About Goodlettsville

Goodlettsville is a city in Davidson and Sumner counties, Tennessee. Goodlettsville was incorporated as a city in 1958 with a population of just over 3,000 residents; at the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 15,921 and in 2020 the population was 17,789.The northern half of the city is in Sumner County, while the southern half is in Davidson County. In 1963, when the city of Nashville merged with the government of Davidson County, Goodlettsville chose to remain autonomous. == Geography == According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.3 square miles (37.1 km2), of which 14.1 square miles (36.6 km2) are land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2) is water. == History == Goodlettsville was named for A. G. Goodlett, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church from 1848 to 1853.After emancipation of slaves following the American Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan was organized by Confederate veterans to maintain white supremacy over the freedmen.