Algood

History

While Algood was not established until the late 19th century, in the early 19th century a small community developed just south of modern Algood at White Plains, an antebellum plantation and important stopover along the Walton Road (which connected Nashville and Knoxville). In the 1880s, the Nashville & Knoxville Railroad erected a depot at what is now Algood. The land on which the depot was built was purchased from a circuit rider and early settler named Joel Algood, and thus the train stop was named after him. For a period of time the area would be called Algood's Old Fields. In 1899, the Algood Methodist Church (now Algood United Methodist Church) was built on land donated by the children of this early settler. Algood was initially incorporated in 1901, but repealed its own charter two years later. The town reincorporated in 1911.

Geography

The town is situated at the base of Algood Mountain (el. ), one of a series of low, wide ridges in the area that present as "stair steps" from the Highland Rim to the Cumberland Plateau. Algood is centered along the former State Route 42 (Main Street), a state highway designation which no longer exists, just east of the road's two junctions with State Route 111. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,599
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  3,449
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  3,206
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,983
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  2,888
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  2,830
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  2,786
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,574

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