Explore Ashland City, Tennessee, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ashland City, Tennessee. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Tennessee or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Ashland City.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Ashland City |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Cheatham County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.25617 |
| Longitude | -87.032741 |
| Population | 5,193 |
| Density | 187.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 37015 |
| Area Code | 615, 629 |
| County Seat | Ashland City |
| School District | Cheatham County School District |
Ashland City reveals itself through the steady, quiet movement of the Lenox Branch as it traces a path through the landscape. It lies 6.5 miles north-northeast of Cheatham, TN (from Cheatham, TN: bearing 19°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south of Pleasant View. This waterway carves a path through land that feels held in a state of permanent, terrestrial repose, far from the distant Appalachian Mountains that define the horizon two hundred miles away. The terrain around Ashland City shifts into the modest, quiet depth of Boston Hollow, where the shadows grow long and cool well before the sun fully slips behind the ridges. Residents often find a respite in the local grounds of Jw Johns Jr. Park, a place where the earth feels particularly settled and ancient. On clear evenings, the quality of light here takes on a pale, bruised violet hue, catching the edges of the trees in a way that suggests a slow, deliberate breathing of the woods.
Industrial roots run deep in the soil of Ashland City, where the labor of the past helped shape the current expectations of the local economy. Agriculture and small-scale manufacturing have long provided the steady pulse that keeps the daily life of the population moving forward without pretense. While the town remains firmly landlocked within the interior of the country, the connection to the land is expressed through the hard work of those who cultivate the fields or manage the regional trades. There is a specific, pragmatic honesty in the way the local businesses organize themselves, favoring utility and endurance over fleeting trends. Generations have built their livelihoods here by responding to the needs of the immediate geography, ensuring that Ashland City maintains a self-reliant character that ignores the frantic pace of larger urban centers.
Cultural life in Ashland City thrives on a foundation of shared quietude, punctuated by the occasional gathering at Jw Johns Jr. Park that brings the neighbors together. The character of the people is forged by a deep-seated familiarity with their surroundings, a trait that makes the arrival of a stranger feel like a notable, if rare, event. While Ashland City does not clamor for national attention, it maintains a steady, internal rhythm that honors the traditions of middle Tennessee. It is a place where the passage of time is marked not by grand monuments, but by the subtle changes in the color of the fields and the seasonal shifts in the air. Those who make their home here appreciate the simplicity of a life that does not demand they look anywhere but at the ground beneath their feet and the neighbors beside them.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ashland City, Tennessee. Coordinates: 36.25617, -87.032741. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Ashland City includes the ZIP code (37015), telephone area code (615, 629), county seat of Cheatham County (Ashland City), and school district assignment (Cheatham County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |