- Cerro Gordo, Tennessee
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Cerro Gordo, Tennessee — Unincorporated community — 
Cerro Gordo, TennesseeCoordinates: 35°18′13″N 88°10′50″W / 35.30361°N 88.18056°WCoordinates: 35°18′13″N 88°10′50″W / 35.30361°N 88.18056°W Country United States State Tennessee County Hardin Elevation 407 ft (124 m) Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) – Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) Area code(s) 731 GNIS feature ID 1305836[1] Cerro Gordo is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States. Cerro Gordo is located on the east bank of the Tennessee River north of Savannah. It is most famous as the May, 1816 landing site of the Hardin Expedition.
The Hardin Expedition
Two parties of settlers (totaling 26) struck out of Knoxville, Tennessee in late spring of 1816 bound for the general area which would eventually become Savannah, Tennessee. The first party came by boat by way of the Tennessee River, landing in May at "the easteward curve of the Tennessee" at Cerro Gordo. The second, and larger party, had traversed overland and suffered from many delays. This second party was led by Joseph Hardin, Jr., son of Col. Joseph Hardin who had, before his death, accumulated several land grants to the area as rewards for his Revolutionary War service. Joseph, Jr., as well as his brother, James Hardin (founder of the rival settlement of Hardinville, at modern day Old Town, located on Hardin’s Creek), executed land grants[2] in the area. Both had fought alongside their father in the war and had been likewise rewarded with land patents.[3]
Additional settlers from the initial expedition were almost immediately to establish a nearby community down river at Saltillo.
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ “NC Military Grants 1788-1903”; entry No. 2128; 1,000 acres (4.0 km2); May 10, 1784
- ^ "History of Tennessee: From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Henderson, Chester, McNairy, Decatur, and Hardin Counties"; (Goodspeed Pub. Co.; 1886; Nashville, TN); Pgs. 829-841
Municipalities and communities of Hardin County, Tennessee Cities 
Towns Adamsville‡ | Milledgeville‡ | Saltillo
Unincorporated
communitiesAustin | Belle Meade | Bethlehem | Box Elder | Bruton Branch | Big Ivy | Bucktown | Caney Hollow | Cerro Gordo | Center Star | Centerview | Childers Hill | Counce | Crossroads | Crowtexas | Damon | Five Forks | Gillises Mills | Grandview | Hamburg | Havana | Hinkle | Holiday Hills | Holtsville | Hookers Bend | Hurley | Lebanon | Lowreyville | Maddox | Morris Chapel | New Harmony | New Hope | New Town | Nixon | Oak Grove | Olive Hill | Olivet | Phillips | Pittsburg Landing | Pollards Mill | Pyburn | Red Sulphur Springs | River Heights | Shady Grove | Shiloh | Southside | Stout | Swift | Thompson Crossroads | Walkertown | Walnut Grove | West Hima | Winn Springs
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Populated places in Hardin County, Tennessee
- Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
- Tennessee geography stubs
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