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Tullahoma was founded in 1852 as a work camp along the new Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad.

Its name is derived from the Choctaw language, and means " red rock.

" An alternative explanation ( see Sam Davis Elliott's Soldier of Tennessee and sources cited therein ) of the name is that Peter Decherd, who donated the land for the railroad right-of-way ( and was therefore given the right to name two stations along the line ), named one station Decherd, and the other Tulkahoma ( later corrupted to Tullahoma ).

Tulkahoma was the name of Decherd's favorite horse, which was itself named for an Indian chief his grandfather had captured.

Tullahoma shared its name with Tullahoma, Mississippi which was later changed to Grenada, MS. Grenada, MS was also founded as a railroad town.