Allisona, Tennessee

Allisona, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Allisona, Tennessee
Allisona, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°45′17″N 86°41′31″W / 35.75472°N 86.69194°W / 35.75472; -86.69194
Country United States
State Tennessee
Counties Rutherford and Williamson
Elevation 755 ft (230 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 615
GNIS feature ID 1304808[1]

Allisona is an unincorporated community in Rutherford and Williamson counties, Tennessee.[1]

Tennessee State Route 11 runs through the community, which is the location of the James Wilhoite House, which is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Allisona formerly had a post office.[2] Newton Cannon, who represented Tennessee in the U.S. Congress from 1814 to 1817 and 1819 to 1823 and served as the state's governor from 1835 to 1839, and for whom Cannon County, Tennessee is named, had an estate near Allisona, where he is buried.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Allisona, Tennessee
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Allisona Post Office (historical)
  3. ↑ United States Congress. "Newton Cannon (id: C000123)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Coordinates: 35°45′09″N 86°41′44″W / 35.752490°N 86.695430°W / 35.752490; -86.695430


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