Rock Castle

Rock Castle State Historic Site, located in Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, is the former home of Daniel Smith. Construction began in 1784; its completion was delayed by conflicts with area Native Americans and the house was completed in 1796.

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Type: Museum
Description: historic house in Tennessee, United States
Address: TN

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hendersonville High School.

Hendersonville High School

School building

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Hendersonville High School is one of three public high schools located in Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee. The Hendersonville High School is part of the Sumner County Schools district. Hendersonville High School is situated 1½ miles north of Rock Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hendersonville and Old Hickory.

Hendersonville

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Hendersonville is a city in Sumner County of the American state of Tennessee. It is a well-known suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, and has been the home of many country music stars, including Conway Twitty, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash.

Old Hickory

Hamlet

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Old Hickory is a neighborhood of metropolitan Nashville, located in the Hadley Bend section of eastern Davidson County, Tennessee. Old Hickory is governed by the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County, because the government of Davidson County is consolidated with that of Nashville. Old Hickory is situated 3 miles southwest of Rock Castle.

Lakewood

Village

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Lakewood is a neighborhood of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee. The population was 2,302 at the 2010 census, at which time it was an incorporated city, as it was from 1959 until 2011. Lakewood is situated 3½ miles southwest of Rock Castle.

Rock Castle

Categories: house, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Sumner, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.27925° or 36° 16′ 45″ north

Longitude

-86.59642° or 86° 35′ 47″ west

Elevation

476 feet (145 metres)

Open location code

868M7CH3+MC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1192600095

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

4653780

Wikidata ID

Q7354309

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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Rock Castle” goes by many names.

French: “Rock Castle”
Hebrew: “טירת הסלע”
Japanese: “ロック・キャッスル”

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