Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Lafayette, TN

Lafayette is an incorporated city and the county seat of Macon County in northern Middle Tennessee.

Lafayette was founded in 1843 as the county seat for the newly created Macon County, and it was named in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolutionary War.

The 2020 census counted 5,584 residents in Lafayette, a 24.8 percent increase from 4,474 in 2010, living in 2,317 households and 2,516 housing units.

Lafayette covers about 5.3 square miles on the northern Highland Rim, and it straddles a drainage divide, with streams in the northeastern part of the city flowing to the Barren River and streams in the southwest flowing to the Cumberland River.

On February 5, 2008, an EF3 tornado nearly three-quarters of a mile wide tracked about 21 miles across Macon County through the Lafayette area, killing 14 people in the county; President George W. Bush visited the stricken city three days later.

Macon County is one of the top producers of burley tobacco in Tennessee and the United States, and hardwood lumber production is another mainstay of the Lafayette area economy.

Two locally headquartered banks serve the city: Citizens Bank, founded in Lafayette in 1909, and Macon Bank & Trust Company, founded in 1919.

Lafayette's largest manufacturers include Fleetwood Homes, a division of Cavco Industries, and Tennplasco, a division of Manar, Inc.

Macon County High School, founded in 1927 and home of the Tigers and Tigerettes, is located in Lafayette, and its first graduating class consisted of just four students.

Winding Stairs Park near Lafayette protects a waterfall on its 1.6-mile loop trail, while Key Park on Church Street hosts the local farmers market around a historic log house.