Rutherford, Tennessee — The Last Home of Davy Crockett in Gibson County

Rutherford, Tennessee holds a direct connection to one of the state's best-known frontier figures: David "Davy" Crockett built his first West Tennessee log cabin near the present site of Rutherford in 1822, and the town markets itself today as Crockett's last home before he left for Texas.

It was fitting, then, that Crockett himself introduced the 1823 legislative bill that formed Gibson County, the county Rutherford sits within. While a Gibson County resident, Crockett served three terms in the United States Congress, representing Tennessee before his later, fatal move to Texas and the Alamo.

Rutherford still marks this history directly. A reconstructed version of Crockett's cabin stands in downtown Rutherford, open for public tours, alongside his mother's grave. The town holds an annual Davy Crockett Days celebration lasting a full week, making Rutherford one of the more actively commemorated Crockett sites in West Tennessee.