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Welcome to Greenlawn ...

Greenlawn is located in Wilson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greenlawn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Greenlawn is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Greenlawn lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Greenlawn: 615 & 629<3>

Communities Also Named Greenlawn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Greenlawn: This one is located in Wilson County and the other is located in Shelby County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 7 communities that are also named Greenlawn - they are located in Maryland, Missouri, New York, Ohio (2) and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Greenlawn.

Communities near Greenlawn ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Greenlawn.

  • Nashville - Davidson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nashville - Davidson is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville - Davidson
    • Estimated population in 2019: 670,820 people
  • Murphree
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Murphree is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree
    • Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
  • Hendersonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Smyrna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Smyrna is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <4>
  • Gallatin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Juliet
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lebanon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • La Vergne
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Morrow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Morrow is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
  • Goodlettsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Greenlawn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Greenlawn.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Greenlawn. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenlawn.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenlawn. See our Newspapers Page for Greenlawn.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greenlawn ...

Looking for more information about Greenlawn? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Greenlawn, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Greenlawn.

Adding Greenlawn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Greenlawn in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Greenlawn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Greenlawn post office opened in 1894. The Greenlawn post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greenlawn.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Wilson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Greenlawn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Greenlawn area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Greenlawn area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/