Canaan

Canaan is a hamlet in Maury, Tennessee. Canaan is situated nearby to the hamlet Ashwood, as well as near Ridley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maury County Airport and Rattle and Snap.

Maury County Airport

Aerodrome

Maury County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in Maury County, Tennessee, United States. It is located 2 nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee and 8 nautical miles southwest of Columbia, Tennessee. Maury County Airport is situated 2 miles south of Canaan.

Rattle and Snap is a plantation estate at 1522 North Main Street in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. The centerpiece of the estate is a mid-1840s mansion that is one of grandest expressions of the Greek Revival in Tennessee. Rattle and Snap is situated 2½ miles southeast of Canaan.

Zion Presbyterian Church

Church

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The Zion Presbyterian Church is a historic building in Maury County, Tennessee. The church was built between 1847 and 1849 of brick in the Greek Revival style. Zion Presbyterian Church is situated 2½ miles northeast of Canaan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashwood and Mount Pleasant.

Ashwood

Hamlet

Ashwood is an unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee, in the United States. Most of the community has been annexed by the city of Mount Pleasant. Ashwood is situated 2 miles east of Canaan.

Mount Pleasant

Town

Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 4.0.

Mount Pleasant is a city in Maury County, Tennessee, United States. Mount Pleasant was the birthplace of 19th-century writer and humorist Samuel R. Watkins and formerly titled "The Phosphate Capital of the World." The population was 4,561 at the 2010 census, and 4,784 in 2020. Mount Pleasant is situated 4 miles south of Canaan.

Sawdust

Hamlet

Sawdust is an unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee, United States. Sawdust is situated 6 miles north of Canaan.

Canaan

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Maury, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.58563° or 35° 35′ 8″ north

Longitude

-87.18307° or 87° 10′ 59″ west

Elevation

591 feet (180 metres)

Open location code

867JHRP8+7Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153695012

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4610936

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