Bartlett Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Tennessee, USA
About Bartlett
The community from which the city of Bartlett grew was first called Union Depot and Green Bottom. It was the last major way station in Tennessee along the stagecoach route from Nashville westward and came into being about 1830. When the Memphis & Ohio Railroad took the place of the stages, Bartlett continued as a depot. This was a farming community, with major plantations along Stage Road. On November 1, 1866, with a population of less than a hundred, it was incorporated as a city and the name was changed to Bartlett. Upon incorporation, Bryan Wither was named the city's inaugural mayor. It was named for Major Gabriel M. Bartlett, a planter, whose homeplace was on the old Raleigh-Somerville Road (Stage Road) which is now Bartlett Station Plaza. Bartlett grew rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s
Top Attractions in Bartlett
Explore the best things to see and do in Bartlett:
- ★Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center
- ★Center of Shelby County
- ★Davies Manor Plantation
- ★Nicholas Gotten House
- ★Stanky Creek Trails
- ★The John H. McFadden House
Where to Stay in Bartlett
- 🏨Best Western Galleria Inn & Suites Hotel
Bartlett Travel Guide Sections
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