Lewisburg is located 48 miles south of Nashville, Tennessee, and 49 miles north of Huntsville, Alabama, in the rolling hills of Middle Tennessee. Residents can enjoy the slower-paced life of a rural Southern town and still have easy access to several cosmopolitan areas via Interstate 65. A major East/West corridor (I-40) is within 48 miles of Lewisburg. The current population is approximately 10, 800.

Lewisburg took its name from the explorer Meriwether Lewis. By 1838 the town was supporting a newspaper and a bank and boasted a population of 2000 qualified voters with over three million dollars in assets of land, houses, slaves, and livestock.

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most families lived on farms and made a living by producing row crops or raising livestock. The railroad, which first ran west to east across the county, helped to establish Lewisburg as a retail and industrial community. A county road system set up in 1933 and Interstate 65, which followed in 1966, have provided excellent transportation for residents and for industry. The pencil industry and the walking horse breeder's registry helped to establish Lewisburg in global markets. Today several ancillary industries to nearby automobile manufacturing plants have facilities in Lewisburg.

The municipal government of Lewisburg operates with an elected mayor and five councilmen. Lewisburg's annual budget is approximately ten million dollars. The daily operations are directed by a city manager. A director of economic development works to recruit new industry and retail business. Utilities are overseen by three separate boards, which employ a manager of the utility for the daily operations. These utilities are Lewisburg Electric System, Lewisburg Gas Department, and Lewisburg Water and Wastewater Department. Each utility is housed in a separate building.

The city has four fire trucks, 22 full-time firemen, and nine volunteer firemen. A chief of police directs a police force of 32 full-time officers. A planning and zoning board approves any new development or zoning in the community.

The downtown area is modeled after many small Southern towns with a courthouse in the center of a square of retail and commercial businesses. Shopping centers are located at the east and west ends of town. An industrial park just off Ellington By-pass East provides many jobs for local residents. A newly developed business park on Highway 373 is now open with one service industry already located in it. Several historic neighborhoods and many attractive subdivisions offer a wide range of housing. Three federal housing projects and several subsidized apartment complexes provide housing for low-income families and/or senior adults. Lewisburg is a city of churches with 70 Protestant congregations and one Catholic congregation in the county. Many of the churches are located within two blocks of the Lewisburg Square and provide meeting places for civic organizations or community functions.

One 25-bed hospital with 76 physicians on staff serves the entire county. Two healthcare facilities and one assisted living facility are located in Lewisburg. Tweny-one doctors and eight dentists practice in the community.

The caring, friendly people who live and work in Lewisburg are the greatest asset to the community's quality of life.