In October 1902, Garfield Burley and Curtis Brown were lynched in downtown Newbern. Landmarks include Newbern–Dyersburg. Newbern is the birthplace of John Clyde Bowen, United States federal judge.
Newbern, Tennessee gifts and souvenirs: 23 designs made from Newbern's own map, landmarks and history, from $10 to $95. Printed to order and shipped free in the USA.
| Popular | Price |
|---|---|
| Newbern Hometown Ornament | $23 |
| Newbern Vintage Travel Poster | from $40 |
| Newbern Varsity Crewneck | from $57 |
| Newbern Est. Tee | from $33 |
| Newbern Town Line Mug | from $26 |
| Newbern Market Tote | $37 |
Ceramic keepsake, gold ribbon, in 4 styles
Its landmark photo in a classic travel-poster layout
A local landmark photo as a gallery print
The town's story in dates, from its own records, for home or classroom
Map of local landmarks, washable fabric
Heavy-blend fleece, street map printed on the back
Red heavy-blend crewneck, knit-stitch town print
Soft Bella+Canvas jersey
Kids' Bella+Canvas jersey, youth sizes
Bella+Canvas toddler jersey
Bella+Canvas baby bodysuit
Glossy ceramic, dishwasher safe
Weatherproof, for the front walk
24″×16″, printed coir-look fibers, rubber back
12″×12″ printed wood, ready to hang
Soft-touch, zip cover
A local landmark photo with the town name, 18″×18″
Sturdy all-over-print tote
Glossy top, cork back
Soft fleece, 50″×60″
20 oz, double-wall stainless
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
The town's earliest Sanborn fire-insurance map, drawn building by building and hand-coloured, from the Library of Congress
Population 2010: 3,313 → 2020: 3,349
From Wikidata (CC0).
The first settlers came to the area in the 1840s. Owen Philly is credited with erecting the first house and store in the town, and it is believed that he named the town after his birthplace, New Bern, North Carolina. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway completed a line from Memphis, TN to Newbern in 1882. By 1895, the operation of the line and depot at Newbern was taken over by the Illinois Central Railroad.
In October 1902, Garfield Burley and Curtis Brown were lynched in downtown Newbern. Burley and Brown were tied together and hung from a telephone pole within sight of the town's train depot. The lynching is notable due to the efforts of several local community leaders to prevent it.
In 1930, a Works Progress Administration guidebook described the town as a "cotton trade center" with multiple cotton gins that handled much of the ginning work from Dyer County and the surrounding counties in northwest Tennessee.
In 1957, famed singer and performer Elvis Presley lived in Newbern and worked for the state highway department during the construction of Tennessee State Route 77, driving a gravel truck.
On April 2, 2006, sixteen people were killed in Newbern when it and its surrounding communities were directly hit by an F3 tornado. The storm caused nearly $15 million in damages.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Newbern, Tennessee, revision 1378593042 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
We share a part of every Newbern sale with local partners, and we'd love to print from your collection. Old photographs, maps and postcards make the best keepsakes.
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2 free coloring pages of Newbern, each traced from a photo of a local landmark. Print them at home, at school or for story hour.
Newbern's population was 3,349 in the 2020 U.S. Census, up from 3,313 in 2010.
Newbern–Dyersburg
A view of Newbern