Milk, Butter and Ice Cream
See listing of dairies and locations below.
The Ed Strasser place in the Opry Mills area
is a traditional 240 acre dairy farm. It is reportedly (Holding on to the Herd) the only family
owned dairy farm remaining in Davidson County. At one time there were
dozens of dairy farms scattered across the county. Some were located in
the now heavily populated urban areas of East and West Nashville.
See listing of dairies and locations below.
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| Nashville City Directory |
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| Union Ice Cream TSLA |
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| Purity Dairy website |
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This listing of Nashville and Davidson County dairies is, for the most part, from a 1915 Nashville City Directory. A few of the better known dairies that came along later have been added. The name of the dairy is given and the owner. The distance given is how many miles the dairy was located from the Nashville Public Square. RR designates rural route number. Rural routes in Davidson County, that were not within the Nashville postal system, included Brentwood, Madison, White's Creek, and Donelson. See bottom of page for location of rural route stations of the Nashville Post Office.
| NASHVILLE AREA DAIRIES AND RETAIL MILK PRODUCT COMPANIES |
| Anthony Pure Milk Company, Inc. |
| Edelweiss Dairy |
| Knapp Farms |
| Jersey Farm Milk Co Inc. 722 4th av S |
| Nashville Pure Milk Company, Tru-li-Pur |
| Purity Dairy |
| Swift & Company |
| Union Ice Cream (Anthony Sudekum) became Sealtest |
| W.E. Davis & Son |
| DAIRIES LISTED IN THE 1915 NASHVILLE CITY DIRECTORY |
| Alprose (R Gasser) Edmondson Rd 12 ml RR1 Brentwood |
| Beck Spring Dairy (Rychen Bros.) Bogle Ln 2 ml RR1 |
| Beechland Dairy (F O Allen) RR1 Brentwood |
| Belgrade Dairy (J Mack Ellis) - Lebanon Rd 4ml RR! |
| Belle Meade Butter Company |
| Belmont Dairy (W H Staney) 921 12 Av S |
| Beloit Jersey Dairy (Jon Von Kanel) Harding Rd 6 ml RR11 |
| Benedict H M Lebanon Rd 4 ml RR1 |
| Binkley Mrs Wm White's Creek Rd 5 ml RR1 |
| Bixler B F Madison |
| Bogle W G Lebanon Rd 5 ml RR1 |
| Brightwood Dairy (J J Rader) Blackman Rd RR8 |
| Brook Side Dairy (H O Edwards) Lebanon Rd 5 ml RR1 |
| Butter Dairy (W F Shelton) Nolensville Rd 6 ml RR8 |
| Cave Spring Dairy (W H Williams & son) Owen & Winstead Rd 9 ml RR8 |
| Cedar Grove Dairy (Ethridge & Hyde) Murfreesboro Rd 7 ml RR7 |
| Cedar Grove Dairy (J E Binkley) RR6 |
| Cedar Hill Dairy (McMurray Bros) RR2 Antioch |
| Clear View Farm Dairy (B H Charlton) Murfreesboro Rd 6 ml RR7 |
| Clover Nook Dairy (Jno F Logue) Lebanon Rd 4 ml RR1 |
| Cloverdale Dairy (J T McClanahan & Son) RR1 |
| Cold Spring Dairy (Fannie Foster) Lebanon Rd 2 ml RR1 |
| College Heights Dairy (J H Allen) Lebanon Rd RR1 |
| Craiglawn Dairy (S a & C R Craig) Lebanon Rd 5ml RR1 |
| Crescent Dairy (J K Richmond) White's Creek Rd 4 mi RR3 |
| Crocker Springs Dairy |
| Dellfern Dairy (A F Thalmann) Gallatin Rd 9 ml RR2 |
| Delrose Dairy (Anderson & Welch) RR1 |
| Dew Drop Dairy (J P Floyd) Mill Creek Valley Rd 7 ml RR7 |
| Dun Allie Dairy (L R Campbell) Murfreesboro Rd 6 ml RR7 |
| East Lynne Dairy (W R Price) Gallatln Rd Madison |
| Easton Dairy (A D Ridley) Lyle Av RR |
| Economy Dairy (J M Gafford) Hydes Ferry Rd RR6 |
| Edgewood Dairy (H C McFarland) Lebanon Rd |
| Englewood Dairy (W K Sanford) Murfreesboro Rd |
| Fanning Grove Dairy (Field Bros) McLean Station |
| Fontaine Bros Buena Vista Rd RR3 |
| Forest Home Dairy (J. W. Ezell) Elm Hill Rd |
| Fortland Farm Dairy RR10 |
| Gloucester Farm Dairy (Armistead & Armistead) Gallatin Rd Madison Station |
| Golden Spring Dairy (Robt Niederhauser) RR8 |
| Green Lawn Farm (W B Bennett) Trinity Ln RR1 Madison |
| Green Vale Milk Company 1901 Nolensville Rd |
| Hamer M D McLean Station RR8 |
| Harrington R L & A C - Dickerson Rd RR2 |
| Hickory Hurst (H C Hagan) Mureesboro rd 4 RR7 |
| Honey Suckle Dairy (B F Sanders) Ewing lane 5 ml RR3 |
| Honey Suckle Dairy (R S Smith) Ewing Rd 4 ml RR3 |
| Ingleside Farm Dairy (W C Tune) Nolensville rd 3 McLean Station |
| Jersey Dairy (Robt Fuhrer) Franklin Rd RR9 |
| Kirby Cowan Dickerson Rd 8 ml |
| Linden Grove Dairy (W M Tamble) Dickerson Rd 4 ml RR2 |
| Locust Grove Dairy (Buford Sweeney)Stone’s River Rd 6 ml RR2 |
| Long View Dairy (C Worrell) RR2 |
| Maple Lane Dairy (L C Jordan) Dickerson Rd 4 mi RR 2 |
| Maple Leaf Dairy (J C Hlbbett) Elm Hill Rd 4 ml RR1 |
| Maple Wood Dairy (W D Carter) RR1 Madison |
| McCool R E - Brick Church Rd 9 ml RR1 White's Creek |
| Melrose Dairy - Lannom Bros. |
| Melrose Dairy (J W Lannom & Sons) Lebanon Rd 5 ml RR1 |
| Merry Brook Dairy (Shannon Mayfield) Granny White Rd RR2 Brentwood |
| MIII Creek Valley Dairy (Milton McWhorter) Mclean Station RR7 |
| Mountain View Dairy (J W Fuqua) Murfreesboro Rd 2 ml RR1 |
| Nashville Dairy (E C Coleman) Thompson Ln 5 ml RR9 |
| North Side Dairy (B M Bratton) Hydes Ferry Rd 3 ml RR6 |
| Oak Hill Dairy (Mrs V L. Kirkman) Franklin Rd RR9 |
| Oak Lawn (A H Gillespie) Brick Church Rd RR2 |
| Oakwood Dairy & Stock Farm (Jno Tyer & Sons) Murfreesboro Rd 7 ml RR7 |
| Orchard Home Dairy (J P Jordan) Charlotte Rd 9 ml RR11 |
| Orchard Spring Dairy (R G Clark) Blackman Rd 6 ml RR8 |
| Over Hill Dairy (D A Harrison) McLean Station |
| Overton Hall Dairy (J M Overton) Brentwood |
| Pure Milk Dairy (V C Smith) Ewing Ln 5 ml RR1 White's Creek |
| Rader G R Antioch Rd 7 ml RR7 |
| Ravencroft Dairy (W D Hardeman) RR3 Brentwood |
| Richland Dairy (W G Sanford) Murfreesboro Rd 3 ml RR7 |
| River View Farm Dairy (J J Brittain) RR10 |
| Rosebank Dairy (Edw Gasser) Rosebank Av RR10 |
| Silver Springs Dairy (J M Griffin) Dickerson Rd 5 ml RR2 |
| Spot Cash Dairy (Wm M Cochran) Charlotte Rd 5 ml RR2 |
| Spring Hill Dairy (W F fly) elm Hill Rd 6 ml RR7 |
| Springdale Dairy (C B Mims) McLean Station |
| Standard Dairy (W N Brown) Lebanon Rd 4 ml RR1 |
| Stone's River Dairy (Frank Rogers) Donelson |
| Sunny Side Dairy (A Ashton) RR6 |
| Sunshine Dairy (J C Cooper) Donelson |
| Swiss Farm Dairy, Cumberland Circle, Donelson |
| Tune W L Couchvllie Rd 6 ml RR1 |
| Una Dairy (C J Ellis) RR2 Antioch |
| Walnut Grove Dairy (Jas A Graves) Dickerson rd 3 ml RR2 |
| Walnut Grove Farm (W A Griswold) Lebanon Rd 5 ml RR1 |
| Walton E F RR3 Nashville |
| West Wood Dairy (Edw Niederhauaer) RR3 |
| Willow Brook Dairy Nmii Thon)) FertIlizer Rd RR7 |
| Woodbine Dairy (Henry Jackson & Son) McLean Station RR7 |
| Woodland Dairy (P K Ferguson) Nolensville Rd 4 ml McLean Station |
| Woodmere Farm (Fount H Rion) Granny White Rd 11 ml Brentwood |
| York S F McLean Station RR7 |
RR Rural Routes from the Nashville Post Office
Route 1, ran from the South Nashville Station (819 2nd
Ave So)
Routes2 and 3, ran from the Northeast Station (204 Foster St)
Routes 4, 5. 11 and 12, ran from the West Nashville Station (4818
Charlotte Ave)
Route 6, ran from the North Station (614 Jefferson)
Routes 7, 8 and 9, ran from the McLean Station (2805 Nolensville Rd)
Routes 10 ran, from the East Station (500 Woodland St)
Readers have reminded me of these dairies; Thompson Dairy, White's Creek Pike; Neely Bend Dairy, Madison; Tony Sudekum Dairy at Edenwald; Rychen Dairy, Nashville Airport Property; Burton Dairy, White's Creek Pike; Country Maid Dairy, Whites Creek Pike.
Readers have reminded me of these dairies; Thompson Dairy, White's Creek Pike; Neely Bend Dairy, Madison; Tony Sudekum Dairy at Edenwald; Rychen Dairy, Nashville Airport Property; Burton Dairy, White's Creek Pike; Country Maid Dairy, Whites Creek Pike.
You leave out the Rychen Dairy located on Nashville Airport Property, Burton Dairy on Whites Creek Pike, and Country Maid Dairy on Whites Creek Pike. Country Maid later merged with Purity.
ReplyDeletemy family ran the Rychen Dairy, would love to find some of the bottles
DeleteThanks. Rychen Bros are on there but may be a different location. The list is from a 1915 Nashville City Directory, except for a few that I added at the beginning, that I remembered from the 1960's or so.
ReplyDeleteCame across two milk bottles and wondered if they might be Davidson County. Tulip Grove Farm Dairy C.E. Buntin and Woodbine Dairy W.H. Jackson. Any info would be appreciated.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-tulip-grove-farm-dairy-e-520416747 A google search turned up this for Tulip Grove Farm. The bottle is embossed TULIP GROVE FARM DAIRY / GRADE A MILK / C.E. BUNTIN. According to a little research Tulip Grove was constructed in the 1830s across from the residence of Andrew Jackson in Nashville by Andrew Jackson's wife's nephew. The Buntin family acquired it in the nineteen-teens. Checked city directories and found a William H. Jackson listed in the 1940 city directory, occupation dairy. Woodbine is a community south of downtown Nashville in Davidson County. Searching Nashville City directories my give more information. They can be found at the Nashville Public Library.
DeleteLeft out the keathley dairy that shut down in the early 60.s on whites creek and tranaham hollow
DeleteThat was my grandpa's dairy. Shut down production 2972 went to beef cows.
DeleteAnybody know if there was a dairy named Ezell Mackie? Milk bottles with that name on them. THX JIM
ReplyDeleteEzell Mackie Purity diaries. This is what is now Purity diaries in Nashville.
DeleteI have (2) GREENVALE MILK CO. ONE QUART LIQUID PASTUERIZED MILK TELEPHONE 6-6648 & on bottom PROPERTY OF GREENVALE MILK CO. NOT TO BE SOLD
ReplyDeleteI have a "Jersey Farms Pasteurized Products" milk bottle with logo "JF" on opposite side of glass. The bottom/underside of bottle reads "THIS BOTTLE IS THE PROPERTY OF JERSEY FARMS MILK SERVICE AND IS NEVER SOLD". Can you verify that this would be from the Jersey Farms on 8th Ave
ReplyDeleteMy Grandfather EB Smith Sr. Owned Maple Shade Dairy , 2 miles north of Bordeaux
ReplyDeleteOn West Hamilton Road
My grandfather Gottlieb Thalmann owned “Crescent View Dairies on Hill RD in Brentwood
ReplyDeleteI h ve a pint bottle Bird’s View Dairy. Gallatin, TN. Would anyone maybe know years of operation. This bottle has started turning pink.
ReplyDelete