush is a rural unincorporated community in Haywood County, Tennessee, United States, in the western part of the state, approximately 50 miles northeast of Memphis.[1] It was established in the early 19th century by European-American settlers who bought enslaved African Americans to develop the area's cotton plantations. The houses and churches that were built during this time still stand.
Nutbush, Tennessee | |
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Coordinates: 35°41′53″N 89°24′29″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Tennessee |
Counties | Haywood |
Elevation | 358 ft (109 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 259 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | |
Area code | 731 |
Agriculture is still the most important element of the rural economy, focused on the cultivation and processing of cotton. This has been the commodity crop since the antebellum years, when its cultivation depended on slave labor. As of 2006, cotton was processed in one cotton-processing plant in the community.
Nutbush is the childhood home of singer Tina Turner, who described the "town" (tiny settlement, community of 259) in her 1973 song "Nutbush City Limits". In 2002, a segment of Tennessee State Route 19 near Nutbush was named "Tina Turner Highway" in her honor.[3][4][5] This is also the home town of blues pioneer musicians and recording artists Hambone Willie Newbern and Sleepy John Estes.[6]