Spurgeon Tennessee Map

About Spurgeon, Tennessee

Spurgeon is a locality in Washington County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,978. The population density is 375.8 people per km². Spurgeon is located at 36.4395°N, 82.4557°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 37615.

Spurgeon emerges as a quiet confluence of water and earth, defined primarily by the persistent, rhythmic passage of the Hodge Branch as it carves through the local topography. It lies 7.2 miles west-southwest of Sullivan, TN (from Sullivan, TN: bearing 239°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-northeast of Washington. This narrow waterway serves as the lifeblood of the immediate landscape, leading the eye toward the low-slung geography of Dunlap Hollow where the shadows gather early in the afternoon. Beyond these immediate folds in the terrain, the horizon is punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which stand as a permanent, atmospheric boundary against the eastern sky. The air here carries a heavy, terrestrial scent, especially near the banks of Boone Lake, where the damp soil and dense vegetation create a cool, suspended stillness during the humid summer months.

Spurgeon functions as a modest anchor for the surrounding agricultural interests, a place where the economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the land and the maintenance of local infrastructure. Evidence of this focus is visible in the upkeep of the Appalachian Fair Ball Fields, a site that marks a transition between the wilder, wooded edges of the county and the more organized spaces of human assembly. There is an understated dignity in the way the residents navigate their days, moving between the fields and the scattered homesteads with a pace that seems to honor the older, agrarian rhythms of the region. Even as modern transit lines pull at the periphery, Spurgeon maintains a singular, grounded character, defined less by its architectural monuments than by the way the light catches the moving water of the Hodge Branch at the close of a long, productive day.

About This Spurgeon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Spurgeon, Tennessee. Coordinates: 36.439548, -82.455701. 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 Spurgeon includes the ZIP code (37615), telephone area code (731), county seat of Washington County (Jonesborough), 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.