Hendersonville, Tennessee
Hendersonville is the largest city in Sumner County, Tennessee, on Old Hickory Lake. The population was 51,372 at the 2010 census and 58,113 according to 2019 estimates. Hendersonville is the fourth-largest city in the Nashville metropolitan area after Nashville, Murfreesboro, and Franklin and the 11th largest in Tennessee. Hendersonville is located 18 miles northeast of downtown Nashville. The city was settled around 1784 by Daniel Smith, and is... Show more named for William Henderson, the city's first postmaster.Hendersonville has been home to numerous musicians of the Nashville area, especially those of country music, most notably Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Conway Twitty, and Roy Orbison. The city's main road, Johnny Cash Parkway, is named for the late singer. Other notable past and present residents include Conway Twitty, Jean Shepard, Marty Stuart, Kelly Clarkson, Max T. Barnes, Taylor Swift,...