Tennessee Ridge Tennessee Map

About Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee

Tennessee Ridge is a locality in Houston County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,726. The population density is 159.2 people per km². Tennessee Ridge is located at 36.3120°N, 87.7734°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 37061.

Tennessee Ridge unfolds across a landscape of gentle undulations, where the rich ochre of cultivated fields gives way to the deeper greens of maturing timber. It lies 3.8 miles east of Stewart, TN (from Stewart, TN: bearing 99°T), and is situated 18.9 miles west of Marion. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a softened quality, as if the very sunlight has been filtered through a thousand years of quiet growth. Broadleaf trees, their canopies a dense, whispering choir, line the byways, their shadows stretching long and cool across the worn asphalt. The land breathes a steady, agrarian rhythm, punctuated by the distant lowing of cattle and the occasional, cheerful bark of a farm dog. The history of Tennessee Ridge is as deeply furrowed into its soil as the plow lines of its farms. It began as a waypoint, a place of rest and exchange for those traveling the nascent roadways of Middle Tennessee, its early economy built on the backs of hardy settlers and the crops they coaxed from the earth. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the weathered barns and the stoic faces of its older homes tell a silent, enduring story. Today, the economy of Tennessee Ridge remains anchored in agriculture, with family farms still tending to corn, soybeans, and a scattering of beef cattle, their livelihoods a testament to a persistent connection with the land. The quiet pulse of daily life here is one of shared acquaintance, where the hardware store owner knows your name and the postman offers a nod of recognition, a gentle continuity that belies the hurried pace of the outside world.

About This Tennessee Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 36.311999, -87.773356. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Tennessee Ridge and Houston County.

Detailed location data for Tennessee Ridge includes the ZIP code (37178), telephone area code (615, 629), county seat of Houston County (Erin), and school district assignment (Houston County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Tennessee Ridge is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.