Brentwood

History

Successive cultures of prehistoric Native Americans occupied this area for thousands of years. In the first millennium of the Common Era (CE), Mississippian culture people, known locally as the Mound Indians or Stone Box Indians, built complex earthwork mounds topped with ceremonial buildings. Their settlement was part of a culture that spread throughout the Mississippi Valley and its major tributaries, and traded with other groups across the continent. Artifacts and mounds of the Mississippian culture have been found during development in the Meadowlake subdivision, and at the library site on Concord Road. Primm Historic Park contains and preserves the largest of the earthwork mounds, which is still visible today. By 1300 these people had largely abandoned this settlement; archeologists have struggled to determine the reasons. There may have been epidemic disease, environmental problems, or warfare with other tribes. This resulted in many conflicts as the whites encroached on their territory and competed for their resources. In 1786, soon after the United States gained independence, Creek or Cherokee warriors raided the Mayfield family fort, at a site that is now the intersection of Wilson Pike and Old Smyrna Road. Southerland Mayfield and two other men were killed, and the boy George Mayfield was taken captive. One of the Creek families adopted him, as was their practice with war captives. Most Native American tribes adopted young captives to replace individuals they had lost to illness or warfare. After ten years, George Mayfield was returned to European-American society. Some of the first European-American families here were those headed by James Sneed, Robert Irvin Moore, Thomas Hardeman, Gersham Hunt, Samuel and Andrew Crockett, and John Edmondson, who arrived…

Geography

As of the 2000 census, Brentwood had a land area of , but an annexation in 2001 increased the area to . In 2010, it was found that Brentwood had a population density of 899.9 per square mile.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Ravenwood High School
  High · Brentwood · 1,958 students · 19.6:1 ratio
• Franklin High School
  High · Franklin · 1,801 students · 16.7:1 ratio
• Brentwood High School
  High · Brentwood · 1,729 students · 19.9:1 ratio
• Centennial High School
  High · Franklin · 1,474 students · 15.7:1 ratio
• Nolensville High School
  High · Nolensville · 1,463 students · 18.3:1 ratio
• Fred J Page Middle School
  Middle · Franklin · 1,249 students · 20.1:1 ratio
• Brentwood Middle School
  Middle · Brentwood · 1,127 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• Woodland Middle School
  Middle · Brentwood · 957 students · 16.5:1 ratio