Smyrna, Tennessee Smyrna, Tennessee Smyrna town hall, July 2014.
Smyrna town hall, July 2014.
Location of Smyrna, Tennessee Location of Smyrna, Tennessee Website Town of Smyrna Smyrna is a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Smyrna's populace was 39,974 at the 2010 census and 43,063 in 2013. In 2007, U.S.
News & World Report listed Smyrna as one of the best places in the United States to retire. The town of Smyrna has its European-American roots in the early 19th century and began as an agrarian community.
One of the primary affairs of the war for the town involved the Confederate States hero Sam Davis, who, after being charged with spying, gave up his life freshwater giving any knowledge to the Union Army.
Smyrna was originally incorporated in 1869 but its charter was rescinded by the state a several years later.
Most of the property was divided among the State of Tennessee, Rutherford County, and the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority.
On its portion, the state opened and operates a Tennessee Army National Guard base and the Tennessee Rehabilitation Center.
In the early 1980s, planning began to build a Nissan Motors manufacturing plant and, in 1983, the first vehicle was produced. The Nissan plant now employs around 8,400 workers, has a manufacturing capacity of 640,000 vehicles annually, and covers an region of 5,200,000 sq ft (480,000 m2). In 2012, Smyrna began manufacturing Nissan's electric car, the Nissan Leaf. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 23.0 square miles (60 km2), of which 22.8 square miles (59 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.61%) is water.
Smyrna will serve as the US manufacturing site for the Nissan Leaf.
Nissan's goal is that the plant in Smyrna will eventually produce 150,000 cars, and 200,000 electric car batteries per year. Smyrna has 10 parks, a enhance golf course, 7 miles of greenway trails and an outside water park. A enhance fitness center positioned in Town Center includes an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
Smyrna is served by the Rutherford County Schools school district. Smyrna Elementary School Smyrna Primary School (Huskies) Smyrna Middle School (Panthers) Smyrna High School (Bulldogs) Smyrna West Alternative School The Sam Davis home is positioned in Smyrna.
Johnny Gooch, Major League Baseball player, coach and scout; born in Smyrna in 1897.
Representative from Texas; born in Smyrna in 1909.
Jalen Ramsey, NFL cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars; born in Smyrna in 1994.
Mike Sparks, author and member of the Tennessee General Assembly; born in Smyrna at Stewart Air Force Base Hospital in 1967.
Born in Smyrna in 1821, died at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Joseph Engles Smyrna's very first mayor Dec.
Sam Ridley & Knox Ridley (Twins) both former Mayors of Smyrna, born in Smyrna, June 23, 1919,Sam in 1980 was believed to be the longest serving town/city official in Tennessee.
He was first propel to the Smyrna town/city commission in 1947.
Bob Spivey served as Mayor for the Town of Smyrna from 2001 until 2009 a b Walter Hoover, "Footprints in the Mud and Dust at Smyrna, Tennessee," 1982.
"History", Town of Smyrna website Boyer (April 27, 2009), "The Road Ahead: Smyrna, Tennessee, vs.
"INFOGRAPHIC: Nissan Manufacturing in Tennessee - Nissan Smyrna Manufacturing and Assembly Plant".
Nissan Smyrna Manufacturing and Assembly Plant.
United States Enumeration Bureau.
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