Smyrna Information & Real Estate
Smyrna is a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States, and is a progressive community with a population of 38,073 people. It is a town populated with warm, hardworking people who enjoy an excellent quality of life.
Smyrna is located on the south shores of J. Percy Priest Lake which offers four commercial marinas and one municipal marina that provide a wide variety of services for visitors to the lake. They have become a town that is vitally alive and heading in new directions, without sacrificing our past successes. There are a number of projects in the planning stages, or actually underway that is contributing to the ever-changing dynamics in this community.
The Town of Smyrna finds its roots in the mid 1800's as an agrarian community with many large farms and plantations flourishing in the area. One of the more significant plantations, the Sam Davis Home, is Smyrna's most historic landmark and is designated as a state historical site.
The plantation home of the heroic Sam Davis who offered his life rather than reveal to the Union soldiers information that would compromise the Confederate war effort. The 200-acre estate is governed by a Board of Regents, a group of concerned citizens dedicated to the preservation of a nineteenth century working plantation.
The railway has also played an important role in the history of Smyrna. Serving as a refueling station for the railroad, tracts of land surrounding the depot were offered for public purchase. The town of Smyrna first incorporated in 1869, however its original charter was rescinded by the state a few years later. In 1915, the town incorporated, adopting a mayor and a commission form of government and continues to operate under a private act charter. On March 14, 2000, the mayor and board of commissioners adopted a new charter and now operate under the city manager form of government. The legislative body consists of 6 council persons and one mayor.
Another significant mark in the history of Smyrna was the impoundment of Percy Priest Lake in the 1960's. After Congressional approval, the Corp of Engineers began acquiring land for the lake. Land clearing began in 1966 and the lake was impounded in 1969. The lake not only serves as a tremendous supply of quality water to the area, but also is home to a verity of recreational opportunities.
Smyrna is the location of a very large manufacturing facility for the Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan, and has been since 1982. For many years, this facility was regarded as arguably the largest and most productive of its type in the world. Many of the businesses in Smyrna are related to manufacturing. Nissan has attracted other companies which support their plant, such as Square D and PREMIER System Integrators. The economy of Smyrna prospered during the 1970's and promised to improve in the 80's following the announcement of Nissan, the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to build a plant in the United States, to make its home in Smyrna.
Other types of businesses are the standard smaller town types: car dealerships, drug stores, banks, discount stores, and plenty of restaurants. With the change of the liquor laws in the late 1990s, larger chain restaurants started moving in, such as O'Charley's, Ruby Tuesday, Logan's Roadhouse, and Chili's. There are more residents in Smyrna than jobs, so many of the residents commute to nearby Nashville and Murfreesboro. Whether you are a lifelong resident of the Town of Smyrna or a first-time visitor, they invite you to learn more about their community. Smyrna is, and will continue to be, a wonderful place to raise a family or operate a business.
Smyrna Real Estate is in the Rutherford County School district, and offers some of the best ranked schools in middle Tennessee. The Smyrna area also provides a number of Private Schools.
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Smyrna Real Estate is located on the south shores of J. Percy Priest Lake which offers four commercial marinas and one municipal marina that provide a wide variety of services for visitors to the lake. Numerous marinas which include: Elm hill, Four Corners, Fate Sanders, and Nashville Shores home of the Vanderbilt Sailing Club is located on the shores of the lake. Smyrna Real Estate offers great homes that are affordable priced, up to wonderful estate properties for individuals that want plenty of room with scenic vistas of the lake.
Serveral of the great neighborhoods that Smyrna has to offer are Hidden Valley Farms, Walden Cove, Hidden Hills, Cedar Forest, and Riverview. If you are looking to be only minutes from the lake, then check out the great homes in Hampton Roads.
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