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Gruetli Laager ('/ɡ//r//uː//t//l//i// /'/l//ɑː//ɡ//ər/ GROOTlee LAHgər) is a city in Grundy County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,813 at the 2010 census. As its name implies, Gruetli Laager consists of two communities— Gruetli and Laager— incorporated as a single city.

Gruetli was founded by German speaking Swiss immigrants in 1869. The town was part of a greater initiative— conducted by an organization known as the Tennessee Kolonisation Gesellschaft— to establish Swiss colonies atop the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. Gruetli was probably named after a commune in the Swiss canton of Glarus. Peter Staub, a member of Knoxville's thriving Swiss community, helped purchase the initial tract of land for Gruetli. The land was advertised in Switzerland, where the opportunity for a new start appealed to many families struggling with difficult economic conditions in Europe. Throughout the early 1900s, railroads were constructed in the hills east of Gruetli to accommodate various coal mining operations in the area. Laager was established as a railroad stopover (initially known as "Henley's Switch") in 1918. Gruetli and Laager merged and incorporated in 1980.

Gruetli Laager is located southeast of the center of Grundy County at (35.373152, 85.623617). The city is situated atop the southern Cumberland Plateau, roughly halfway between the plateau's Sequatchie Valley escarpment to the east and its Highland Rim escarpment to the west. Just north of the city, the Collins River and its upper watershed slice a gorge known as "Savage Gulf" as the river descends the plateau en route to its confluence with the Caney Fork at Rock Island. Gruetli Laager stretches for several miles along Tennessee State Route 108 (SR 108). The highway connects the area with the Sequatchie Valley and Chattanooga area to the southeast. Just west of Gruetli Laager, SR 108 intersects SR 56, which connects the area to Monteagle and Interstate 24 to the southwest and McMinnville to the northwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

+Gruetli Laager racial composition Race Number Percentage White (non Hispanic) 1,660 95.29% Black or African American (non Hispanic) 1 0.06% Native American 5 0.29% Asian 5 0.29% Other/Mixed 57 3.27% Hispanic or Latino 14 0.8%
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,742 people, 747 households, and 562 families residing in the city.

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,867 people, 720 households, and 540 families residing in the city. The population density was There were 765 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the city was 99.25% White, 0.05% Asian, 0.05% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population. There were 720 households, out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% were non families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.03. In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $23,101, and the median income for a family was $27,542. Males had a median income of $26,198 versus $17,634 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,704. About 21.3% of families and 24.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.5% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.