Toone

History

Toone is located in the former Chickasaw country. The first Europeans to visit the area arrived on flatboats via the Hatchie River as early as 1725. By 1830 the community was populated enough that it was included in the United States census. In 1856, Toone developed into a railroad town with businesses opening up around the railroad. Brick manufacturing became the major industry, and many homes still have original Toone bricks in their architecture. During the Civil War, the town served as an encampment for the Union Army and saw one small skirmish for rail line control. On September 14, 2010, an explosion and flash fire occurred at the Kilgore Flares Company plant near Toone. Six workers were injured in the mishap, three of them critically. Another accident at the facility in 2001 caused the death of one employee. Kilgore manufactures airborne expendable decoy flares for the US military.

Geography

Toone is located in northern Hardeman County at (35.352311, -88.953801). Tennessee State Route 138 (SR 138) is Main Street, leading northwest to Interstate 40 (I-40) between Jackson and Brownsville, and southeast to its terminus at SR 18. Bolivar, the Hardeman county seat, is south of Toone via SR 138 and SR 18. SR 100 runs through a northern extension of Toone, leading east to Henderson and west to Whiteville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it recorded as land. Pugh Creek flows through the southern part of the town, running southwest to Mill Creek and the Hatchie River.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  359
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  303
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  288
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  257
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  232
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  228
• White-eyed Vireo

  Vireo griseus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  211
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  198

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