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Portland, Tennessee Business District. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.4 square miles (30 km 2), of which, 11.4 square miles (30 km 2) is land and 0.09% is water. Portland is the northern terminus of U.S. Bicycle Route 23. Portland is considered the strawberry capital of Tennessee. [10]
Oak Grove is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, [3] its population was 238, slightly up from 231 at the 2010 census. [4] Oak Grove was the hometown of trial attorney James F. Neal.
Plans are also underway for SR 109 to bypass downtown Portland and intersect with I-65. This project would extend SR 109 across US 31W to intersect with the Interstate just south of the Tennessee-Kentucky state line near Lake Springs Road in Robertson County. This project was completed on November 27, 2019. [3]
Map showing dry (red), moist (yellow), and wet (blue) counties in Tennessee. The Alcohol laws of Tennessee are distinct in that they vary considerably by county. Local government jurisdictions (counties & municipalities) in Tennessee by default are dry and do not allow the sales of liquor or wine.
State Route 52 (SR 52) is an east–west state highway that crosses eight counties in northern and northeastern Tennessee.The 141.4-mile-long (227.6 km) route originates in Orlinda along SR 49 and ends in Elgin along U.S. Route 27 (US 27).
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The southernmost 1.8 miles (2.9 km) of I-65 was the first section of Interstate Highway in Tennessee to begin construction and open to traffic after the passage of the Federal-Aid Highway Act. [21] [a] Work began on this stretch on May 23, 1957, [22] and it was dedicated and opened to traffic on November 15, 1958. [23]
This c. 1910 house is most noted for its association with William E. Boyd (1880–1965), the co-owner and manager of the Benson Hotel for 36 years, during which time it flourished as one of Portland's premier hotels. Boyd lived in the house for 28 years from 1922 to 1950.