Explore Frankewing, 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 Frankewing, 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 Frankewing.
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 | Frankewing |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Giles County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.19258 |
| Longitude | -86.851114 |
| Population | 124 |
| Density | 50.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 38459, 38478 |
| Area Code | 901 |
| County Seat | Pulaski |
| School District | Giles County School District |
Frankewing occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the persistent, winding path of Bradshaw Creek as it carves through the limestone-rich soil. It lies 10.3 miles northeast of Giles, TN (from Giles, TN: bearing 46°T), and is situated 19.7 miles east-southeast of Weakley. The landscape here is characterized by the modest, shadowed depths of Tightbark Hollow, where the air holds a cool, damp weight even during the height of a humid afternoon. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of hardwoods, casting long, fractured shadows across the fields that slope toward the water’s edge. While the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains remains a faint, hazy memory on the eastern horizon, the immediate terrain is governed by the steady, rhythmic pulse of the creek, which dictates the layout of the pastures and the slow migration of local wildlife across the damp, loamy earth.
Agriculture remains the quiet anchor of the Frankewing economy, with small-scale farms and livestock grazing on the patches of clearing that break the thick woodland. The lifeblood of the area is tied to the cycles of the earth rather than the frantic pace of modern industry, leaving residents to navigate the seasons with a grounded, practical attention to the land. Those seeking recreation often head toward the quiet expanse of Magazine Road Park or the waters of Lake Logan, both located a short distance away, where the reflection of the sky provides a brief, shimmering reprieve from the dense green of the surrounding timber. Everyday existence in Frankewing moves with a deliberate, unadorned simplicity, marked by the sound of water running over river rock and the slow transition of light as it wanes over the hollows.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Frankewing, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.19258, -86.851114. 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 Frankewing includes the ZIP code (38459, 38478), telephone area code (901), county seat of Giles County (Pulaski), and school district assignment (Giles 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. |