Humphreys County, Tennessee
Waverly Real Estate and Local Guide
Waverly is the county seat of Humphreys County, a small Middle Tennessee town in the Trace Creek Valley near the Buffalo and Tennessee Rivers, centered on a historic courthouse square.
Living in Waverly
Founder Steven Pavatt named the town after Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Homes in Waverly
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Waverly home
Humphreys County Museum and Civil War Fort
Local history and military museum on a preserved Civil War fort site with Union rifle pits
The Nolan House
1870 Victorian home listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, now a bed and breakfast
Waverly Explosion Memorial Caboose
Caboose memorial honoring the sixteen lives lost in the 1978 train derailment and propane explosion
Blue Creek Nature Center
A 42-acre nature area two miles south of town with hiking and jogging trails and a picnic pavilion
Waverly Municipal Park
City park with tennis and basketball courts, a swimming pool, and a playground