[1] It was established in the early 19th century by European-American settlers, who bought enslaved African Americans to develop the area's cotton plantations.

In 2002, a segment of Tennessee State Route 19 near Nutbush was named "Tina Turner Highway" in her honor.

[3][4][5] It is also the home town of pioneer blues musicians and recording artists Hambone Willie Newbern and Sleepy John Estes.

Lagoon Creek Peaking Facility is run by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Nutbush.

Descended from immigrants from England, they traveled westward to the Mississippi River delta in western Tennessee.

Nutbush is situated on the south-eastern edge of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, an area with a high earthquake risk.

[17] The early Black musicians and singers from the Nutbush churches recorded and influenced an international audience.

Harmonica player Noah Lewis of Henning, Tennessee, is buried in an area cemetery near Nutbush.

The houses she lived in as a child no longer exist, but wood from her Nutbush/Flagg Grove home was used to build a barn.

[19] In 2002, Tennessee State Route 19 between Brownsville and Nutbush was officially designated as "Tina Turner Highway" in her honor.