Interesting Story About The Name of Our City!

From the City of La Vergne:

The official spelling of La Vergne is 20 years old this year,according to an issue of the now defunct Rutherford Courier, dated Nov. 5, 1987. The change was officially adopted by the City Commissioners on Nov. 1, 1987 and changed the spelling of the name from "LaVergne" or "Lavergne" to "La Vergne." The city, whose history dates back 200+ years, was named after Francis Leonard de Roulhac de la vergne.

The U.S. Post Office officially named the city La Vergne in August of 1852, on the day that Mr. Roulhac died, according to "Green Trees," a La Vergne book written by the late Shirlie Runnels Chaney. The book is available at the La Vergne Library, 5063 Murfreesboro Road, for $20. Proceeds benefit the La Vergne Library. Ironically, the name on the front cover of the book -- printed in the 1990s -- is spelled "LaVergne."

The city celebrated its 35th year of incorporation on Feb. 1 with a celebration at the library.

La Vergne's Historical Preservation Committee is researching it's history by collecting and scanning items from local residents. Anyone with anything (photos, letters, etc.) to scan can bring them to the La Vergne Parks Department, 294 Sand Hill Road, and drop them off. Be sure to include a phone number so that after the scanning is done, the owner of the materials can be contacted to pick them up. The committee meets at the Parks and Recreation Building at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month, unless otherwise noted.

"We've had two Show and Tell events and have had a lot of success with them, but we know there is still a lot of the history we have to capture," said committee chairman and Alderman Dennis Waldron. "We invite anyone who anything to share to do so before it's lost in time."