Johnsonville, Tennessee
destroyed town in Tennessee
Johnsonville was a town in Humphreys County, Tennessee. During the American Civil War, the town was a depot for the Union Army and the site of the Battle of Johnsonville. The town was destroyed by the creation of the Kentucky Dam and the subsequent flooding of the Tennessee River in 1944. Today, the site is managed by the state of Tennessee as Johnsonville State Historic Park.
At the time of its destruction, many of its residents moved to the current site of New Johnsonville, which was incorporated in 1949.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Johnsonville, Tennessee” is destroyed town in Tennessee. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Johnsonville, Tennessee and destroyed, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “destroyed town in Tennessee” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q135117036. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1944 and 1949.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Johnsonville, Tennessee”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Johnsonville, Tennessee primary sources, Johnsonville, Tennessee archive and Johnsonville research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Johnsonville, Tennessee”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Johnsonville, Tennessee” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.