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Bolivar-Somerville Stage Road

Coordinates: 35°15′02″N 89°11′13″W / 35.25056°N 89.18694°W / 35.25056; -89.18694
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Bolivar-Somerville Stage Road
Bolivar-Somerville Stage Road is located in Tennessee
Bolivar-Somerville Stage Road
Bolivar-Somerville Stage Road is located in the United States
Bolivar-Somerville Stage Road
Nearest cityWhiteville, Tennessee
Coordinates35°15′02″N 89°11′13″W / 35.25056°N 89.18694°W / 35.25056; -89.18694
Area19 acres (7.7 ha)
Built1838
NRHP reference No.05000802[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 7, 2005

The Bolivar-Somerville Stage Road is a historic stage road in Tennessee. A 2.3 miles (3.7 km) section about four miles southwest of Whiteville was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

The section runs between Hardeman County and Fayette County along what are now Stewart Road and Herron Drive. It runs from the intersection of Whiteville-New Castle Road in Hardeman County, along Stewart Road west 2.3 miles to end at a bridge on a tributary of the Loosahatchie River in Fayette County. The road is known as Herron Drive in the Fayette County section.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Philip Thomason and Teresa Douglass (April 4, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bolivar-Somerville Stage Road / Herron Drive/Stewart Road". National Park Service. Retrieved April 24, 2017. With eight photos.