Tennessee · Census place 4709880
Burns, Tennessee
Burns is a town in Dickson County, Tennessee with an estimated 1,872 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 183rd largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,872
- #183 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +16.6%
- +266 people
- Land area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Density
- 533 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Burns population, 2020 to 2024
Burns added 266 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +16.6%. In the latest year it moved by +55.
Burns covers 3.51 square miles of land, for 533 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Burns is less dense than the typical town.
What county Burns is in
All of Burns's residents live in Dickson County, which had 57,641 residents in 2024. Burns holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Burns
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Burns by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 37029, 37055. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Burns is
The Census internal point of Burns is at 36.057800, -87.320400. Nashville, the capital, is 30.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dickson, TN (16,878 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 30.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.057800, -87.320400
- DMS
- 36°03'28.08"N 87°19'13.44"W
- UTM
- 16N 471144.1E 3990406.8N
- Geohash
- dn3vhup5z
- Plus code
- 868J3M5H+4R
Daylight in Burns
At 36.06° N, Burns gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Burns
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Dickson, 2.7 miles away, with 16,878 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Burns, TN?
1,872 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 266 (16.6%) from 1,606 in July 2020.
What county is Burns in?
Dickson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Burns?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37029, 37055.
How far is Burns from Nashville?
30.9 miles (49.7 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Burns.
What is the nearest larger city to Burns?
Dickson, TN, with 16,878 residents, 2.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.