LONESOME HISTORIC SITE

2006 TN-96  •  Burns, TN 37029  •  615-804-5851

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The Town of Burns, Tennessee

Originally called Mile Post 36, indicating its mileage from Nashville. During the Civil War the area was inhabited by Union soldiers and railroad workers.  Soon after the Civil War, the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad took over the rail line from the Federal government and Mile Post 36 was renamed Burns Station in honor of Michael Burns, the President of the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad.

The railroad was the lifeblood of the town.  Burns remained a regular railroad stop until around 1970.  The old depot was later converted into the town’s first city hall, preserving an important piece of local history.

On June 20, 2015, William Wyatt Austin III, a 4th generation descendant of the original inhabitants of the Lonesome Cabin, deeded the Lonesome Historic Site to the Town of Burns for the establishment of a public park.

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