Gallatin, Tennessee

Gallatin, Tennessee
Gallatin, Tennessee
City
	Downtown Gallatin
	Seal
	Location of Gallatin in Sumner County, Tennessee.
	Gallatin Location of Gallatin in the US
	Coordinates: 36°23′18″N 86°26′48″W / 36.3883809°N 86.4466599°W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Sumner
Districts	3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Established	February 25, 1802
Named for	Albert Gallatin
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Mayor	Paige Brown (I)
• Council	Gallatin City Council
Area
• Total	34.81 sq mi (90.16 km2)
• Land	34.27 sq mi (88.76 km2)
• Water	0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2)
Elevation	538 ft (164 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	44,431
• Density	1,296.50/sq mi (500.59/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	37066
Area code	615
FIPS code	47-28540
GNIS feature ID	1285100
Website	gallatin-tn.gov

Gallatin is a city in and the county seat of Sumner County, Tennessee, United States.^[5] The population was 30,278 at the 2010 census and 44,431 at the 2020 census.^[6] Named for United States Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, the city was established on the Cumberland River and made the county seat of Sumner County in 1802. It is located about 30.6 miles northeast of the state capital of Nashville, Tennessee.

Several national companies have facilities or headquarters in Gallatin, including Facebook, Gap, Inc., Beretta and Servpro Industries, Inc. Gallatin was formerly the headquarters of Dot Records. The city is also the site of Volunteer State Community College, a two-year college with more than 70 degree programs. In 2017, Gallatin was ranked as "The Nicest Place In America" by Reader's Digest.^[7]

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^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gallatin, Tennessee
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^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Census.gov. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
^ Greenfield, Jeremy (October 6, 2017). "Gallatin, Tennessee: The Town That Rose Above Tragedy to Become the Nicest Place in America". Reader's Digest. Retrieved December 10, 2019.