Smyrna

Take W. Main, right on Broad Street heading north on US 41/70S (12.15 miles)

Smyrna, Rutherford County’s second-largest town, is a name first associated with an early Presbyterian church. Smyrna first grew as a village along the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad in the 1850s. During World War II, it was a base for training pilots from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Yugoslavia. Bomber crews continued training at Sewart Air Force Base (named in 1950) until its closure in 1971. Since 1981, Smyrna has been the home of Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corporation, U.S.A.