Cannon County This page last updated August 16, 2003
Sadly, all but a few of the towns below are but a memory.
There may be another two in which the names are still used for reference points
in traveling, but none truly exist; only a church or perhaps an old barn bearing a
store's name on the side. With most of these past towns, the only clue you might have
as to their prior location is in the name of a church or more likely a cemetery. There are only two towns in Cannon County today; Auburntown and Woodbury.
Although currently there is but one high school in Woodbury, at one time, prior to the Civil War there was not only a college, but two Colleges; one for women and one for
men.
Goodspeed's History of Cannon County
1895 Map of Cannon County
Danville--The town of Danville exists only in history books. It was the original name
of the town of Woodbury. Danville went out of existence when the county of Cannon was authorized in 1836.
There was however, prior to that time; The Danville Motel which was the only stopping point through the area
until reaching Murfreesboro.
If you have an additional town or information about any of these, please let me know!!
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Ghost Towns
