La Vergne, Tennessee

La Vergne was incorporated in 1861. Historical variant names include Laveren and Lavergne.

La Vergne is located in northern Rutherford County southeast of Nashville. It directly borders the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville on the northwest, Smyrna on the southeast, and Percy Priest Lake on the northeast. Interstate 24 and U.S. routes 41 and 70S pass through the community. The Percy Priest Reservoir on the Stones River lies to the north of the community.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.1 square miles (65 km²), of which 24.8 square miles (64 km²) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km²) (1.20%) is water.

The top employers in the city are:

• Ingram Book Company: 1,500
• Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.: 900
• Venture Express: 500
• Cardinal Health: 300

La Vergne hosts one of two United States printing plants for the multinational publishing company Lightning Source and serves as the company’s headquarters.

In November 2015, Hong Kong based Sinomax announced they would be investing $28 million into making the defunct Whirlpool plant into their North American manufacturing headquarters, creating 350 jobs. This investment is the largest by a Chinese company in Tennessee’s history.