Overview for Burns, TN
Burns, TN is a small town in southeastern Dickson County, about 30 minutes west of Nashville along Tennessee State Route 47. According to local histories, the community started out as a railroad stop known simply as Mile Post 36, marking its distance from Nashville, before growing into the town of Burns during the railroad era. Today it's home to just over 1,500 residents, giving it a genuinely small-town feel while still sitting within the greater Nashville metropolitan area. Burns sits five miles east of the city of Dickson and seven miles southwest of White Bluff, putting it within easy reach of both without losing its own identity. Buyers searching for homes for sale in Burns, TN tend to be looking for exactly that combination: rural quiet, larger lots, and a lower cost of entry than closer-in Williamson County communities, without giving up a reasonable commute into Nashville.
Around Burns, TN
Burns is best known as the home of Montgomery Bell State Park, nearly 3,800 acres named for Montgomery Bell, an iron industrialist who built one of the region's first iron works here in the early 1800s and whose furnaces cast cannonballs for Andrew Jackson's army during the War of 1812. Built out by the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression, the park today includes a 117-room lodge renovated in 2020, eight cabins, an 18-hole golf course, three lakes for boating and fishing, and more than 30 combined miles of hiking and mountain biking trails. The park also marks the birthplace of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, founded in a nearby log cabin in 1810. Beyond the park, Burns has been adding small businesses and dining options in recent years while keeping its close-knit, rural character intact, and residents get the benefit of Montgomery Bell's amenities essentially in their backyard. For buyers who want genuine small-town living with a state park's worth of recreation nearby, Burns is worth a serious look, and Edana Cannon can help you find the right property in this part of Dickson County.
6,737 people live in Burns, where the median age is 41.2 and the average individual income is $41,853. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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There's plenty to do around Burns, including shopping, dining, nightlife, parks, and more. Data provided by Walk Score and Yelp.
Explore popular things to do in the area, including Blessed Bites, Shell, and J-Mart.
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| Dining | 2.56 miles | 14 reviews | 3.7/5 stars | |
| Dining | 2.57 miles | 1 review | 5/5 stars | |
| Dining | 2.57 miles | 24 reviews | 4.5/5 stars | |
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| Dining | 3.95 miles | 1 review | 1/5 stars | |
| Dining · $$ | 3.95 miles | 17 reviews | 3.1/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 3.58 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Active | 3.37 miles | 5 reviews | 3/5 stars | |
| Active | 3.83 miles | 61 reviews | 3.9/5 stars | |
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Burns has 2,462 households, with an average household size of 2.69. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Burns do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 6,737 people call Burns home. The population density is 155 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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