Cooper Tennessee Map

About Cooper, Tennessee

Cooper is a locality in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,480. Cooper is located at 36.4195°N, 85.0875°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 38556, 38543.

Cooper emerges from the dense, verdant folds of the Tennessee landscape where the earth rises into quiet, wooded swells and flattens into patches of stubborn pasture. It lies 8.7 miles east of Monroe, TN (from Monroe, TN: bearing 98°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north of Davidson. The light here filters through the canopy in thin, pale shafts, illuminating the heavy clay soil that defines the terrain as it stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains. Just a mile away, the limestone bed of Big Indian Creek cuts a winding path through the brush, its water moving with a steady, deliberate coldness that shapes the surrounding basin of Poplar Cove. The air carries the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, a persistent reminder of the ancient, slow-moving geology that holds this region in a firm, unyielding grip.

Cooper maintains a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons and the quiet commerce of the surrounding timber and agricultural lands, far removed from the frantic pace of the state’s urban centers. Visitors often gravitate toward the Dale Hollow Recreation Area, where the land opens up to accommodate the expansive reaches of Dale Hollow Lake, providing a sharp, bright contrast to the shadowed interior of the woods. Local life persists in the small, functional structures that dot the landscape, legacies of a time when the labor of the forest and the soil provided the only true currency. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, the silence is punctuated only by the distant mechanical hum of a passing truck or the sudden, sharp call of a bird, marking a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual lengthening of shadows across the fields.

About This Cooper Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cooper, Tennessee. Coordinates: 36.419511, -85.087455. 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 Cooper includes the ZIP code (38556, 38543), telephone area code (423), county seat of Fentress County (Jamestown), and school district assignment.

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.