Midway Tennessee Map

About Midway, Tennessee

Midway is a locality in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States. Midway is located at 35.8015°N, 85.7030°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 37604, 38575, 38581.

Midway stretches across a landscape defined by the persistent, winding course of the Scott Branch, which carves a modest path through the earth before the terrain rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains. It lies 12.4 miles north of Morgan, TN (from Morgan, TN: bearing 358°T), and is situated 14.9 miles east-southeast of Fentress. This land possesses a quiet, heavy stillness, where the low-slung geography of Coon Hollow catches the morning mist, holding the cool air long after the sun has climbed above the horizon. The soil here, dark and dense, supports patches of stubborn woodland that thin out toward the borders of the nearby Frozen Head, where the topography shifts from level fields to the steep, cragged elevations of the park. Even the light seems to settle differently in Midway, turning a bruised, metallic violet as it filters through the trees during the brief, cooling transition from day to evening.

Midway maintains a measured, industrious pace, anchored by a history of small-scale agriculture and the quiet extraction of timber that once fueled the local economy. The proximity of Dead Mans Pond serves as a natural boundary for the sprawling, quiet pastures that define the immediate area, reflecting a heritage of self-reliance that has persisted since the earliest settlers broke the stubborn clay. While the modern world moves with a frantic, unthinking speed, the inhabitants of Midway remain tethered to the seasonal cycles of the land, finding a steady, rhythmic continuity in the tending of fields and the maintenance of homesteads. The legacy of the region endures not in grand monuments, but in the enduring, calloused hands that work the earth and the way the collective memory of the people mirrors the slow, inevitable movement of the water through the valley.

About This Midway Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Midway, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.801457, -85.703037. 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 Midway includes the ZIP code (37604, 38575, 38581), telephone area code (423, 731), county seat of Morgan County (Wartburg), and school district assignment.

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.