Hillsboro Toll Gate No.1
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N 36° 07.784 W 086° 48.149
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Hillsboro Toll Gate No.1
Waymark Code: WM4ABQ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2008
Views: 26
Ten yds. north stood toll gate and toll gate house erected by Nashville and Hillsboro Turnpike Co., Incorporated in 1848. Charges to travel macadamized road could not exceed: hourse or mule, 3 cents; 10 sheep, 20 cents; 20 meat cattle, 25 cents; carriage drawn by pair of horses or mules, 25 cents. Toll removed in 1903. Toll gate house, enlarged, stands 20 yds. northwest.
No.34 Erected 1970
Marker Name: Hillsboro Toll Gate No.1
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number: No. 34
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County
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