Gallatin is a city in and the county chair of Sumner County, Tennessee. The population was 30,278 at the 2010 census and 44,431 at the 2020 census. 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 very nearly 30.6 miles northeast of the declare capital of Nashville, Tennessee.

Several national companies have services or headquarters in Gallatin, including Facebook, Gap, Inc., Beretta and Servpro Industries, Inc. Gallatin was formerly the headquarters of Dot Records. The city is with the site of Volunteer State Community College, a two-year instructor with beyond 70 degree programs. In 2017, Gallatin was ranked as “The Nicest area In America” by Reader’s Digest.

Gallatin was expected in 1802 as the long-lasting county seat of Sumner County, in what is called the Middle Tennessee region of the state. The town was named after Albert Gallatin, Secretary of Treasury to Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Andrew Jackson became one of the first to buy a lot with the town was surveyed and platted in 1803. The town was built in balance to a conventional plan of an edit square. Jackson founded the first general gathering in Gallatin.

In 1803, the first county courthouse and jail were built on the central town square. In 1815, the town was incorporated. In the mid-20th century, it operated under a charter normal by a 1953 Private Act of the State Legislature.