Oak Grove Tennessee Map

About Oak Grove, Tennessee

Oak Grove is a locality in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,482. The population density is 386.1 people per km². Oak Grove is located at 36.4251°N, 82.4341°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 37866, 37769, 37357.

Oak Grove endures as a quiet expanse of West Tennessee, defined by the low, flat horizons typical of the region’s alluvial character. It lies 13.5 miles north of Atoka, TN (from Atoka, TN: bearing 350°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east-southeast of Osceola. The landscape stretches out in wide, fertile plains that catch the long, golden light of the afternoon, casting shadows across fields that have been worked for generations. Only a mile away, the Hatchie River carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth, its dark waters providing a persistent, humid vitality to the surrounding soil. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain rises slightly toward the distant silhouette of Millstone Mountain, which anchors the horizon seven miles to the east. The air here holds a heavy, lingering warmth, smelling of damp silt and the deep, dark loam that defines the character of the ground underfoot.

Fort Pillow occupies the immediate landscape, its presence serving as a somber reminder of the conflict that once reshaped the destiny of this territory. History in Oak Grove is not a matter of plaques or statues, but of the way the land itself remembers the scars of the past, quieted now by the encroaching woods and the slow turnover of agricultural cycles. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, where the success of the season is measured in the yield of the fields and the seasonal health of the nearby Hatchie Island basin. Residents maintain a pace dictated by the sun and the soil, finding utility in the proximity of The Chute for local water management and relief from the summer heat. Life proceeds without pretense, defined by the steady, unadorned labor of those who recognize the weight of the ground they call their own.

About This Oak Grove Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oak Grove, Tennessee. Coordinates: 36.425062, -82.434054. 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 Oak Grove includes the ZIP code (37866, 37769, 37357), telephone area code (615, 731), county seat of Lauderdale County (Ripley), and school district assignment (Washington County School District).

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.