Oak Grove Tennessee Map

About Oak Grove, Tennessee

Oak Grove is a locality in Marion 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 emerges from the quiet, verdant folds of the landscape where the Shiloh Branch carves a persistent path through the earth. It lies 12.6 miles west of Red Bank, TN (from Red Bank, TN: bearing 275°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west of Signal Mountain. The terrain here is defined by the deep, shadowed creases of Powder Mill Hollow, a landform that dictates the flow of cool air and the settling of evening mist. Only a mile away, the expansive greenery of the Prentice Cooper State Forest & Wildlife Management Area offers a dense, protective canopy that anchors the local wilderness. While the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally haunt the far horizon on the clearest of days, Oak Grove remains firmly rooted in the intimate, rugged character of the interior hills. The light at dusk here possesses a peculiar, amber weight, catching the leaves of the hardwoods and casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the nearby, stillness of Nickajack Lake.

History in Oak Grove is whispered through the remnants of old timber stands and the enduring, slow-moving economy of the surrounding countryside. Residents observe a rhythm governed by the seasons of the forest and the modest, necessary labor of the land, moving with a deliberate pace that ignores the frantic acceleration of the modern world. Life remains tethered to the local geography, where the proximity of the Prentice Cooper State Forest ensures that the wilder, untamed side of the region is never truly out of sight. Small, functional enterprises and the quiet maintenance of family plots define the daily outlook, preserving a sense of self-reliance that has persisted for generations. In the quiet hours, when the wind settles against the slopes of the hollow, the atmosphere of Oak Grove suggests a place that is entirely satisfied with its own isolation, content to exist exactly where the earth has placed it.

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 Marion County (Jasper), 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.