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Baileyton is a town in northern Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 431 at the 2010 census, down from 504 at the 2000 census. Baileyton is located 13 miles (21 km) north of Greeneville and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Rogersville.

Baileyton town overview:
Name:	Baileyton town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Tennessee
County:	Greene County
Incorporated:	1915
Elevation:	1,211 ft (369 m)
Total Area:	1.62 sq mi (4.20 km²)
Land Area:	1.62 sq mi (4.20 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	436
Population Density:	268.80/sq mi (103.80/km²)
ZIP code:	37745
Area code:	423
FIPS code:	4702780
GNISfeature ID:	1276120

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History

Originally called “Laurel Gap”, the area was first settled in 1776. Many Families lived in Laurel Gap mostly farmers. Then a name change came about and it was called Bailey Town from 1892 till 1915. When the town became incorporated, in 1915, the W was dropped and the name changed to “Baileyton”, which stems from Claudius and Thomas P. Bailey, two brothers who lived there.

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Geography

Baileyton is located at 36°19′41″N 82°49′50″W / 36.32806°N 82.83056°W / 36.32806; -82.83056 (36.328094, -82.830501), at the base of a rugged area of northern Greene County, just south of the Hawkins County line. Bays Mountain, part of the greater Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, rises prominently to the north. The town is drained primarily by Gardner Creek and Hughes Branch, both tributaries of Lick Creek (which is in turn a tributary of the Nolichucky River).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.3 km), all of it land.