Lebanon, Tennessee
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Lebanon is a city in Wilson County, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

, in the United States
United States
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. The population was 20,235 at the 2000 census. It serves as the county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....

 of Wilson County. Lebanon is located in middle Tennessee, approximately 25 miles east of downtown Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

. Local residents have also called it "Cedar-City", mostly a reference to the abundance of cedar trees in the area. Lebanon is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Lebanon is home to Cumberland University
Cumberland University
Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1842, though the current campus buildings were constructed between 1892 and 1896.-History:...

, a small, private, 4-year liberal arts
Liberal arts
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 institution.

Geography

Lebanon is located at 36°12′29"N 86°19′35"W (36.207991, -86.326300).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 29.2 square miles (75.6 km²), of which, 29.2 square miles (75.6 km²) of it is land and 0.03% is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 20,235 people, 7,987 households, and 5,319 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 692.0 people per square mile (267.2/km²). There were 8,693 housing units at an average density of 297.3 per square mile (114.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 82.89% White, 13.78% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.82% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.00% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 1.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.26% of the population.

There were 7,987 households out of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 15.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.4% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the city the population 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. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,118, and the median income for a family was $45,094. Males had a median income of $31,207 versus $24,420 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $20,366. About 9.3% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

Interstate 40
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 is the third-longest major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90 and I-80. Its western end is at Interstate 15 in Barstow, California; its eastern end is at a concurrency of U.S. Route 117 and North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina...

 runs just south of the city, which is the major road corridor between Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 and Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

. Railroad freight service is provided by the Nashville and Eastern Railroad
Nashville and Eastern Railroad
The Nashville and Eastern Railroad is a short line railroad which administers 137 miles of track between Nashville, Tennessee and Monterey, Tennessee, of which 130 miles are currently operational. The company is based in Lebanon, Tennessee....

 short line. Beginning service in 2006, Lebanon is the eastern terminus of the new Music City Star
Music City Star
The Music City Star is a regional rail service running between Nashville and Lebanon, Tennessee. The service uses the existing track of the Nashville and Eastern Railroad. The line currently has six stops: Riverfront Station, Donelson, Hermitage, Mt. Juliet, Martha , and Lebanon. The operation...

 commuter rail service to Nashville.

Rail service began in 1871 with the now defunct Tennessee & Pacific Railroad, which ran to Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

. The last original passenger train departed Lebanon in 1935.

Lebanon has a municipal airport.

Newspapers

  • Lebanon Democrat
    Lebanon Democrat
    The Lebanon Democrat is a daily newspaper based in Lebanon, Tennessee, a town of about 20,000 in central Tennessee. The newspaper is owned by Lebanon Publishing Co.- Subscription :...

    , published Monday through Saturday
  • Wilson Post, published two times weekly (W,F)

Radio

  • WANT
    WANT
    WANT is an FM radio station licensed to Lebanon, Tennessee, and broadcasting to the eastern half of the Nashville, Tennessee, market on a frequency of 98.9 mHz. Most of WANT's broadcast day is simulcast over 1490 AM WCOR, with some exceptions.-Programming:...

     98.9 FM http://www.wantfm.com/, country music/local sports and affairs
  • WCOR
    WCOR
    WCOR is an AM radio station broadcasting in the eastern portion of the Nashville, Tennessee market with a power of 1,000 watts.In its early years, WCOR functioned as a community-oriented station aimed primarily at residents of Wilson County, Tennessee....

     1490 AM (simulcast of WANT)


Another radio station, WRVW
WRVW
WRVW is a radio station broadcasting on the FM band at 107.5 MHz, licensed to the city of Lebanon, Tennessee, but serving the nearby Nashville market. It is currently branded as 107.5 The River, broadcasting a Top 40 format, and has become something of a heritage station for Top-40 music in middle...

 107.5 FM http://www.1075theriver.com/, is licensed to Lebanon, but primarily serves Nashville.

Television

  • WJFB
    WJFB
    WJFB is a commercial television station in Lebanon, Tennessee broadcasting on digital channel 44 as an affiliate of Jewelry Television on its main channel and America One on its subchannel as of April 2, 2010...

     66, 24-hour home shopping feed
  • WRTN 6, General/Local Programming

Banking

Lebanon is considered a banking center for regional banks. It is home to the corporate headquarters of at least three. Most of the larger state and national banks have only a minimal presence in Lebanon.

Corporations

The Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is an American chain of combined restaurant and gift stores with a Southern country theme. The company was founded by Dan Evins in 1969 and its first store was located in Lebanon, Tennessee, where the company is now headquartered...

 restaurant chain was founded in Lebanon, and has its corporate headquarters based there.

Lochinvar Corporation, a water products manufacturer, is based in Lebanon.

Education

Lebanon Special School District (LSSD) has four elementary schools: Byars Dowdy, Sam Houston, Coles Ferry, Castle Heights, and two middle schools Walter J. Baird and Winfree Bryant. The two high schools operating under the Wilson County School System, are Wilson Central High School and Lebanon High School
Lebanon High School (Tennessee)
Located in Lebanon, Tennessee, Lebanon High School is part of the Wilson County School System. Lebanon High School accounts for roughly 1,700 of Wilson County School System's 14,000 students.-2011-2012 School Administration:Principal - Myra Sloan...

. A new Lebanon High School will soon be built on South Hartmann Drive.

Lebanon is also home to Cumberland University
Cumberland University
Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1842, though the current campus buildings were constructed between 1892 and 1896.-History:...

 which was founded in 1842. Cumberland University has a rich heritage and has produced over eighty Congressmen and Senators such as Albert Gore and Thomas Gore. The institution has also produced a Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
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 recipient, Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best known as the longest-serving Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during much of World War II...

 who served as Secretary of State from March 1933 - November 1944.

Sports and Recreation

Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee , United States, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville. On August 2, 2011, it was announced that Nashville Superspeedway will not host any NASCAR events in 2012. It is a concrete oval track 1 1/3 miles in...

 is located outside of Lebanon.

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 Wilson County Fair has been listed as one of the top 50 fairs in North America by attendance in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The Fair has also been named as one of the top events 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.

Film production

Lebanon is featured in Death Proof
Death Proof
Death Proof is a 2007 American action thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film centers on a psychopathic stunt man who stalks young women before murdering them in staged car accidents using his "death-proof" stunt car...

, directed by Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...

, as the setting for the second half of the film, although none of the scenes were actually filmed in Lebanon. In the theatrical release (as part of the double feature
Double feature
The double feature, also known as a double bill, was a motion picture industry phenomenon in which theatre managers would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which one feature film and various short subject reels would be shown.The double feature, also known as...

 Grindhouse), only the newspaper held and referenced by the character "Zoe" gives away the location. In the September 2007 DVD release, the action's location is revealed by a title card and multiple references by several characters. Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

, and has referenced his home state in other films.

Lebanon is also featured in Miranda Lambert's "Famous in a Small Town" music video.

Other movies were filmed in Lebanon are:
  • All The Kind Strangers shot in 1974 on Old Rome Pike.
  • Charlie's War shot in 2003 on Old Rome Pike.
  • Happiness Is... shot in 1975 unknown location.
  • Perry's Wait shot in 2007 unknown location.

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