Dotsonville has grown from a farm community to a bustling neighborhood filled with residential development.
More growth likely will come as the state completes an extension of state Highway 374, also known as Purple
Heart Parkway in that section, a road that eventually will encircle Clarksville.
Dotsonville, named for the Dotson family, lies west of downtown Clarksville.
The chief symbol of the community's unity is the Dotsonville Community Center, where people gather almost
weekly to take part in some sort of celebration, including an annual barbecue for political candidates.
As the community started to form, Dotsonville had three schools. High school students attended the Odd Fellows
Hall. One of the Dotsonville schools was reserved for black children. Part of this one-room school stands on the
same land as the Haynes Chapel Church on Chester Harris Road.
Dotsonville