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Welcome to Windrow ...

Windrow is located in Rutherford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Windrow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Windrow is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Windrow lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Windrow ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rutherfordchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Windrow, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Windrow ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Windrow.

  • Murfreesboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Murphree
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Murphree is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree
    • Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
  • Franklin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Smyrna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Smyrna is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <3>
  • Brentwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • La Vergne
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Morrow
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Morrow is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
  • Nolensville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jefferson Pike
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
  • Thompson's Station
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
    • Former name for Thompson's Station:
    • Littlebury
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Windrow. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Windrow.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Windrow. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Windrow.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Windrow. See our Newspapers Page for Windrow.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Windrow ...

Looking for more information about Windrow? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Windrow, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Windrow.

Adding Windrow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Windrow in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Windrow was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Windrow post office opened in 1901. The Windrow post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Windrow.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Rutherford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Windrow - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/