Huntland, Tennessee

[2] William L. Pogue was a founding and charter member of the Huntland Baptist Church built in 1915.

The town of Huntland is a beautiful rural community in Middle Tennessee located in the Appalachian foothills of the southwest part of Franklin County.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), all of it land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 886 people, 353 households, and 211 families residing in the town.

The first school, Huntland Academy was built in 1869-70 on what is now John Hunter Highway and Main Street.

Two local men who owned a timber yard and a sawmill donated the needed materials for constructing a new building.

At the same time, Clinton Hunt donated land located at the corner of Alabama and College Street.

The new school, completed in 1880, contained two recreation rooms and a large study hall.

Faithful instructors carried on Huntland Academy until 1908 at which time education became publicly funded.

This land at the corner of Gore and College Streets became the site of Huntland School.

The new Huntland School consisted of four classrooms, a music conservatory, and two cloakrooms that were located on the first floor.

Between 1936 and 1949 many more building additions were added including five classrooms, an agriculture shop, lunchroom, and a football stadium.

[11] The Huntland Hornets High School football team have appeared in the TSSAA playoffs 19 times in the years: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2014, 2011, 2006, 2004, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1985, 1982.

Map of Tennessee highlighting Franklin County