Garland Tennessee Map

About Garland, Tennessee

Garland is a locality in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 289. The population density is 205.1 people per km². Garland is located at 35.5878°N, 89.7531°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Garland is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 37922, 38019.

Garland occupies a quiet stretch of the West Tennessee lowlands where the earth flattens into wide, fertile fields that seem to hold the heat of the sun long after dusk has settled. It lies 10.3 miles north of Atoka, TN (from Atoka, TN: bearing 8°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west-northwest of Covington. The landscape around Garland is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of water, evidenced by the nearby presence of Rocky Branch as it meanders through the dense, riparian corridors of the Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge. To the east, the horizon remains stubbornly level, lacking the jagged drama of Sandy Ridge, which remains a distant, hazy suggestion rather than an immediate presence. The stillness of the air here is punctuated only by the low hum of insects or the sudden, sharp movement of a hawk circling above the drainage basins near Hatchie Island. Even the quiet waters of Mrs Ardell Blankenship Lake reflect a sky so vast it feels as though the horizon is pressing down upon the fields, grounding the inhabitants in a geography of horizontal lines and persistent, earthy growth.

Agricultural labor has long dictated the pulse of Garland, shaping the lives of those who work the dark, alluvial soil that characterizes this part of the state. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest, a tradition that lends the streets of Garland a gravity and a sense of purpose that resists the frantic pace of larger urban centers. While the history of the region is written in the furrows of the cotton and soybean fields, the local character is defined by a deep-seated patience, a habit of looking toward the next season rather than the next decade. Life here unfolds with a predictable, almost meditative quality, where the primary landmarks are not monuments of stone but the reliable turn of the weather and the migration patterns of the birds finding sanctuary in the nearby refuge. It is a place where the weight of the past is not a burden but a steadying force, grounding the daily activities of the residents in the unchanging cycle of the land.

About This Garland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Garland, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.587779, -89.753096. 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 Garland includes the ZIP code (37922, 38019), telephone area code (865, 901), county seat of Tipton County (Covington), and school district assignment (Tipton County School District).

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.