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Gatlinburg
City
US 441 in downtown Gatlinburg c. 2018
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Nickname:  "Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains"[1]
Location of Gatlinburg in Sevier County, Tennessee
Gatlinburg Location within Sevier County, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°42′51″N 83°30′37″W / 35.71417°N 83.51028°W / 35.71417; -83.51028
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Sevier
Settled	c. 1806
Incorporated	1945[2]
Named for	Radford Gatlin
Government
• Type	City Manager-Commission
• Mayor	Mike Werner
Area [3]
• Total	10.41 sq mi (26.97 km2)
• Land	10.41 sq mi (26.97 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	1,289 ft (393 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	3,577
• Density	343.48/sq mi (132.61/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37738
Area code	865
FIPS code	47-28800[5]
GNIS feature ID	1647737[6]
Website	gatlinburgtn.gov

Gatlinburg is a resort city in Sevier County in Tennessee. It is 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Knoxville. It had a population of 3,944 at the 2010 census^[7] and a population of 3,577 at the 2020 census.^[8] People like to go there on vacation because it is next to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and along U.S. Route 441. That road connects to Cherokee, North Carolina on the southeast side of the national park. The town was called White Oak Flats or White Oak while it was still unincorporated.

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