Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Obelisk - Geographic Center of Tennessee
Tennessee borders eight other states, and this is the spot to be if you want to be as far away from them as possible. An obelisk, erected in 1976, marks the location.
- Address:
- Old Lascassas Hwy, Murfreesboro, TN
- Directions:
- Northeast side of the city. In a tiny park on the east side of Old Lascassas Hwy, just north of Hazelwood St. and about a half-mile north of the campus of Middle Tennessee State University.
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Obelisk - Geographic Center of Tennessee In Murfreesboro lies the "Geographic Center of Tennessee". There is a sign and everything. Oh, and Murfreesboro's claim to fame is the fact that is was the Capitol of Tennessee for 8 years, until it got moved to Nashville. [Brenden K. Kjar, 04/08/1998][RA: June 2011: Photo added.
A tall obelisk was erected to mark the Geographic Center of Tennessee in 1976. Its plaque was later stolen and was eventually replaced.]
Nearby Offbeat Places
- World's Largest Cedar Bucket, Murfreesboro, TN - 2 mi.
- Grave of Strolling Jim, Tennessee Walking Horse, Wartrace, TN - 23 mi.
- Head of a Man Creature, Lebanon, TN - 24 mi.
- Nathaniel Bedford Forrest Statue, Brentwood, TN - 27 mi.
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