UNIVERSITY NEWS 4th Largest County

[DisgruntledAlum]

Need to generate some fandom for sure...

https://www.wgnsradio.com/article/90519/rutherford-county-now-4th-largest-in-tennessee

 

[mtfblue]

I remember my car with the 8 on the tag for years.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

I remember my car with the 8 on the tag for years.

Jackson / Madison County had a “7” when I was still in HS.

 

[Raiderclyde]

I remember my car with the 8 on the tag for years.

Rutherford was #11 during most of the 1970's. My dad's license plate tag was 11-D-131 on his then brand new 1976 Ford Granada. That car was bought at Binford Motor Co., the previous Ford dealership where Chili's Restaurant currently sits on NW Broad Street. Then, Coffee was #24, Williamson was #32, and Bedford was #42 (later slipped to #44). Cannon stayed #80 and Dekalb was #76 during the 1970's and 80's. We later became #8, Williamson became #14 and Sumner became #7 replacing Madison as #7.

Murfreesboro's census population in the 1970's was 26,370--revised to 29,524 by 1977. Basically, Murfreesboro's northern and southern limits was just beyond East Clark Blvd and extended down to Samsonite Blvd/Sanbyrn Drive back then. There was not much at I-24 at Old Fort Parkway until after Outlet Limited Mall developed; there was more development at Exit 81 but even that didn't get annexed until mid-1970s after Riverdale, Standard Register, and Rich's had opened.