Description: Detailed large map of Tennessee State, USA showing cities, towns, county formations, roads highway, US highways and State routes.
Map of Tennessee with cities (USA). This map lays out every county and county seat across the state, from Memphis in the west to Knoxville in the east, along with the major cities and towns in between. County lines, city locations, and a light interstate layer all sit together on the page, so whether you're a resident, a traveler, or a student, it's an easy way to see where a place in Tennessee actually falls.
Tennessee is long and narrow, stretched across the southeast corner of the country, and once you look at the map you can see why it touches more neighboring states than almost anywhere else in the nation.
Borders and waters at a glance: Kentucky runs the entire north edge; Virginia just clips the far northeast tip; North Carolina forms the long eastern wall through the Smokies; Georgia nicks the southeast corner near Chattanooga; Alabama runs along the south-central line; Mississippi sits at the southwest corner; and Arkansas and Missouri sit across the Mississippi River to the west. That is eight neighboring states in all, tying Tennessee with Missouri for the most of any state in the country. The map shows all 95 counties, and three rivers do most of the orientation work as you follow them west to east through the interior: the Mississippi, the Tennessee, and the Cumberland. Light interstate cues for I-40, I-24, I-65, and I-75 help you place the four big metro anchors the map marks clearly: Memphis in Shelby County, Nashville in Davidson County, Chattanooga in Hamilton County, and Knoxville in Knox County.
Start in the far southwest corner, at the river bluffs above the Mississippi. Shelby County is the state's largest urban county, anchored by Memphis as its seat, with suburbs like Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville, and Millington ringing the city on the map. Head north along the river and Tipton County centers on Covington, while just east of Shelby, Fayette County is seated at Somerville. Continuing up the Mississippi, Lauderdale County is seated at Ripley and Dyer County at Dyersburg. Tucked into the far northwest corner, Lake County sits at Tiptonville beside Reelfoot Lake, and Obion County centers on Union City near the Kentucky line. Moving inland, Weakley County is seated at Dresden, with the university town of Martin close by, and Henry County is seated at Paris, fronting Kentucky Lake to the northeast.
Moving east out of the lowlands, the county grid opens into rolling hardwood country. Gibson County centers on Trenton, and Madison County is seated at Jackson, the largest city between Memphis and Nashville and a handy I-40 midpoint on the map. South of the interstate, Haywood County is seated at Brownsville and Crockett County at Alamo. Chester County centers on Henderson, and Henderson County on Lexington, both stepping toward the river hills to the southeast. Hardeman County, seat Bolivar, and McNairy County, seat Selmer, mark the approach to the Mississippi state line in the southwest. Hardin County is seated at Savannah on the Tennessee River, directly across from Pickwick Lake, right where the river bends back north. From there, Decatur County centers on Decaturville and Perry County on Linden, both up on the timbered ridges, while Benton County is seated at Camden on Kentucky Lake and Carroll County at Huntingdon, just east along the rail line.
On the map, Nashville stands out in bold as the anchor of Davidson County, with the Cumberland River looping through the metro past Madison, Bellevue, and Antioch. A ring of Middle Tennessee counties surrounds the capital: Williamson County, seated at Franklin, with fast-growing Brentwood and Spring Hill nearby to the south; Rutherford County, seated at Murfreesboro along I-24 to the southeast; Wilson County, seated at Lebanon on I-40 with Mount Juliet at the metro edge to the east; Sumner County, seated at Gallatin beside Hendersonville and Old Hickory Lake to the northeast; Robertson County, seated at Springfield along the Kentucky line to the north; and Cheatham County, seated at Ashland City in the river bend just west of town. Farther out, Dickson County centers on Charlotte and Montgomery County on Clarksville, a major regional city on the Red River to the northwest. Stewart County is seated at Dover near Land Between the Lakes, Houston County at Erin just south of it, and Hickman and Humphreys counties, seated at Centerville and Waverly, follow the Duck and Buffalo rivers southwest toward the Cumberland.
South of Nashville, Maury County is seated at Columbia, along I-65 in the Duck River valley. Marshall County centers on Lewisburg, Bedford County on Shelbyville with its walking-horse heritage, and Coffee County on Manchester, with Tullahoma nearby, all lining the route east toward the Plateau. Giles County, seat Pulaski, borders Alabama directly to the south, while Lawrence County, seat Lawrenceburg, and Wayne County, seat Waynesboro, sit in the wooded hills further west along that same state line. Lewis County is seated at Hohenwald, near the Natchez Trace Parkway, and Moore County at Lynchburg - tiny on the map but well known for its distilling heritage. Franklin County is seated at Winchester around Tims Ford Lake, and Lincoln County at Fayetteville, closing out the southern arc toward the Alabama line.
To the northeast, the county grid climbs toward the Cumberland Plateau. Cannon County centers on Woodbury and Warren County on McMinnville. DeKalb County is seated at Smithville on Center Hill Lake, and White County just east at Sparta. Putnam County is seated at Cookeville, a bold regional label right on I-40. Jackson County centers on Gainesboro on the Cumberland River, and Smith County on Carthage, at the river elbow where I-40 crosses. Macon County, seat Lafayette, and Trousdale County, seat Hartsville, form the Kentucky-border step just north of Lebanon. Overton County is seated at Livingston and Fentress County at Jamestown, both cresting the Plateau, while Pickett County sits at Byrdstown against the Kentucky line on Dale Hollow Lake, and Clay County at Celina, in the narrow valley between the lakes. Van Buren County is seated at Spencer, high on the rim; Cumberland County at Crossville, the I-40 summit town; and Grundy County at Altamont, as the Plateau steps south.
Farther south, Bledsoe County is seated at Pikeville, anchoring the Sequatchie Valley, and Sequatchie County at Dunlap, further down the same narrow valley. Rhea County centers on Dayton, fronting Chickamauga Lake, and Meigs County on Decatur, along the Hiwassee River. Roane County, seat Kingston, overlaps just west with Anderson County (covered below), while Morgan County is seated at Wartburg and Scott County at Huntsville, both on the rugged plateau edge toward the Kentucky line to the north.
In the southeast corner, Hamilton County is seated at Chattanooga, dominating the Tennessee-Georgia line on the Tennessee River gorge. Bradley County, seat Cleveland, and Polk County, seat Benton, extend east toward the Ocoee and Hiwassee rivers. Marion County is seated at Jasper on Nickajack Lake, touching both the Alabama and Georgia lines at once - one of the few counties anywhere that borders two other states along a single short stretch.
Northeast of the plateau, Knox County is seated at Knoxville, sitting right where I-40 and I-75 meet. Around it, a series of parallel Ridge-and-Valley counties stack in turn: Anderson County, seat Clinton, home to the research city of Oak Ridge, to the northwest; Union County, seat Maynardville, and Grainger County, seat Rutledge, to the north; Jefferson County, seat Dandridge, and Sevier County, seat Sevierville, to the east, the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains through Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg; Blount County, seat Maryville, at the park's foothills near Townsend to the southeast; Loudon County, seat Loudon, and Monroe County, seat Madisonville, along Tellico Lake to the south; and McMinn County, seat Athens, further south toward Bradley.
In the far northeastern corner, Hamblen County is seated at Morristown, just above Douglas Lake. Hawkins County centers on Rogersville, and Hancock County on Sneedville, tracing the Clinch River and Powell Mountain toward Virginia. Sullivan County is seated at Blountville and includes Kingsport and the twin city of Bristol, right on the Virginia line. Washington County is seated at Jonesborough, the state's oldest town, with the major city of Johnson City right alongside it. Carter County centers on Elizabethton, hard against the North Carolina high country to the east, and Unicoi County on Erwin, covering the Nolichucky gorge. Greene County is seated at Greeneville, a large valley county, and Cocke County at Newport, straddling I-40 at the North Carolina line. Claiborne County, seat Tazewell, and Campbell County, seat Jacksboro, ride the rugged northern rim near the Cumberland Gap to the northwest, and Johnson County, seat Mountain City, closes out the far northeast corner against both Virginia and North Carolina.
Three rivers do most of the orientation work on this page. The Mississippi River traces the entire western border past Memphis and Dyersburg. The Tennessee River loops south into Alabama near Chattanooga, then swings back north through Hardin, Decatur, and Benton counties on its way to Kentucky Lake. The Cumberland River arcs through Nashville before running north toward Clarksville and on to Kentucky. Keep these three rivers in mind as you look at the map, and almost any county becomes easy to place.
Road-light orientation: the road layer stays intentionally minimal here. I-40 runs Memphis-Jackson-Nashville-Cookeville-Knoxville. I-24 runs Clarksville-Nashville-Chattanooga. I-65 runs the Alabama line through Columbia and Franklin up to Nashville and on to Kentucky. I-75 runs Chattanooga-Knoxville to Kentucky, and I-81 branches northeast from Knoxville toward Kingsport and Bristol. None of these lines are meant for turn-by-turn navigation - they are here only to help you place counties as you follow the map.
Every one of Tennessee's 95 counties and its seat, in alphabetical order: Anderson County (Clinton), Bedford County (Shelbyville), Benton County (Camden), Bledsoe County (Pikeville), Blount County (Maryville), Bradley County (Cleveland), Campbell County (Jacksboro), Cannon County (Woodbury), Carroll County (Huntingdon), Carter County (Elizabethton), Cheatham County (Ashland City), Chester County (Henderson), Claiborne County (Tazewell), Clay County (Celina), Cocke County (Newport), Coffee County (Manchester), Crockett County (Alamo), Cumberland County (Crossville), Davidson County (Nashville), Decatur County (Decaturville), DeKalb County (Smithville), Dickson County (Charlotte), Dyer County (Dyersburg), Fayette County (Somerville), Fentress County (Jamestown), Franklin County (Winchester), Gibson County (Trenton), Giles County (Pulaski), Grainger County (Rutledge), Greene County (Greeneville), Grundy County (Altamont), Hamblen County (Morristown), Hamilton County (Chattanooga), Hancock County (Sneedville), Hardeman County (Bolivar), Hardin County (Savannah), Hawkins County (Rogersville), Haywood County (Brownsville), Henderson County (Lexington), Henry County (Paris), Hickman County (Centerville), Houston County (Erin), Humphreys County (Waverly), Jackson County (Gainesboro), Jefferson County (Dandridge), Johnson County (Mountain City), Knox County (Knoxville), Lake County (Tiptonville), Lauderdale County (Ripley), Lawrence County (Lawrenceburg), Lewis County (Hohenwald), Lincoln County (Fayetteville), Loudon County (Loudon), Macon County (Lafayette), Madison County (Jackson), Marion County (Jasper), Marshall County (Lewisburg), Maury County (Columbia), McMinn County (Athens), McNairy County (Selmer), Meigs County (Decatur), Monroe County (Madisonville), Montgomery County (Clarksville), Moore County (Lynchburg), Morgan County (Wartburg), Obion County (Union City), Overton County (Livingston), Perry County (Linden), Pickett County (Byrdstown), Polk County (Benton), Putnam County (Cookeville), Rhea County (Dayton), Roane County (Kingston), Robertson County (Springfield), Rutherford County (Murfreesboro), Scott County (Huntsville), Sequatchie County (Dunlap), Sevier County (Sevierville), Shelby County (Memphis), Smith County (Carthage), Stewart County (Dover), Sullivan County (Blountville), Sumner County (Gallatin), Tipton County (Covington), Trousdale County (Hartsville), Unicoi County (Erwin), Union County (Maynardville), Van Buren County (Spencer), Warren County (McMinnville), Washington County (Jonesborough), Wayne County (Waynesboro), Weakley County (Dresden), White County (Sparta), Williamson County (Franklin), and Wilson County (Lebanon).
Tennessee borders Kentucky along its entire north edge, Virginia at the far northeast tip, North Carolina the length of the eastern mountains, Georgia at the southeast corner, Alabama across the south-central line, Mississippi at the southwest, and Arkansas and Missouri across the Mississippi River to the west, eight states in all. The state holds 95 counties. Shelby County is both the largest by land area, at about 755 square miles, and the most populous, with roughly 910,530 residents, home to Memphis. Trousdale County is the smallest by area at about 114 square miles, while Pickett County is the least populous with roughly 5,108 residents. Washington County, established in 1777, is the oldest county in the state. Tennessee covers about 42,169 square miles in total. The capital, Nashville, sits in Davidson County on the Cumberland River, and the state's major metros run from Memphis in the west through Nashville in the center to Chattanooga and Knoxville in the east. Landscape-wise, the state moves from the flat Mississippi floodplain in the west, across the rolling Nashville Basin and Highland Rim in the middle, up onto the Cumberland Plateau, and into the Ridge-and-Valley country and the Great Smoky Mountains along the eastern border.
Tennessee's ten largest cities by current population are Nashville (about 687,788, Davidson County), Memphis (about 618,639, Shelby County), Knoxville (about 198,162, Knox County), Chattanooga (about 187,030, Hamilton County), Clarksville (about 180,716, Montgomery County), Murfreesboro (about 165,430, Rutherford County), Franklin (about 88,558, Williamson County), Johnson City (about 73,337, Washington County), Jackson (about 68,264, Madison County), and Hendersonville (about 63,618, Sumner County). Nashville anchors healthcare management, music publishing, and finance, with HCA Healthcare headquartered there alongside the Music Row recording industry. Memphis runs on logistics, home to FedEx's global air hub and a major intermodal rail and trucking corridor along the Mississippi. Chattanooga has rebuilt itself around advanced manufacturing, including a Volkswagen assembly plant, and a fast fiber-optic network that earned it the nickname "Gig City." Knoxville centers on the University of Tennessee and sits near the Oak Ridge research corridor in Anderson County. Agriculture still shapes the landscape too: cotton and soybeans dominate the West Tennessee lowlands, while cattle and hay farming spread across the Highland Rim and the eastern valleys. With no coastline, Tennessee's water commerce moves through river ports instead, led by Memphis on the Mississippi and smaller Tennessee Valley Authority ports near Chattanooga and Knoxville.
Tennessee's cultural identity runs through a handful of well-known counties. Nashville, in Davidson County, is the heart of country music, home to the Grand Ole Opry, the historic Ryman Auditorium, and the Music Row recording studios that give the city its "Music City" nickname. Memphis, in Shelby County, carries its own deep musical heritage along Beale Street and Sun Studio, paired with a barbecue tradition that draws visitors from across the country. In the east, Sevier County and Blount County serve as the main gateways to the Great Smoky Mountains, one of the most visited national parks in the country, through towns like Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and Townsend. Civil War history touches several counties directly, including the Battle of Franklin in Williamson County, the Stones River battlefield in Rutherford County, the Battle of Shiloh in Hardin County, and the Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain campaigns in Hamilton County. Higher education is spread widely too, with the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Vanderbilt University and several other campuses in Nashville, the University of Memphis, East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, and Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.
On this map, the Great Smoky Mountains (East Tennessee, along the North Carolina line) and the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers double as landmarks for finding counties quickly. For elevation, terrain, watersheds, and land-cover detail, see our Physical Map of Tennessee.
Tennessee has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild-to-cool winters, and cooler, snowier conditions in the eastern mountains than in the West Tennessee lowlands. For a full seasonal and biome breakdown, see our Physical Map of Tennessee.
North-south travel runs mainly on I-65 (the Alabama line through Columbia and Franklin to Nashville and on to Kentucky) and I-75 (Chattanooga through Knoxville to Kentucky), with I-81 branching northeast from Knoxville toward Kingsport and Bristol. East-west travel runs on I-40 (Memphis to Jackson to Nashville to Cookeville to Knoxville), with I-24 cutting diagonally from Clarksville through Nashville to Chattanooga. Keep in mind that ZIP codes do not follow county lines in Tennessee, so a single ZIP code can span two counties. Always confirm the county name directly from the map or index rather than assuming it from a ZIP prefix.
Use this as a quick index. Every line lists the county with its county seat (and a familiar city when the map labels one). Short cues mention river, border, or gentle corridor context only.
Shelby - Memphis; river bluff metro anchor.
Tipton - Covington, north of Shelby on the river ridge.
Fayette - Somerville, east of Shelby toward Mississippi.
Lauderdale - Ripley, Mississippi River bend.
Dyer - Dyersburg, near the Caruthersville bridge crossing.
Lake - Tiptonville; Reelfoot Lake and the Missouri corner.
Obion - Union City, near the Kentucky Bend.
Weakley - Dresden; Martin is a university town nearby.
Henry - Paris; fronts Kentucky Lake.
Gibson - Trenton; cluster of small mill towns.
Madison - Jackson; I-40 midpoint between Memphis and Nashville.
Haywood - Brownsville, south of I-40.
Crockett - Alamo, south of I-40.
Chester - Henderson, Tennessee's most recently formed county.
Henderson - Lexington, river-hill approach.
Hardeman - Bolivar, near the Mississippi line.
McNairy - Selmer, near the Mississippi-Alabama gateway.
Hardin - Savannah; Pickwick Lake on the Alabama corner.
Decatur - Decaturville, timbered ridges.
Perry - Linden, along the Buffalo River.
Benton - Camden; Kentucky Lake shoreline.
Carroll - Huntingdon, rail-line county east of Benton.
Davidson - Nashville; consolidated city-county capital seat.
Williamson - Franklin, immediately south of Nashville.
Rutherford - Murfreesboro, on I-24 southeast of Nashville.
Wilson - Lebanon, on I-40 east of Nashville.
Sumner - Gallatin; Old Hickory Lake shoreline.
Robertson - Springfield, along the Kentucky line.
Cheatham - Ashland City, river bend west of Nashville.
Dickson - Charlotte, northwest arc toward Montgomery.
Montgomery - Clarksville; regional city on the Red River.
Stewart - Dover; frames Land Between the Lakes.
Houston - Erin, just south of Stewart.
Hickman - Centerville; Duck River valley.
Humphreys - Waverly; Buffalo River valley.
Maury - Columbia, on I-65 in the Duck River valley.
Marshall - Lewisburg, between Maury and Bedford.
Bedford - Shelbyville; walking-horse country.
Coffee - Manchester; Tullahoma also shown.
Giles - Pulaski, on the Alabama line.
Lawrence - Lawrenceburg, Alabama-line hill country.
Wayne - Waynesboro, Alabama-line hill country.
Lewis - Hohenwald; near the Natchez Trace Parkway.
Moore - Lynchburg; smallest population footprint, distilling heritage.
Franklin - Winchester; Tims Ford Lake.
Lincoln - Fayetteville, on the Alabama line.
Cannon - Woodbury; Highland Rim farm county.
Warren - McMinnville, nursery-crop country.
DeKalb - Smithville; Center Hill Lake.
White - Sparta, east of DeKalb.
Putnam - Cookeville; regional hub right on I-40.
Jackson - Gainesboro; on the Cumberland River.
Smith - Carthage, where I-40 crosses the river elbow.
Macon - Lafayette; Kentucky-border step north of Lebanon.
Trousdale - Hartsville; smallest county by area.
Overton - Livingston, cresting the Plateau.
Fentress - Jamestown, cresting the Plateau.
Pickett - Byrdstown; Dale Hollow Lake, smallest population.
Clay - Celina, narrow valley between the lakes.
Van Buren - Spencer, high on the rim.
Cumberland - Crossville; I-40 summit town.
Grundy - Altamont, plateau steps south.
Bledsoe - Pikeville; anchors the Sequatchie Valley.
Sequatchie - Dunlap, further south in the same valley.
Rhea - Dayton; Chickamauga Lake.
Meigs - Decatur, along the Hiwassee River.
Roane - Kingston, overlapping west with Anderson.
Morgan - Wartburg, plateau edge.
Scott - Huntsville, plateau edge toward Kentucky.
Hamilton - Chattanooga; Tennessee River gorge.
Bradley - Cleveland, east of Hamilton.
Polk - Benton; Ocoee and Hiwassee rivers.
Marion - Jasper; Nickajack Lake, touches both Georgia and Alabama.
Knox - Knoxville; where I-40 and I-75 meet.
Anderson - Clinton; home to Oak Ridge.
Union - Maynardville, north of Knoxville.
Grainger - Rutledge, north of Knoxville.
Jefferson - Dandridge, east toward the Smokies.
Sevier - Sevierville; Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge gateway.
Blount - Maryville; Smokies foothills near Townsend.
Loudon - Loudon, southwest of Knoxville.
Monroe - Madisonville; Tellico Lake.
McMinn - Athens, south toward Bradley.
Hamblen - Morristown, above Douglas Lake.
Hawkins - Rogersville; Clinch River.
Hancock - Sneedville; Powell Mountain toward Virginia.
Sullivan - Blountville; includes Kingsport and Bristol on the Virginia line.
Washington - Jonesborough; oldest town, with Johnson City nearby.
Carter - Elizabethton, against the North Carolina high country.
Unicoi - Erwin; Nolichucky gorge.
Greene - Greeneville; large valley county.
Cocke - Newport; straddles I-40 at the North Carolina line.
Claiborne - Tazewell; near the Cumberland Gap.
Campbell - Jacksboro, rugged northern rim.
Johnson - Mountain City; far northeast corner against Virginia and North Carolina.
This directory aligns with what you see on the page: every county, its seat, and a one-line locator that keeps the focus on counties rather than driving steps.
Tennessee has 95 counties and the map shows every one with a colored block and county seat.
County boundaries, county seats and neighboring states, with only light road references for orientation.
Nashville in Davidson County, looped by the Cumberland River.
Shelby County.
Davidson County.
Knox County.
Hamilton County.
Montgomery County.
Rutherford County.
Williamson County.
Madison County.
Washington County.
Sumner County.
From west to east: Lake, Obion, Weakley, Henry, Stewart, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner, Macon, Clay, Pickett, Scott, Campbell, Claiborne.
Sullivan and Johnson, in the far northeast corner.
Johnson, Carter, Unicoi, Greene, Cocke, Sevier, Blount, Monroe and Polk.
Hamilton, Marion and Polk.
Hardin, Wayne, Lawrence, Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Marion.
Shelby, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy and Hardin.
Lake, Obion, Dyer, Lauderdale, Tipton and Shelby, across the Mississippi River.
Lake and Obion, at the extreme northwest corner near Reelfoot Lake.
I-40 west to east, I-24 from Clarksville through Nashville to Chattanooga, I-65 north-south through Nashville, I-75 from Chattanooga to Knoxville, and I-81 northeast from Knoxville toward Bristol.
In Lake County at the northwest corner near the Missouri line.
Sevier County (Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg) and Blount County (Maryville, Townsend).
Sullivan, Washington and Carter counties in the northeast corner.
Anderson County, with a smaller portion reaching into Roane County.
Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Sumner, Robertson and Cheatham.
In Hardin County, on the Mississippi-Alabama corner.
Moore County, seat Lynchburg.
Davidson County.
Shelby County, in Memphis.
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Shelby County, at about 755 square miles.
Trousdale County, at about 114 square miles.
Shelby County, home to Memphis, with roughly 910,530 residents.
Pickett County, with roughly 5,108 residents.
Nashville, in Davidson County, with about 687,788 residents.
Washington County, established in 1777.
No. ZIP codes cross county lines, so use the county boundaries and seats shown here instead.
Scan the alphabetical index for a quick seat lookup, or use the regional directory to browse counties grouped by geography.
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