Gallatin City

Sumner County, Tennessee

Gallatin City Hall is located at 132 West Main Street, Gallatin, TN 37066.
Phone: 615‑451‑5961.

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Photo: Oakley House, circa 1835, located at 2243 Nashville Pike, Gallatin. Listed on the National Register in 1985. Photographer: wikipedia username: rossograph, 2021, [cc-4.0]; accessed April, 2023.

Neighborhoods

Beginnings [1]

The City of Gallatin, Tennessee is a rapidly growing community located approximately 25 miles northeast of Nashville. Gallatin was established in 1802 as the permanent county seat for Sumner County and was surveyed and platted one year later. The first courthouse and jail were built in 1803. The town incorporated in 1815 and now functions under a charter established by a 1953 private act of the state legislature.

1. City of Gallatin, General Development and Transportation Plan 2008-2020, Gallatin On the Move, 2020, www.gallatinonthemove.com, accessed May, 2012.