Editing Decherd, Tennessee (section)

==History==
Peter Decherd came to the area in 1831 from [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin County]], [[Virginia]] and set up a plantation in [[Winchester, Tennessee|Winchester TN]] that came to be known as [[Hundred Oaks Castle|Hundred Oaks]]. In the 1850s he granted right-of-way to the [[Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad]] from property he owned.

On February 14, 1856, the thirty-first General Assembly of the state of Tennessee incorporated the town of Decherd with all the rights and privileges as the town of Cookeville, which was also incorporated at that time.<ref>Acts of the State Of Tennessee of the Thirty-First General Assembly 1855-6 at the Tennessee State Library</ref>

After the Civil War, Decherd was again incorporated as a town on January 30, 1868. It was unincorporated in 1885 to avoid application of the "Four Mile Law", which permitted liquor sales within four miles of schools located in incorporated communities. The town was chartered once again by the General Assembly on April 22, 1901.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.decherd.net/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010401035242/http://decherd.net/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 1, 2001|title=Local Government Information &#124; Decherd, TN - Decherd|website=www.decherd.net}}</ref>
The [[Haynes House (Decherd, Tennessee)|Haynes House]] in Decherd is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Tennessee|National Register of Historic Places]].

A [[Tornado outbreak of February 13, 1952#Beech Hill–Marble Plains–Decherd, Tennessee|violent F4 tornado]] heavily damaged the northern part of the town on [[Tornado outbreak of February 13, 1952|February 13, 1952]].<ref name="CDNS">{{cite web |title=Climatological Data National Summary Publication {{!}} IPS {{!}} National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/cdns/cdns.html |website=www.ncdc.noaa.gov |accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |title=Tennessee Event Report: F4 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10126034 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=March 5, 2022}}{{cite report |title=Tennessee Event Report: F4 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10126035 |website=National Centers for Environmental Information |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=March 5, 2022}}</ref>

The historic [[Asia School]] is located in Decherd.