Pinson, Tennessee

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subdivision_name2 = Madison
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Pinson is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 45 between Jackson and Henderson, just north of the Chester County line. It is included in the Jackson, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is most noteworthy as being the site of the Pinson Mounds, the largest Middle Woodland period mound group in the United States, and the Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park dedicated to their study. [ [http://cleanairtn.org/environment/parks/PinsonMounds/ Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park] at Tennessee.gov. Retrieved on May 18, 2006.]

History

Around 1820, a group of five surveyors, including Joel Pinson and Memucan Hunt Howard, discovered a platform mound while surveying land grants for Colonel Thomas Henderson. The surveyors dubbed the mound Mount Pinson. Around 1866, the town of Pinson was founded near the site of the mounds on land originally belonging to A. S. Rogers. [cite book|title=Tennessee Place Names|first=Larry L.|last=Miller|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=2001|pages=165–166]

The town was hit by a devastating tornado on March 11, 1923, which destroyed about 50 homes and killed at least 18 people. [cite news|title=Tennessee and Kentucky Storm Dead Near 30|work=Nashville Tennessean|date=March 13, 1923|pages=1, 8] It was one of only two F5 tornadoes to ever hit the state, the other being on April 16, 1998 in Lawrence County. [ [http://www.castorweather.com/USF4F5.htm US F4, F5 Tornadoes Since 1900] . Retrieved on April 4, 2006.]

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