Williamson County · Middle Tennessee
Living in Nolensville
Nolensville is a Williamson County town about sixteen miles south of downtown Nashville, built along Nolensville Road around a small historic village that is still recognizably a village. It has been one of the fastest growing towns in Tennessee, from 5,861 people in 2010 to 13,829 in 2020 and an estimated 15,789 by 2025.
- County
- Williamson, with parts of the mailing area in Davidson and Rutherford
- Distance to downtown Nashville
- ~16 miles straight line, about 20 by road
- Property tax
- Williamson County $1.30 plus town $0.34 per $100
- The thing to check first
- Which county the address is actually in
What’s actually there
- A historic village along Nolensville Road that still functions as the center of town
- Nolensville Park and the recreation center, with ballfields, an outdoor pool and greenway trail
- A year-round Saturday farmers market on Nolensville Road
- Nolensville High School, which opened in 2016 and graduated its first senior class in 2019
- Mill Creek running through the town
- Zip 37135 spilling across three counties, with Burkitt-area addresses on the Davidson side
The housing stock
Almost entirely 2000s onward subdivision construction outside the small historic core, and the subdivisions are what people search by name: Bent Creek, Silver Stream Farm, Summerlyn, Ballenger Farms, Winterset Woods and Brittain Downs. Two different medians circulate and they are not the same thing. A 2026 town-level report put the Nolensville median sale price at $580,000, while zip 37135 runs materially higher because that zip reaches into other counties and into larger newer product. Ask which geography a number describes before you use it.
Getting around
About sixteen miles straight line and closer to twenty by road, roughly thirty to forty minutes to downtown depending on how far you get up Nolensville Road before the lights. Concord Road and Sunset Road run west toward I-65, which is the faster route most mornings.
Things to do in Nolensville
Places worth knowing before you decide whether you want to live here.
Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint
The original Martin’s, opened here in 2006, at 7223 Nolensville Road Suite C. Open daily.
Nolensville Feed Mill and Amish Country Market
The old feed mill at 7280 Nolensville Road, now a market.
Mill Creek Brewing Company
Taproom at 2008B Johnson Industrial Boulevard.
Nolensville Park and Recreation Center
Town park with ballfields, an outdoor pool and greenway trail.
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 Nolensville
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.
Bent Creek
The large planned unit development between Clovercroft Road and Sam Donald Road, and the one that reshaped Nolensville’s growth in the 2000s.
- Concept plan approved by the Planning Commission in January 2004 and by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen in May 2004. Phase final plats ran from August 2004 through 2009, and Bent Creek 10 and 11 were still under town performance bonds in 2022.
- The approved PUD covers 757 single family homes, 49 multi family units and about 260,000 square feet of commercial. A magazine feature reports 803 single family homes. The 757 figure is the one on the approval, so use it and say where it came from.
- Platted lot counts by phase run 166, 117, 36, 32, 82, 62 and 33.
- Detached single family, plus a semi attached age friendly section approved in December 2012. That section is age friendly, not age restricted, which are different things.
- A pool with cabana, a pavilion, a playground and creek access. Developed by CK Development with DAC Home Builders, Patterson Company, Phillips Builders and Goodall Homes building.
Benington
A small custom home community about a mile from downtown Nolensville, and deliberately not a production subdivision.
- 92 custom built homes at full build out, on roughly half acre lots. Ground was broken in January 2013 and platting continued into the 2020s.
- Three custom builders rather than one production builder: Barlow Builders, Grove Park Construction and DAC New Homes.
- A community pool, sidewalks, underground utilities and a cul de sac street pattern.
- Detached single family only.
Lochridge
Off Rocky Fork Road across from Whittmore, and the Nolensville subdivision with the best documented record, because nearly 90 percent of it had to be annexed into town.
- 115 single family homes on about 70 acres in three phases. Announced April 2020, sales opened January 2021, Section 2 final plat recorded January 28, 2021.
- Two different lot types on purpose: larger conventional lots in Phase 1, smaller rear entry garage lots in Phase 2. Know which one you are looking at.
- HOA, stated on the recorded plat, maintaining all common areas and landscape facilities.
- A central amenity area bonded separately with the town, an eight foot wide asphalt multi use path, a pond and preserved wetland, and continuous sidewalks.
- Beazer Homes is the owner of record on the plat. The land carries Suburban Residential zoning with a planned unit development overlay, and the existing ponds, wetland and stream were kept in the layout.
The Mill at McFarlin
The big new one along Kidd Road between Baronswood Drive and McFarlin Road, and the most open space of anything in Nolensville.
- 444 single family detached homes on nearly 300 acres. Of that, 135 acres are dedicated open space and 80 acres are tree preservation.
- A pool, clubhouse, pickleball court, dog parks, a fitness area, playgrounds, natural and paved trails and a pedestrian bridge.
- Beazer Homes is the developer, and donated almost 13 acres of the property to the Town of Nolensville.
- Related plats for McFarlin Pointe and McFarlin Woods exist in the same corridor, so confirm which one an address belongs to.
Schools
Williamson County Schools
Look up an address with the district →Metro Nashville Public Schools
Look up an address with the district →
This is the part that catches people. Addresses inside Williamson County are Williamson County Schools, which is the zoning most buyers are here for. Addresses on the Davidson County side of the line, including the Burkitt area, are Metro Nashville Public Schools even though the mail says Nolensville. The county line runs between houses on opposite sides of some streets. Confirm the specific address with the district that actually serves it before you make an offer.
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
Three things. First, the county line. Zip 37135 spans Williamson, Davidson and Rutherford, and a Nolensville mailing address does not tell you which one you are in. That single fact changes your school district and your county tax rate, and on some streets it changes house by house. I check it on the parcel, every time, before we talk about anything else. Second, taxes are not what older articles say. The town does levy a property tax and it went up, from $0.29 to $0.34 per $100 of assessed value, adopted for the budget year beginning July 1 after the commission rejected a larger increase. Williamson County sits at $1.30 for fiscal 2026 after its own reduction. Anyone quoting you a Nolensville rate from two years ago is quoting the wrong number. Third, and this is the one nobody mentions: sewer. Metro Water Services paused approvals in the fall of 2024 over capacity, with a fix described in years rather than months, while more than 2,200 homes sit approved for the next decade. If you are buying new construction or land here, get the sewer availability and the timing in writing rather than taking a sales office at its word. Mill Creek also runs through town, so pull the flood zone on the specific parcel at FEMA’s map service before contingencies come off.
Common questions
Is Nolensville in Williamson County?
Mostly, and that word is doing real work. The town itself is in Williamson County, but zip 37135 reaches into Davidson and Rutherford, so a Nolensville mailing address can sit in a different county with a different school district and a different tax rate. In the Burkitt area the line runs between houses on opposite sides of the same street. Send me the address and I will tell you exactly which county, which district and which rate applies.
Does Nolensville have a town property tax?
Yes, and it changed recently. The town rate is $0.34 per $100 of assessed value, up from $0.29, adopted after the commission voted down a larger proposed increase. Williamson County adds $1.30 for fiscal 2026 after cutting its own rate. The town has historically leaned on sales tax revenue, and the mayor has been explicit that it has not kept pace with growth, so treat the rate as something to re-check rather than a fixed feature.
Is Nolensville going to keep growing like this?
More than 2,200 homes are already approved for the next decade, so the direction is set. What is not settled is the timing, because Metro Water Services paused approvals in the fall of 2024 over sewer capacity with a multi-year fix. There is also road work in progress, including widening on Nolensville Road between Burkitt and York. If you are buying into a subdivision that is still building out, the sewer question decides your timeline more than the builder does.
Which schools serve Nolensville?
Williamson County Schools on the Williamson side, including Nolensville High School, which opened in 2016 and graduated its first senior class in 2019. Metro Nashville Public Schools on the Davidson side of the line, including the Burkitt area. Both districts assign by address and both publish their own lookup, which is the only source I use. I do not send clients to rating sites.
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