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Blanche Tennessee Map

Explore Blanche, 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.

Interactive Map of Blanche, Tennessee

How to Use This Blanche, Tennessee Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Blanche, 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 Blanche.

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.

CityBlanche
StateTennessee (TN)
CountyLincoln County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude35.04314
Longitude-86.754444
Population310
Density20.3 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code38488
Area Code901
County SeatFayetteville
School DistrictLincoln County School District

About Blanche, Tennessee

Blanche is a locality in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 310. The population density is 20.3 people per km². Blanche is located at 35.0431°N, 86.7544°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 38488.

Blanche occupies a quiet corner of the landscape where the earth settles into a series of modest, grass-covered swells that catch the amber light of late afternoon. It lies 13.3 miles east-southeast of Giles, TN (from Giles, TN: bearing 104°T), and is situated 14.1 miles west of Lincoln. Carpenter Branch winds its path nearby, a thin, silver ribbon cutting through the soil to drain the low-lying moisture from Mullins Hollow. The air here holds a stillness that seems to press against the tall, dry grasses, softening the edges of the horizon where the distant Appalachian Mountains appear only as a faint, violet bruise against the sky. During the humid shift of dusk, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, illuminating the way the vegetation clings to the limestone-rich ground with a stubborn, quiet intensity.

Blanche maintains a rhythm governed by the slow cycles of agriculture and the maintenance of local roads that have served the area for generations. The regional economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil, with wide fields stretching toward the State-owned Submerged Lands, which preserve a rare, undisturbed tract of the local ecosystem. Though the pace of life remains slow, the influence of the land is absolute, shaping the daily habits of those who monitor the changing seasons from their porches. Residents occasionally travel toward Montgomery Lake for respite, yet the character of Blanche persists in the maintenance of its modest barns and the persistent, quiet labor required to keep the encroaching brush at bay.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 138° SE
  • Blue Water Spring Park (Local Park) — 9.8 mi, 152° SE
  • Alabama Korean Veterans War Memorial (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 232° SW
  • Vietnam Veterans of America (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 232° SW
  • Staturn 1B Rocket (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 232° SW
  • Heritage Landing Entrance Sign (Public Artwork) — 10.3 mi, 178° S
  • Civil War Hospital (Historic Ruins) — 11.7 mi, 246° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.8 mi, 127° SE
  • Lincoln Theater (Cinema) — 12.9 mi, 054° NE
  • Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 236° SW
  • Courthouse Overlook (Viewpoint) — 18.7 mi, 304° NW
  • STAAR theater (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 305° NW
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 217° SW
  • Gulf Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 216° SW
  • Trinity School Cistern (Historic Ruins) — 20.6 mi, 216° SW
  • The Broken Brush Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 20.6 mi, 217° SW
  • State Black Archives Research Center and Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 149° SE
  • Henry and Nell Lane Bradford Auditorium (Theatre) — 20.7 mi, 149° SE
  • Flintville Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.1 mi, 082° E
  • North Alabama Railroad Museum (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 147° SE
  • BE-4 Engine (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 171° S
  • Alabama A&M Agribition Center (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 146° SE
  • Monte Sano State Park (State Park) — 23.4 mi, 147° SE
  • Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.0 mi, 188° S · 35k acres
  • Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 27.8 mi, 204° SW · 4,011 acres
  • Tims Ford (State Park) — 28.7 mi, 060° NE
  • Mallard-fox Creek Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 32.4 mi, 217° SW · 2,094 acres
  • Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.4 mi, 135° SE · 406 acres
  • William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 50.6 mi, 205° SW · 182k acres
  • Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 59.6 mi, 215° SW · 26k acres

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About This Blanche Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blanche, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.04314, -86.754444. 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 Blanche includes the ZIP code (38488), telephone area code (901), county seat of Lincoln County (Fayetteville), and school district assignment (Lincoln 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.