Oak Grove Tennessee Map

About Oak Grove, Tennessee

Oak Grove is a locality in Union 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 occupies a landscape where the earth rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells, defined by the persistent presence of Hunting Creek as it carves a path through the quiet bottomlands. It lies 2.7 miles west of Union, TN (from Union, TN: bearing 277°T), and is situated 7.2 miles north of Maynardville. The horizon toward the east holds the faint, bruised silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains, a jagged line that anchors the sky above the dense, shadowed canopy of the nearby Chuck Swan State Forest. Sunlight filters into Welch Hollow with a heavy, golden quality, turning the morning mist into a pale vapor that clings to the limestone outcrops. Only a mile away, the surface of Norris Lake acts as a dark mirror, holding the reflection of the clouds in its still, deep water while the surrounding woods shift from the deep, stubborn green of summer to the burnt orange of a Tennessee autumn.

Oak Grove carries the weight of a history rooted in the slow, meticulous labor of those who cleared the timber and broke the stubborn soil generations ago. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the quiet industry of the region, where the pace of commerce is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of distant urban centers. Men and women here move with a deliberate grace, their lives punctuated by the sound of water moving over stone in Hunting Creek and the occasional silence that settles over the fields after the harvest. Even as the modern world encroaches, Oak Grove retains a stubborn, singular character, defined by the way the evening light catches the dust on a porch railing and the way the community seems to breathe in unison with the landscape that surrounds 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 Union County (Maynardville), 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.