Pinson, Tennessee
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Pinson is an unincorporated town in Madison County, Tennessee, on U.S. Highway 45 between Jackson and Henderson just north of the Chester County line. It is included in the Jackson, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is most noteworthy as being the site of the Pinson Mounds complex, the second-largest east of the Mississippi, and the Pinson Mounds State Park dedicated to their study. The town was hit by a devastating tornado on March 11, 1923, which destroyed about 50 homes and killed at least 18 people. It was one of only two F5 tornadoes to ever hit the state, the other being on April 16, 1998 in Lawrence County.
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- "Tennessee and Kentucky Storm Dead Near 30", Nashville, Tennessean, March 13, 1923, pp. 1, 8.
- US F4, F5 Tornadoes Since 1900. Retrieved April 4, 2006.
