Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Gatlinburg
City
US 441 in downtown Gatlinburg c. 2018
US 441 in downtown Gatlinburg c. 2018
Flag of Gatlinburg
Flag
Official logo of Gatlinburg
Logo
Nickname: 
"Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains"[1]
Location of Gatlinburg in Sevier County, Tennessee
Location of Gatlinburg in Sevier County, Tennessee
Gatlinburg is located in Tennessee
Gatlinburg
Gatlinburg
Gatlinburg is located in the United States
Gatlinburg
Gatlinburg
Coordinates: 35°42′52″N 83°31′29″W / 35.71444°N 83.52472°W / 35.71444; -83.52472
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountySevier
Settledc. 1806
Incorporated1945[2]
Named forRadford Gatlin
Government
 • TypeCity Manager-Commission
 • MayorMike Werner
Area
[3]
 • Total
10.41 sq mi (26.97 km2)
 • Land10.41 sq mi (26.97 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[4]
1,450 ft (440 m)
Population
 (2020)[5]
 • Total
3,577
 • Density343.48/sq mi (132.61/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
37738
Area code865
FIPS code47-28800[6]
GNIS feature ID2403685[4]
Websitegatlinburgtn.gov

Gatlinburg is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee. It is located 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Knoxville and had a population of 3,944 at the 2010 Census[7] and a U.S. Census population of 3,577 in 2020.[8] It is a popular vacation resort, as it rests on the border of Great Smoky Mountains National Park along U.S. Route 441, which connects to Cherokee, North Carolina, on the southeast side of the national park. Prior to incorporation, the town was known as White Oak Flats, or simply White Oak.

  1. ^ Rudy Abramson and Jean Haskell, Encyclopedia of Appalachia (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2006), 644.
  2. ^ Tennessee Blue Book, 2005-2006, pp. 618–625.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gatlinburg, Tennessee
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  7. ^ "American Fact Finder – 2010 Census – Gatlinburg, Tennessee". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  8. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved August 3, 2019.