Description: Detailed large map of Tennessee State, USA showing cities, towns, county formations, roads highway, US highways and State routes.
This map of Tennessee with cities, counties, and roads is already large enough to read directly on your desktop. To see a full-screen zoom view on a phone or tablet, tap the map image (or tap the Zoom Map label above the image). Scan by shading by county first, meaning the 95 counties are in various colored blocks with each county's seat in bold. Use the interstate system and the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers for quick orientation. Note that the light road layer is intentionally minimal and not designed for turn-by-turn directions using interstate (I-40, I-24, I-65, I-75). If you want a specific city or county, the full county and seat index and FAQ's lower on this page are the quickest route to click straight to it.
Tennessee runs long and narrow across the southeast, and it borders more neighbors than almost any state in the country. Kentucky runs the entire north edge; Virginia touches the far northeast tip; North Carolina forms the long eastern wall through the Smokies; Georgia nicks the southeast corner near Chattanooga; Alabama runs the south-central line; Mississippi sits at the southwest corner; and Arkansas and Missouri lie across the Mississippi River to the west. That is eight states in all, tied with Missouri for the most of any state in the country. All 95 counties are shown, and the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers act as the main orientation lines running west to east through the interior. Light corridor cues for I-40, I-24, I-65, and I-75 help place the four big metro anchors the cartography marks clearly: Memphis in Shelby County, Nashville in Davidson County, Chattanooga in Hamilton County, and Knoxville in Knox County.
Start at the river bluffs. Shelby County lists Memphis as the county seat, the state's largest urban county, with suburbs like Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville, and Millington shown around it. North along the river, Tipton County shows Covington; east of Shelby, Fayette County shows Somerville. Continuing up the Mississippi, Lauderdale County lists Ripley and Dyer County lists Dyersburg. At the far northwest corner, Lake County shows Tiptonville beside Reelfoot Lake, and Obion County shows Union City near the Kentucky line. Inland, Weakley County lists Dresden with the university town of Martin nearby, and Henry County lists Paris fronting Kentucky Lake.
East of the lowlands, the county grid opens into rolling hardwood country. Gibson County shows Trenton, and Madison County shows Jackson, the largest city between Memphis and Nashville and a useful I-40 midpoint. Haywood County lists Brownsville, and Crockett County lists Alamo, both south of the interstate. Chester County shows Henderson, and Henderson County shows Lexington, stepping toward the river hills. Hardeman County, seat Bolivar, and McNairy County, seat Selmer, mark the approach to the Mississippi state line. Hardin County lists Savannah on the Tennessee River across from Pickwick Lake, near where the river bends back north. From there, Decatur County shows Decaturville and Perry County shows Linden on the timbered ridges, while Benton County lists Camden on Kentucky Lake and Carroll County lists Huntingdon just east on the rail line.
The map makes Nashville bold as the anchor of Davidson County, with the Cumberland River looping through the metro past Madison, Bellevue, and Antioch. Ringing the capital, Williamson County lists Franklin with fast-growing Brentwood and Spring Hill nearby; Rutherford County lists Murfreesboro along I-24; Wilson County lists Lebanon on I-40 with Mount Juliet at the metro edge; Sumner County lists Gallatin beside Hendersonville and Old Hickory Lake; Robertson County lists Springfield along the Kentucky line; and Cheatham County lists Ashland City in the river bend west of town. Farther out, Dickson County shows Charlotte and Montgomery County shows Clarksville, a major regional city on the Red River. Stewart County lists Dover near Land Between the Lakes, Houston County lists Erin just south, and Hickman County and Humphreys County, seats Centerville and Waverly, sit along the Duck and Buffalo rivers heading toward the Cumberland.
South of Nashville, Maury County lists Columbia along I-65 in the Duck River valley. Marshall County lists Lewisburg, Bedford County lists Shelbyville with its walking-horse heritage, and Coffee County lists Manchester with Tullahoma nearby, all lining the road toward the Plateau. Giles County, seat Pulaski, borders Alabama directly, and Lawrence County, seat Lawrenceburg, and Wayne County, seat Waynesboro, sit in the wooded hills further west along that same state line. Lewis County lists Hohenwald near the Natchez Trace Parkway, and Moore County lists Lynchburg, tiny on the map but well known for its distilling heritage. Franklin County lists Winchester around Tims Ford Lake, and Lincoln County lists Fayetteville, closing out the arc toward the Alabama line.
Northeast of the Highland Rim, the grid steps toward the Plateau. Cannon County lists Woodbury and Warren County lists McMinnville. DeKalb County shows Smithville on Center Hill Lake, and White County shows Sparta just east. Putnam County lists Cookeville, a bold regional label right on I-40. Jackson County lists Gainesboro on the Cumberland River, and Smith County lists Carthage at the river elbow where I-40 crosses. Macon County, seat Lafayette, and Trousdale County, seat Hartsville, form the Kentucky-border step north of Lebanon. Overton County lists Livingston and Fentress County lists Jamestown crest the Plateau, while Pickett County lists Byrdstown against the Kentucky line on Dale Hollow Lake, and Clay County lists Celina in the narrow valley between the lakes. Van Buren County lists Spencer high on the rim, Cumberland County lists Crossville at the I-40 summit town, and Grundy County lists Altamont as the plateau steps south.
Bledsoe County lists Pikeville anchoring the Sequatchie Valley, and Sequatchie County lists Dunlap further south in the same narrow valley. Rhea County lists Dayton fronting Chickamauga Lake, and Meigs County lists Decatur along the Hiwassee River. Roane County, seat Kingston, overlaps just west with Anderson County, covered below, while Morgan County lists Wartburg and Scott County lists Huntsville on the rugged plateau edge toward Kentucky.
Hamilton County lists Chattanooga, dominating the Tennessee-Georgia corner on the Tennessee River gorge. Bradley County, seat Cleveland, and Polk County, seat Benton, extend east toward the Ocoee and Hiwassee rivers. Marion County lists 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.
Knox County lists Knoxville, sitting right where I-40 and I-75 meet. Around it, parallel valley counties stack in turn: Anderson County, seat Clinton, home to the research city of Oak Ridge; Union County, seat Maynardville, and Grainger County, seat Rutledge, to the north; Jefferson County, seat Dandridge, and Sevier County, seat Sevierville, to the east as the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains through Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg; Blount County, seat Maryville, at the park's foothills near Townsend; Loudon County, seat Loudon, and Monroe County, seat Madisonville, along Tellico Lake; and McMinn County, seat Athens, southward toward Bradley.
Hamblen County lists Morristown just above Douglas Lake. Hawkins County lists Rogersville, and Hancock County lists Sneedville, tracing the Clinch River and Powell Mountain toward Virginia. Sullivan County lists Blountville and includes Kingsport and the twin city of Bristol right on the Virginia line. Washington County lists Jonesborough, the state's oldest town, with the major city of Johnson City alongside it. Carter County lists Elizabethton, hard against the North Carolina high country, and Unicoi County lists Erwin covering the Nolichucky gorge. Greene County lists Greeneville, a large valley county, and Cocke County lists 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, and Johnson County, seat Mountain City, closes 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 in mind and any county on the map is easy to place.
The road layer is intentionally minimal. I-40 runs Memphis–Jackson–Nashville–Cookeville–Knoxville. I-24 runs Clarksville–Nashville–Chattanooga. I-65 runs the Alabama line through Columbia and Franklin 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 are meant for turn-by-turn navigation, only as county-placement cues.
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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