Lebanon, Tennessee For other places with the same name, see Lebanon .
Lebanon, Tennessee Lebanon's Town Square Lebanon's Town Square Location of Lebanon, Tennessee Location of Lebanon, Tennessee Named for Cedars of Lebanon Website City of Lebanon, Tennessee Lebanon / l bn n/ is the governmental center of county of Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. Lebanon is positioned in Middle Tennessee, approximately 25 miles (40 km) east of downtown Nashville.
Lebanon is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The town/city was incorporated in 1801, and was titled after the biblical cedars of Lebanon. Local inhabitants have called Lebanon "Cedar City", mostly a reference to the abundance of cedar trees in the area.
Lebanon is positioned at 36 12 29 N 86 19 35 W (36.207991, 86.326300). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 38.63 square miles (100.1 km2), of which 38.5 square miles (100 km2) is territory and 0.03% is water.
Lebanon City Hall in Lebanon, TN In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
Cracker Barrel was established in Lebanon by Dan Evins in 1969, and has its corporate command posts there. Lester business is based in Lebanon, and has both a corporate office and a distribution center there, where they service Cracker Barrel and many other restaurant companies.
In 2015, Chinese Tile Company Wonderful Group invested 150 million dollars to build their company's first manufacturing locale in Lebanon, the first locale in North America. Lebanon is host to the annual Wilson County Fair, which is considered by Busy Bee Trader Magazine (based in Greenbrier, TN) to be the best County Fair in Tennessee.
The fair has also been titled as one of the top affairs to attend by Southeastern Tourism and voted the "Best Fair" by the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation. It has paid attendance more than double that of the Tennessee State Fair. Nashville Superspeedway is positioned outside of Lebanon.
Lebanon Democrat, presented Tuesday through Saturday WRVW 107.5 FM, licensed to Lebanon but primarily serves Nashville Commuter rail service to Nashville began service in 2006 via the Music City Star. Lebanon is the easterly end of the Music City Star commuter rail service which runs via scheduled service Mon-Fri.
In addition, when the Tennessee Titans play at home, a special service called Game-Day Express operates. Rail service began in 1871 with the now defunct Tennessee & Pacific Railroad, which ran to Nashville.
The last initial passenger train departed Lebanon in 1935.
Lebanon has a municipal airport referenced by FAA Identifier M54.
The Lebanon Special School District encompasses four elementary schools and two middle schools.
Wilson County Schools operates a several additional major and secondary schools in and around Lebanon, including Wilson Central High School and the newly reconstructed Lebanon High School. Lebanon also has two private schools, Friendship Christian School and Mc - Clain Christian Academy.
Lebanon is also home to Cumberland University, which was established in 1842.
Lebanon (Music City Star station) Cedars of Lebanon State Park "Tennessee Blue Book" (PDF).
"Lebanon, Tennessee".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
"$150 - M investment in Lebanon biggest ever in Tennessee for a China-based company".
"Board thinking about State Fair options".
"Middle Tennessee RTA Home Page - quick links, featured news, news releases, contact information".
"Middle Tennessee RTA Special Event Information - July 4th".
"Middle Tennessee RTA Home Page - quick links, featured news, news releases, contact information".
"M54 - Lebanon Municipal Airport".
"Crews continue work on new Lebanon High School".
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Lebanon (Tennessee).
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Municipalities and communities of Wilson County, Tennessee, United States
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