Explore Somerville, 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 Somerville, 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 Somerville.
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 | Somerville |
| State | Tennessee (TN) |
| County | Fayette County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.232205 |
| Longitude | -89.375355 |
| Population | 3,415 |
| Density | 97.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 38068 |
| Area Code | 901 |
| County Seat | Somerville |
| School District | Fayette County School District |
Somerville maintains a quiet composure where the Town Branch cuts a slender path through the earth, marking the land with a rhythm as steady as the turning seasons. It lies 5.2 miles east of Warren, TN (from Warren, TN: bearing 86°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east of Oakland. The terrain here rises in modest, clay-rich swells, a landscape defined by the deep-set loam of the Loosahatchie Bottom that stretches out a few miles to the west. On the horizon, the silhouette of The Mountain serves as a fixed point against the expanse of the sky, while the stillness of Lake Rooney offers a reflective surface to the filtered light of late afternoon. The air holds the scent of damp soil and sun-warmed timber, a reminder of the vast, quiet woods that characterize this portion of the state.
Somerville serves as a seat of governance and commerce for the surrounding agricultural plains, its economy historically anchored in the cultivation of the soil and the processing of its yield. The influence of the nineteenth century remains visible in the brick facades of the center, where the architecture mirrors a time when the transit of goods dictated the pace of growth. Beyond the immediate reach of the square, the proximity to the Wolf River Wildlife Management Area Unit 2 provides an expanse of protected wild space, allowing the local flora and fauna to persist undisturbed by the demands of modern industry. Life in Somerville moves with a deliberate gravity, shaped by a heritage of land stewardship and the enduring legacy of families who have occupied these fields for generations.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Somerville, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.232205, -89.375355. 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 Somerville includes the ZIP code (38068), telephone area code (901), county seat of Fayette County (Somerville), and school district assignment (Fayette 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. |