Lawrenceburg Tennessee

Lawrenceburg is a city in Lawrence County, Tennessee. The City's Website puts Lawrenceburg's population at approximately 14,000 and according to United States Census Bureau in 2010 the population was only 10,428. It is the county seat of Lawrence County.

Lawrenceburg is located southwest of Nashville and named after War of 1812 hero James Lawrence. Lawrenceburg is the largest city on the Tennessee State line between Memphis and Chattanooga.

According to a recent theory, the Lawrenceburg area is the likely site of "Chicasa" — the place where Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his men wintered in 1540-41 (earlier theories have suggested this campsite to have been in northern Mississippi). The Cherokee sold the area to the USA in 1806.

Upon moving from East Tennessee in the early 19th century, around 1817, he served as a justice of the peace, a colonel of the militia, and a state representative. David Crockett established a powder mill on Shoal Creek; this area is now known as his namesake, David Crockett State Park.

Crockett was elected as a commissioner and served on the board that placed Lawrenceburg four miles (6 km) west of the geographic center of Lawrence County. Crockett was opposed to the city being located in its current location, largely out of fear of flooding. He and his family lived in Lawrenceburg for several years before moving to West Tennessee after a flood destroyed his mill.