Explore Decherd, 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 Decherd, 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 Decherd.
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 | Decherd |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Franklin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.209805 |
| Longitude | -86.079428 |
| Population | 2,379 |
| Density | 191.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 37324, 37398 |
| Area Code | 615 |
| County Seat | Winchester |
| School District | Franklin County School District |
Decherd emerges from the quiet, undulating landscape of the Highland Rim where the persistent waters of Wagner Creek carve a path through the limestone-rich soil. It lies 12.8 miles southeast of Tullahoma, TN (from Tullahoma, TN: bearing 145°T), and is situated 2.5 miles northeast of Winchester. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness in the afternoons, often thickening with the scent of damp earth and the subtle, metallic tang of the nearby rail lines that have long dictated the pulse of the terrain. To the distant east, the hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the edge of the world, while the nearby expanse of Tims Ford Lake offers a sprawling, reflective mirror to the sky, its waters cooling the surrounding woods and fields. Within the immediate reach of the town, the gentle greens of Hank Weddington Park provide a quiet commons, a small patch of managed grass and shade that anchors the local geography against the encroaching wild of the surrounding thickets.
Decherd retains the character of a place built upon the movement of goods and the steady labor of the regional economy, where the rhythm of industry remains tethered to the iron tracks that once drew the world inward. Beyond the immediate center, the land folds into the quiet depressions of Eastbrook Hollow, suggesting a geography that is both accessible and deeply sequestered from the frantic pace of the larger world. Life here moves with the deliberate weight of a long history in manufacturing, where the clatter of machinery often competes with the slow, seasonal transition of the oaks and hickories. Residents find a familiar continuity in the proximity of the Franklin-Marion State Forest, a vast, timbered sanctuary that looms fifteen miles away, offering a stark reminder of the dense, natural solitude that persists just beyond the borders of the local grid.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Decherd, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.209805, -86.079428. 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 Decherd includes the ZIP code (37324, 37398), telephone area code (615), county seat of Franklin County (Winchester), and school district assignment (Franklin 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. |