Located less than 20 miles east of Downtown Nashville in western Wilson County, Mt. Juliet sits between two national east-west routes, Interstate-40 and U.S. Route 70, better known as Lebanon Road. Known as an affordable, clean, and prosperous community, Mt. Juliet has grown tremendously in recent years, both in terms of the number residents and in business growth. It is speculated that the town's name, the only one like it in the United States, pays homage to a manor home of the same name in Kilkenny, Ireland.