Sumner County · Middle Tennessee
Living in Gallatin
Gallatin is the seat of Sumner County, about twenty-four miles northeast of downtown Nashville at the end of Vietnam Veterans Boulevard. It has grown from roughly 23,000 people in 2000 to an estimated 54,590 in 2025, and unlike a lot of fast-growing towns it has real employment of its own rather than only rooftops.
- County
- Sumner
- Distance to downtown Nashville
- ~24 miles
- Population
- 23,230 in 2000, about 54,590 estimated for 2025
- Character
- County seat with a working courthouse square and a real employment base
What’s actually there
- A courthouse square laid out in 1803, still the center of downtown
- Gap Inc’s distribution center, 2.3 million square feet and the largest in that company’s global network
- Beretta USA’s manufacturing plant, and Servpro’s headquarters at 801 Industrial Boulevard
- Volunteer State Community College at 1480 Nashville Pike
- Highpoint Health Sumner, formerly Sumner Regional Medical Center, at 555 Hartsville Pike
- Old Hickory Lake on the southern edge, with Gallatin Marina at 727 Marina Private Road
- Bledsoe Creek State Park at 400 Zieglers Fort Road
The housing stock
Everything from historic housing around the square to golf and lake communities like Fairvue Plantation and Foxland Harbor to large volumes of new subdivision construction. New construction is the story: a council member put the number of housing units under construction citywide at 8,076. A 2026 market report put the Gallatin median sale price at $350,000 with homes averaging 38 days on market, which is a city-wide figure and well below the Sumner County lake communities.
Getting around
About twenty-four miles to downtown, thirty-five to forty-five minutes off-peak by Vietnam Veterans Boulevard and US-31E. TDOT has a $130 million interchange project on the Vietnam Veterans corridor near Belvedere Drive in land acquisition, with construction not scheduled until 2031, so plan your commute around today’s road rather than that one.
Things to do in Gallatin
Places worth knowing before you decide whether you want to live here.
Gallatin Marina
Old Hickory Lake marina at 727 Marina Private Road, open year round.
Bledsoe Creek State Park
State park on a Cumberland River embayment at 400 Zieglers Fort Road.
Trousdale Place
The 1813 home of Governor William Trousdale at 183 West Main Street. Tours are by appointment, not walk-in.
Gallatin Public Library
123 East Main Street.
Volunteer State Community College
The Gallatin campus at 1480 Nashville Pike.
Station Camp Greenway
City greenway on the west side of town.
Checked against each business as of August 17, 2026. Nashville loses restaurants faster than most cities, so if something here has closed since, tell me and I’ll get it corrected.
Subdivisions and named developments in Gallatin
Once you are actually looking, you stop searching by city and start searching by subdivision. These are the names that come up, and what is true about each one that will still be true in three years. No prices, no dues, no days on market, because those change and this page would go stale telling you about them.
Fairvue Plantation
The golf and lake community built around an 1832 mansion on Nashville Pike, and a place whose history is worth knowing before you buy into it.
- About 500 acres. Developers acquired the remaining site around 1999 and the golf community opened in 2004 with more than 400 homes.
- Detached single family plus villas and townhomes. The City of Gallatin currently lists The Knoll at Fairvue, 211 townhome units on 34 acres, and Villas on the Green, 68 townhome units on 13 acres, both in progress.
- Tennessee Grasslands clubhouse, the Lakes Course at 7,116 yards and par 72, practice facilities, a fitness center in a restored historic building and a Junior Olympic pool. Jacob’s Point, The Peninsula and Gracie Lake are gated. Not every section is.
- The house was built in 1832 by Isaac Franklin, who made his fortune as a partner in Franklin and Armfield, the largest slave trading firm in the United States, before becoming a planter. Charles Reed bought it in 1882 for thoroughbred racing and William Wemyss, founder of the company that became Genesco, bought it in 1934.
- Fairvue was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977 and the designation was withdrawn, and the property removed from the National Register, on April 4, 2005, because development had damaged its historic integrity. Sites still calling it a National Historic Landmark are out of date. Old Hickory Lake is an Army Corps of Engineers lake and waterfront ownership conveys no dock right. Permits issue only in Limited Development Areas allocated for private docks, roughly a third of the 440 mile shoreline, and about 36 percent of the shoreline is Protected Shoreline Area where private docks are prohibited outright. Permits are privileges rather than rights, they are nontransferable, and a new owner must reapply. A dock on the property today does not come with the deed.
Foxland Harbor
Across a cove from Fairvue, on Old Hickory Lake, and now under the same club ownership.
- The club at Fairvue purchased the club at Foxland on August 31, 2018, merging both into Tennessee Grasslands Golf and Country Club. Members of both communities get two 18 hole courses, two pools and two clubhouses.
- The Foxland Course runs 7,200 yards at par 72, with a clubhouse, event center, dining, fitness center, pools and racquet facilities.
- Mixed housing, and the mix is still growing: the City of Gallatin lists Revery Waterside at 64 condominium units, Revery Point at 28 attached units, and Aintree Phase 2 at 121 apartment units, all in progress.
- The Foxland Harbor Homeowners Association exists and holds annual meetings.
- The site was originally Foxland Mansion, built in 1830, and later Grasslands International, a 1920s sportsman’s club. Old Hickory Lake is an Army Corps of Engineers lake and waterfront ownership conveys no dock right. Permits issue only in Limited Development Areas allocated for private docks, roughly a third of the 440 mile shoreline, and about 36 percent of the shoreline is Protected Shoreline Area where private docks are prohibited outright. Permits are privileges rather than rights, they are nontransferable, and a new owner must reapply. A dock on the property today does not come with the deed.
Kennesaw Farms
A large mixed residential development east of Big Station Camp Boulevard, north of Nashville Pike, between Hendersonville and Gallatin.
- The Paddock at Kennesaw Farms alone covers 205.27 acres per the City of Gallatin, with unit counts recorded in the hundreds across its filings.
- Genuinely mixed product under one name: detached houses, attached homes, and MAA Kennesaw Farms, which is an apartment community. The Grove at Kennesaw Farms is the Southeastern Building Corporation neighborhood within it. Confirm the product type for any specific address.
- Pocket parks and recreational areas, The Post at Kennesaw Farms gathering space, and an 1850s mansion restored as the centerpiece.
- No lake frontage. Developed by Southeastern Building Corporation.
Carellton
A Long Hollow Pike community developed in stages by two different owners, now sold out.
- Achiever Development owned and developed the land for the initial phase, then owner financed the remaining property to another developer in 2013 for the later phases.
- Detached single family. The builder reports the community as sold out.
- A Junior Olympic sized swimming pool and a community clubhouse.
- Builders included Davidson Homes, Goodall Homes and Creekside Homes, which is why the housing varies more than the single name suggests.
- No lake frontage.
Schools
Sumner County Schools
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Served by Sumner County Schools, assigned by address. The district rezoned students in the Gallatin and Hendersonville area effective for 2026-27 because of growth, so confirm the current assignment for the specific address with the district rather than assuming last year’s zone still holds.
I publish district and school zoning as published fact and nothing more. No ratings, no rankings, no comparisons. School zones are set by the district, assigned by address rather than by subdivision or city name, and they change. Confirm any address with the district itself, and evaluate the schools yourself against what matters to your family.
What a buyer needs to know here
Gallatin is in the middle of an argument about its own growth, and that argument is your leverage. With more than 8,000 units under construction, the council advanced an ordinance seeking state permission to charge impact fees on new construction, and separately discussed studying a construction moratorium at an April 2026 work session. Neither is settled. What that means practically is that new construction pricing and timelines here are less predictable than in a town that has already made its decision, and it means asking a builder what happens to your contract if the rules change is a fair question rather than a rude one. On taxes, Sumner County is $1.421 per $100 of assessed value and the City of Gallatin publishes $0.8001, but that city figure is tied to the 2023 tax year on the city’s own page, so we confirm the current number before you budget. And if you are buying on the lake, Old Hickory shoreline is Corps-controlled, so dock rights are a permit question, not a deed question.
Common questions
Is Gallatin still affordable compared to Hendersonville?
Generally yes, and the gap is real. A 2026 report put the Gallatin median sale price at $350,000 while Zillow had the Hendersonville zip at about $520,000. Those are different measures, so treat the gap as directional rather than exact, and remember the Gallatin figure blends historic housing near the square, new subdivisions and lake communities like Fairvue and Foxland into one number.
Is Gallatin going to slow down building?
It is being debated right now. The council moved an ordinance asking the state for permission to charge impact fees on new construction, capped under $750 a unit, and separately discussed studying a moratorium at an April 2026 work session. Nothing is final. If you are buying new construction here, ask the builder directly what happens to your price and your timeline if either lands.
Who employs people in Gallatin?
This is the part that separates Gallatin from a bedroom community. Gap Inc runs a 2.3 million square foot distribution center, the largest in its global network, which added a $58 million robotics expansion and 100 jobs announced in June 2025. Beretta USA manufactures here. Servpro is headquartered at 801 Industrial Boulevard. Volunteer State Community College is on Nashville Pike, and Highpoint Health Sumner on Hartsville Pike announced a service expansion in July 2026.
What are the taxes in Gallatin?
Sumner County runs $1.421 per $100 of assessed value and the City of Gallatin publishes $0.8001, though that city figure is tied to the 2023 tax year on the city’s own page. Tennessee assesses residential property at 25 percent of appraised value. Before you budget, we confirm the current city rate rather than repeating an older one, because it is the kind of number that quietly changes.
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