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Gibson Tennessee Map

Explore Gibson, 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.

Interactive Map of Gibson, Tennessee

How to Use This Gibson, Tennessee Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Gibson, 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 Gibson.

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.

CityGibson
StateTennessee (TN)
CountyGibson County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude35.875346
Longitude-88.846728
Population366
Density231.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code38338
Area Code901
County SeatTrenton
School DistrictGibson County School District

About Gibson, Tennessee

Gibson is a locality in Gibson County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 366. The population density is 231.3 people per km². Gibson is located at 35.8753°N, 88.8467°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gibson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38338.

Gibson anchors itself firmly upon the level, fertile soil of West Tennessee, where the landscape stretches out in wide, quiet reaches of agricultural fields and dense patches of timber. It lies 10.9 miles north of Carroll, TN (from Carroll, TN: bearing 352°T), and is situated 5.8 miles west-southwest of Milan. Hog Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth nearby, its waters mirroring the changing light of a sky that feels remarkably vast and unencumbered. On clear, crisp days, the distant silhouette of Pea Ridge can be discerned as a faint, hazy ink-line against the horizon, though the immediate terrain remains dominated by the dark, rich loam that defines the local horizon. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of turned earth and the damp, cool breath of the woodlands that keep the pace of the day measured and steady.

Gibson draws its character from the deep-rooted traditions of the surrounding farms, which have long served as the primary pulse of the local economy. Beyond the fields, the collective life of the residents often gravitates toward the shared spaces of the region, such as the quiet greenery of City Park or the still, reflective surfaces of Jones Farm Lake. While the modern world moves with a frantic urgency, the rhythm of life here remains tethered to the seasons, marked by the steady labor of harvest and the slow turning of the year. There is a profound stillness in the evenings, when the hum of machinery fades and the landscape settles into a gray, deepening twilight that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • City Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 234° SW
  • Parker Branch Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 327° NW
  • Old Baseball Field Park (Local Recreation) — 4.4 mi, 228° SW
  • Confederate Statue (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 223° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 233° SW
  • Gibson County State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 352° N
  • Handprint Horse (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 064° NE
  • Bobby Ross Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.2 mi, 065° NE
  • Middle Fork Forked Deer Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 188° S
  • Trenton Teapot Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 323° NW
  • Art in the Village (Gallery) — 14.9 mi, 182° S
  • Ayers Hall (Theatre) — 16.1 mi, 168° S
  • Big Cypress Tree (State Park) — 21.7 mi, 354° N
  • Memorial Bridge (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 123° SE
  • Pinson Mounds (State Park) — 24.0 mi, 165° S
  • Cochran Site (Historic Ruins) — 27.3 mi, 163° S
  • Ozier Mound (5) (Historic Ruins) — 27.4 mi, 162° S
  • Tina Turner (Public Artwork) — 30.2 mi, 230° SW
  • Billy Tripp's Mindfield (Attraction) — 30.5 mi, 231° SW
  • Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.0 mi, 216° SW · 23k acres
  • Dyer County Historical Society (Museum) — 32.0 mi, 290° W
  • The Angry Axe (Attraction) — 32.6 mi, 357° N
  • Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.3 mi, 277° W · 43k acres
  • The Fear Factory (Attraction) — 39.8 mi, 343° N
  • WTPR Fish (Attraction) — 41.5 mi, 044° NE
  • Red Devil Stadium (Stadium) — 43.0 mi, 356° N
  • Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 43.6 mi, 313° NW
  • Tour Stop #12 (Viewpoint) — 57.7 mi, 151° SE
  • Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 59.6 mi, 048° NE · 171k acres
  • Land Between the Lakes Other (National Forest) — 59.6 mi, 048° NE · 171k acres

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About This Gibson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gibson, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.875346, -88.846728. 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 Gibson includes the ZIP code (38338), telephone area code (901), county seat of Gibson County (Trenton), and school district assignment (Gibson 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.