Explore Midtown, 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 Midtown, 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 Midtown.
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 | Midtown |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Roane County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.879519 |
| Longitude | -84.564102 |
| Population | 1,220 |
| Density | 104.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 37748 |
| Area Code | 865 |
| County Seat | Kingston |
| School District | Roane County School District |
Midtown asserts itself as a quiet intersection of land and water, defined primarily by the persistent, winding path of Bowman Branch that carves through the local earth. It lies 3.0 miles north of Roane, TN (from Roane, TN: bearing 0°T), and is situated 3.1 miles west of Kingston. The landscape here leans into the temperament of the Tennessee interior, where the horizon is often claimed by the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Cumberland Mountains. Just a mile away, the expansive waters of Watts Bar Lake offer a stillness that contrasts with the localized movement of the creek, while the nearby depression of Poland Hollow adds a subtle complexity to the terrain. Sunlight here has a way of lingering, catching the edges of the hardwoods and illuminating the dust that rises from the perimeter of Roane County Park, where the air holds the scent of damp soil and drying leaves.
Midtown functions as a corridor of transit and industry, shaped by the practical necessity of its position between larger regional hubs. The economic pulse of Midtown beats in alignment with the broader activity of the Tennessee Valley, drawing on the traditions of labor and land use that have long characterized the surrounding counties. Beyond the immediate reach of the community, the deeper green of Morgan State Forest anchors the regional identity, providing a stark, wooded counterpoint to the more developed corridors nearby. Life moves with a steady, pragmatic cadence, favoring the endurance of the local infrastructure over the fleeting nature of modern trends, leaving the residents to navigate a landscape where the history of the soil is as present as the hum of the passing traffic.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Midtown, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.879519, -84.564102. 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 Midtown includes the ZIP code (37748), telephone area code (865), county seat of Roane County (Kingston), and school district assignment (Roane 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. |