Watertown City

Wilson County, Tennessee

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Watertown City Hall is located at 8630 Sparta Pike, Watertown, TN 37184.
Phone: 615‑237‑3326.

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The area that would become Watertown [1] was first settled about 1780 when North Carolina's Captain William Thompson built a safe-haven fort for travelers along the Holstein Trail. The town itself was founded by William L. Waters about 1844 when he and his wife built a log cabin here. Waters established the early businesses: a saw mill, grist mill and blacksmith shop. A post office was established about 1858. Economic fortunes of the town surged with the coming of the Knoxville Railroad in 1885.

  1. City of Watertown, History, www.watertowntn.com. accessed October, 2015.

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