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Williston Tennessee Map

Explore Williston, 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.

Interactive Map of Williston, Tennessee

How to Use This Williston, Tennessee Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Williston, 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 Williston.

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.

CityWilliston
StateTennessee (TN)
CountyFayette County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude35.157588
Longitude-89.368406
Population349
Density81.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes38068, 38076
Area Code901
County SeatSomerville
School DistrictFayette County School District

About Williston, Tennessee

Williston is a locality in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 349. The population density is 81.6 people per km². Williston is located at 35.1576°N, 89.3684°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Williston is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 38068, 38076.

Williston occupies a quiet stretch of land where the flat, fertile earth of the region begins to yield to the subtle, earth-toned rise of the landscape. It lies 6.4 miles east-northeast of Fayette, TN (from Fayette, TN: bearing 70°T), and is situated 7.0 miles southeast of Warren. Jones Creek traces a winding, silver-threaded path through the fields, its banks lined with the tangled roots of sycamores that drink deeply from the heavy soil. The light here takes on a particular amber quality as the afternoon wanes, casting long, lean shadows across the pastures and turning the dust of the backroads into a fine, golden powder. Eight miles to the west, the dark, singular silhouette of The Mountain marks the horizon, a constant, silent observer to the slow turning of the seasons.

Williston remains anchored to the rhythms of an agrarian heritage, where the economy is written in the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest rather than the frantic pace of modern commerce. Local life often turns toward the natural expanse of the Wolf River Wildlife Management Area Unit 2, where the quietude of the woods provides a necessary contrast to the steady labor of the surrounding farms. Those seeking the stillness of deeper waters often venture the short distance to Butch McNabb Lake, where the surface remains glassy and undisturbed by the passage of time. The character of Williston is defined by this persistent connection to the land, an unadorned existence that values the weight of a handshake and the steady, predictable pulse of a day’s work under an expansive, open sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Wolf River Wildlife Management Area Unit 2 (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 198° S
  • Wolf River Wildlife Management Area Unit 1 (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 182° S
  • National Bird Dog Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 127° SE
  • Field Trial Hall of Fame (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 127° SE
  • Herb Parsons Lake State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 13.8 mi, 264° W
  • Whiteville Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Resource Management Area) — 16.1 mi, 055° NE
  • W.C. Johnson Park (Local Park) — 17.4 mi, 254° W
  • Morton Museum of Collierville History (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 245° SW
  • Memphis and Charleston Railroad (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 245° SW
  • Harrell Theater (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 249° W
  • The Crossing Amphitheater (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 301° NW
  • Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 20.8 mi, 173° S · 156k acres
  • Simón Bolívar (Monument) — 22.6 mi, 072° E
  • Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.7 mi, 014° N · 23k acres
  • Elvis Car (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 266° W
  • Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters (Nature Reserve) — 24.9 mi, 266° W
  • Middleton Tiger Mascot Statue (Public Artwork) — 27.7 mi, 103° E
  • Chickasaw (State Park) — 30.1 mi, 064° NE
  • Billy Tripp's Mindfield (Attraction) — 30.7 mi, 011° N
  • Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Gallery) — 32.7 mi, 266° W
  • Big Hill Pond (State Park) — 32.8 mi, 106° E
  • Matamora Hill (Registered Battlefield) — 32.9 mi, 106° E
  • Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites (Registered Battlefield) — 33.2 mi, 106° E
  • Tiger Lane (Attraction) — 34.6 mi, 266° W
  • Spanish War Memorial (Monument) — 34.9 mi, 267° W
  • Zebra (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 269° W
  • Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.9 mi, 337° NW · 25k acres
  • Crosstown Arts (Gallery) — 36.4 mi, 270° W
  • Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 65.8 mi, 322° NW · 2,280 acres
  • Tombigbee National Forest (National Forest) — 78.5 mi, 162° S · 67k acres

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About This Williston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Williston, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.157588, -89.368406. 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 Williston includes the ZIP code (38068, 38076), 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.