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Rugby (Former town in Morgan co Tenn)

a former town in Morgan co., Tenn.; about 114 miles N. of Chattanooga; on the Cumberland plateau; is in a rich mining and agricultural region.

It owes its existence to a series of public lectures delivered in the United States by Thomas Hughes of England. It was settled by a company from England in 1880, who bought a large tract of land, and the settlement was made with impressive ceremonies. The town was laid out in building sites, farms, parks, etc.; several industries were introduced, but the scheme never realized the expectations of its projectors; and the place is now only classed as a health resort.