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Wilson County, Tennessee
Wilson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 113,993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47189.html )〕 Its county seat is Lebanon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The largest city in the county is Mt. Juliet.
Wilson County is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
==History==
Wilson County was created in 1799 from a portion of Sumner County, and named for Major David Wilson, a Revolutionary War veteran and statesman.〔Frank Burns, "(Wilson County )," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Retrieved: 24 April 2013.〕 The county remained predominantly agrarian throughout the 19th century. The arrival of the railroad after the Civil War boosted the county's timber sector, and several large factories were constructed in the county during the early 20th century.〔
Wilson County was the site of an important saltpeter mine. Saltpeter is the main ingredient of gunpowder and was obtained by leaching the earth from Valley Cave. Valley Cave is located near Statesville. Numerous saltpeter hoppers still inside the cave indicate that this was a relatively large mining operation. These saltpeter vats may date from either the War of 1812 mining era or the Civil War mining era, or perhaps both. Further research is needed to determine when this mine was active.〔Thomas C. Barr, Jr., "Caves of Tennessee", Bulletin 64 of the Tennessee Division of Geology, 1961, 568 pages.〕
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