Map of Brighton town, Tennessee

Brighton is a town in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,735 at the 2010 census.

Brighton town overview:
Name:	Brighton town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Tennessee
County:	Tipton County
Elevation:	341 ft (104 m)
Total Area:	3.04 sq mi (7.86 km²)
Land Area:	3.04 sq mi (7.86 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	2,888
Population Density:	951.25/sq mi (367.26/km²)
ZIP code:	38011
Area code:	901
FIPS code:	4708500
GNISfeature ID:	1278391
Website:	www.townofbrighton.com

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History

Brighton was established in the year 1873, along the newly completed tracts of the Memphis and Paducah Railroad upon the lands of A. W. Smith, Sr. who gave the initial five acres for the Depot grounds. The new town was named for Mr. Bright, the first conductor on the Memphis Division of the said road.

The new town grew quickly. By the late 1870s, Brighton had two dry goods stores, three grocery stores, two saloons, two blacksmith shops, two wagon shops, one brick yard, one steam saw and grist mill, one steam cotton gin, a Baptist church, two physicians, and a population of approximately 100.

In 1883, the veterans of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States of America made Brighton the permanent site of their annual reunion. At Brighton, the veterans reunion took on new dimensions and it grew into a reunion of all Confederate veterans of Tipton County and the surrounding region. Over the years, attendance of this annual August event grew, peaking at 15,000 in 1897. The Tipton County Confederate Veterans Reunion, as it came to be known, continued to be held at Brighton until 1940.

Brighton was incorporated by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1913 and the town today continues to operate under the same charter.