Explore Georgetown, 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 Georgetown, 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 Georgetown.
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 | Georgetown |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | McMinn County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.880898 |
| Longitude | -86.416103 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 37043, 38382, 37129, 37336 |
| Area Code | 615 |
| County Seat | Athens |
Georgetown emerges from the quiet, verdant expanse of the landscape where the North Mouse Creek carves a persistent path through the earth. It lies 2.3 miles west of McMinn, TN (from McMinn, TN: bearing 267°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west-southwest of Athens. The air here holds a particular weight, thick with the scent of damp soil and the slow, heavy heat of summer afternoons that seem to stall the very movement of the sun. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains sits like a jagged, violet hem against the horizon, while the terrain itself unfolds in steady, undulating fields that lead toward the low-lying Oostanaula Valley. The light at dusk here possesses a bruised, golden quality, catching the edges of the tall grasses and casting long, skeletal shadows across the pastures that define the physical character of Georgetown.
Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of the local economy, with the rhythm of the seasons dictating the slow cycles of work and rest that characterize daily life. While the quietude of the land often dominates the senses, residents find their relief in the open spaces of Athens Regional Park, which serves as a communal anchor for those who live in the orbit of the nearby rural routes. The legacy of the region is written in the simple, sturdy architecture of barns and homesteads that have weathered generations of changing harvests. During the drier months, the water levels in Williams Lake recede, exposing the silty, sun-baked banks that speak to the ancient, sedimentary history of the soil. Life in Georgetown moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, anchored by the land and the simple necessity of maintaining a connection to the geography that sustains it.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Georgetown, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.880898, -86.416103. 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 Georgetown includes the ZIP code (37043, 38382, 37129), telephone area code (615), county seat of McMinn County (Athens), and school district assignment.
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. |