Jefferson County, Tennessee Map
Explore Jefferson County, Tennessee with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 7 cities and towns in Jefferson County below.
Interactive Map of Jefferson County, Tennessee
| County | Jefferson |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County Seat | Dandridge |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 36.089812 |
| Longitude | -83.4491 |
| Cities & Towns | 7 |
| Area Codes | 865 |
About Jefferson County, Tennessee
Jefferson County occupies a singular crease in the Great Valley of East Tennessee, where the land shifts from the hard, limestone knuckles of the Appalachian foothills toward the broad, muscular reach of the Holston and French Broad rivers. These waters converge to form the expanse of Douglas Lake, which acts as a vast, silver mirror catching the humid light of late summer afternoons. The terrain is defined by a series of parallel ridges and fertile, limestone-rich valleys that run northeast to southwest, a geological grain that dictated the original migration paths of wildlife and early settlers alike. As the sun dips behind the distant, blue-misted peaks of the Great Smoky Mountains, the air in these low-lying corridors grows dense and cool, settling into the hollows with a heaviness that tastes faintly of damp earth and river silt.
Jefferson County emerged from the legislative churn of the early 1790s, carved from the larger territories of Greene and Sevier counties as settlers pushed westward in search of arable soil and reliable water. The county seat took root in a location chosen for its proximity to a dependable spring, a site that grew into a modest center of commerce and law governed by the steady, vertical lines of brick courthouses and white-steepled churches. These early residents brought with them the hard-edged practicality of the frontier, clearing dense stands of oak and hickory to plant corn and tobacco. Even now, the rhythm of the older quarters feels deliberate, marked by the slow turning of seasons and the persistent memory of a time when the nearest neighbor was a day’s ride away, a solitude that lingers in the quietude of the back roads at dusk.
Modern life in the county balances between the demands of regional commerce and a deep-seated attachment to the land’s original agrarian temper. Many residents find their livelihood in the industries that have sprouted along the interstate arteries, yet the shadow of the soil remains long; small-scale cattle operations and fields of hay continue to define the visual horizon, their green textures changing from the sharp, lime-bright growth of spring to the muted, bronzed hues of late autumn. The light here often feels unvarnished, striking the surface of the lake or the broad expanse of a pasture with a clarity that renders every fence post and leaf in sharp relief. It is a place where the work of the present day—whether in the manufacturing plants or the quiet labor of the farm—proceeds against a backdrop of ancient, geological patience, indifferent to the hurried pace of the cities lying further to the west.
Cities and Towns in Jefferson County
About This Jefferson County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Jefferson County, Tennessee alongside links to detailed street maps for 7 cities and towns. The county seat is Dandridge. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
