First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 742 Parkway in Gatlinburg, TN 37738. It is one of 16 churches in Gatlinburg, and one of 2 Methodist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1945 · Accessible parking
742 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN, 37738First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Methodist Church
It takes 2.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.5% (14.9–30.2%)
- Depression: 27.6%
- Obesity: 37.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.8%
- Diabetes: 14.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Gatlinburg city is served by 10 churches — about one congregation for every 324 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Little Mountain Church - Old Wedding Chapel — 0.1 mi away
- Gatlinburg Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Gatlinburg Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Our Savior Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Laurel Grove Primitive Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Roaring Fork Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- First Baptist Gatlinburg — 1.1 mi away
- Calvary Fellowship of Gatlinburg — 1.4 mi away