Wilson County is located in the heart of Middle Tennessee. Wilson County was established by an act of the Third General Assembly of the State of Tennessee on October 26, 1799, three years after the organization of the state itself and consists of 583.27 square miles.

As of the 2010 census, the population was 113,993. Its county seat is Lebanon. The largest city in the county is Mt. Juliet.

Wilson County Schools oversees 22 public schools, including 2 adult education centers and a technical education center. The county has four high schools: Lebanon High School, Wilson Central High School, Watertown High School and Mount Juliet High School.

Cumberland University is located in Lebanon.

Please join DrugFree WilCo at a special presentation event to learn and discuss how the opioid crisis affects our community! This is a free event and everyone is encouraged to attend. 

DrugFree WilCo is a Wilson County coalition dedicated to uniting the collective community of Wilson County to prevent and reduce drug misuse and addiction through education, communication and awareness of resources.

Feast Week is just around the corner! Nov. 2-9

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Wilson County Surplus Auction October 19, 2018

The Governor’s Volunteer Stars Award (GVSA) is an annual event that honors the efforts of volunteers from across Tennessee. Each year one adult and one youth are selected to receive this prestigious award in recognition of their exemplary volunteer service in Wilson County. Please download the Governor's Volunteer Star Award Nomination Form to submit your nominations. Please return nominations to:

or email to davenports@wilsoncountytn.gov 

For questions, please contact Sara Davenport at 615/444-1383

Wilson County Landfill Winter Hours (October-March) Winter Hours

Tennessee Maneuvers Flyer

From 1941 to 1944, the U.S. Army conducted seven large-scale maneuvers across Middle Tennessee in 21 counties, including Wilson. Cumberland University, in Lebanon, served as the Army’s headquarters.

850,000 soldiers took part in the simulated combat operations that prepared them for the D-Day invasion and to push back the German forces. These massive maneuvers took place on the hills, the hollows and along the rivers of Middle Tennessee.

Our soldiers made history because such massive exercises had never been conducted. Military leaders agree, the skills learned and refined here played a significant role in the Allied Forces victory.

The soldiers, landowners and observers deserve to have their stories preserved. The Tennessee Maneuvers Experience is going to do just that with an engaging program now in the development.

The Tennessee Maneuvers Experience will retrace these epic events in an immersive, educational presentation utilizing stage sets, lighting, and audio/visual technologies for a captivating experience in a theater configuration. In this show, stage performance and documentary film are merged to bring a program that is both historically accurate and entertaining.

Our story is born from first person accounts that transport us 75 years into our past. Audiences will hear, see and experience the reactions of a typical, rural Tennessee family when their lives are forever changed as the events of WWI and the maneuvers unfold around them.

The Friends of Wilson County Veterans Museum, a 501 (c) (3) corporation, is undertaking this as its first project. Join us for our fund-raising event and see a 15-minute preview of work in production in the making of The Tennessee Maneuvers Experience. The dollars raised will allow us to complete the presentation and purchase the video and sound equipment. Once a venue is chosen, we will offer the presentation to school students and to the public as a tourist attraction for Wilson County.

For more information, contact us at infotme2019@gmail.com of https://www.facebook.com/tennesseemaneuversexperiece

 Burn permits are required October 15 - May 15