Map of Gainesboro town

Gainesboro is a town in Jackson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 920 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Jackson County.

Gainesboro is part of the Cookeville, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Gainesboro town overview:
Name:	Gainesboro town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Tennessee
County:	Jackson County
Incorporated:	1905
Elevation:	574 ft (175 m)
Total Area:	1.78 sq mi (4.61 km²)
Land Area:	1.56 sq mi (4.03 km²)
Water Area:	0.22 sq mi (0.58 km²)
Total Population:	920
Population Density:	590.88/sq mi (228.20/km²)
ZIP code:	38562
Area code:	931
FIPS code:	4728420
GNISfeature ID:	1285070

Online Interactive Map

Gainesboro online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

The Gainesboro vicinity was a popular destination for long hunters as early as the 1770s, as natural salt licks drew rich game to the area. In the 1790s, Avery’s Trace passed nearby, with travellers along the road lodging at Fort Blount about 10 miles to the west. Gainesboro was named after General Edmund Pendleton Gaines (1777–1849). It has been the seat of Jackson County since 1820. The 1970 John Frankenheimer Movie I Walk the Line starring Gregory Peck and featuring Johnny Cash’s song I Walk the Line was also filmed in Gainesboro.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Gainesboro is located approximately 15 miles northwest of Cookeville and has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km), of which 1.6 square miles (4.1 km) are land and 0.3-square-mile (0.78 km) (14.29%) is water.