Editing Viola, Tennessee (section)

==History==

Viola was founded in the late 1700s as the settlement of Blue Springs.   It was home to one of the earliest churches in Tennessee of the [[Separate Baptists]] and several members of the denomination lived there.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Crouch|first1=Arthur|title=Blue Springs Baptist Church, Viola, Warren County, Tennessee, Church Records, 1807-1858|date=1959|publisher=Blue Springs Baptist Church|location=Viola, Tennessee}}</ref> The settlement formerly named Blue Springs was named Viola with the opening of the first post office on August 23, 1858. The post office was named for [[Viola (Twelfth Night)|Viola]], the fictional character in Shakespeare's play [[Twelfth Night]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sain|first1=Charles|editor1-last=Moreland|editor1-first=Mona|title=Wesley Chapel|journal=The Pathfinder|date=July 11, 1981|volume=IX|issue=3|page=11|publisher=Grundy County Historical Society|location=Grundy County, TN}}</ref>

Until closing in 1973 the Viola Mill produced the popular regional brand of flour "Viola's Best."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wanamaker|first1=Monty|last2=Keathley|first2=Chris|title=Warren County|date=2007|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-4370-3|page=53}}</ref> This mill was later scrapped and the materials used to build a mill at [[The Farm (Tennessee)|The Farm]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Estill|first1=Lyle|title=Small Stories, Big Changes: Agents of Change on the Frontlines of Sustainability|date=June 25, 2013|publisher=New Society Publishers|isbn=978-0865717381|page=176}}</ref>