Toone, TN

Toone is a town in Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States. The 2020 census counted 270 residents. The first Europeans to visit the area arrived on flatboats via the Hatchie River as early as 1725. Brick manufacturing became the major industry, and many homes still have original Toone bricks in their architecture. Toone has a bank and a post office in its downtown area. Toone is home to the Kilgore Flare Company. The short version is that Toone carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now.

That is the local read on Toone: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Tennessee State Route 138 is Main Street, leading northwest 21 miles to Interstate 40 between Jackson and Brownsville, and southeast 2 miles to its terminus at SR 18. Bolivar, the Hardeman county seat, is 8 miles south of Toone via SR 138 and SR 18. Toone includes the first Europeans to visit the area arrived on flatboats via the Hatchie River.