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Tennessee Colony Texas Map

Explore Tennessee Colony, Texas, 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 Tennessee Colony, Texas

How to Use This Tennessee Colony, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Tennessee Colony, Texas. 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 Texas 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 Tennessee Colony.

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	Tennessee Colony
State	Texas (TX)
County	Anderson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.835445
Longitude	-95.83885
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	75861, 75880, 75884, 75886
Area Code	903
County Seat	Palestine

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About Tennessee Colony, Texas

Tennessee Colony is a locality in Anderson County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Tennessee Colony is located at 31.8354°N, 95.8388°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 75861, 75880, 75884.

Tennessee Colony endures as a quiet expanse of East Texas, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of light across heavy clay soils and dense, encroaching woodlands. It lies 13.2 miles west-northwest of Palestine, TX (from Palestine, TX: bearing 293°T), and is situated 34.5 miles west-southwest of Jacksonville. The terrain holds a persistent gravity, where the horizon is often defined by the dark, vertical lines of timber rather than the distant, hazy silhouette of High Ridge rising to the west. A mile to the east, Spring Creek carves a narrow, humid path through the undergrowth, its waters reflecting the canopy in shades of deep amber and silt-gray. Beyond the immediate thickets, the landscape opens into irregular clearings where the earth seems to breathe, damp and expectant, under a sky that feels remarkably vast and unburdened by the clamor of the modern world.

Historical echoes permeate the soil of Tennessee Colony, marking the persistence of those who arrived long ago to cultivate this challenging, timbered frontier. Life here remains tethered to the land, supported by a modest local economy that favors the steady labor of agriculture and the stewardship of the surrounding wild spaces. Only five miles away, the Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area preserves the integrity of the natural habitat, while the nearby Soil Conservation Service Site 1 Reservoir offers a quiet, stagnant stillness that contrasts with the seasonal shifts of the deeper woods. Eight miles to the southeast, the subtle depression of Sand Hollow provides a rare variation in the topography, a shallow basin that catches the runoff of heavy rains and sustains the verdant, stubborn resilience of the local flora.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tennessee Colony Cemetery (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 088° E
Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 333° NW
Us-Tx-71-185 (Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 271° W
Big Lake Bottom Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 173° S
Bethel Cemetery (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 320° NW
Old Montalba (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 041° NE
Palestine Community Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 9.1 mi, 116° SE
Athletic Complex (Local Park) — 11.0 mi, 111° E
Davey Dogwood Park (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 105° E
Fairy Garden Trail (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 106° E
Lincoln High School (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 115° SE
Norwood School (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 102° E
Howard House Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 110° E
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 13.3 mi, 254° W
Rusk / Palestine State Park (State Park) — 16.7 mi, 112° E
McDonald Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 082° E
Freestone County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 249° W
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.1 mi, 087° E · 16k acres
Henderson County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 358° N
Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 241° SW
Purtis Creek State Park (State Park) — 36.8 mi, 347° N
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 37.4 mi, 130° SE · 161k acres
Carmike Cinemas (Cinema) — 43.1 mi, 046° NE
Tiger Stadium (Stadium) — 43.5 mi, 293° NW
Times Square Grand Slam (Cinema) — 44.4 mi, 045° NE
Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (Attraction) — 47.1 mi, 083° E
Cowan Center (Theatre) — 47.9 mi, 046° NE
Big Slough Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 48.1 mi, 118° SE · 3,521 acres
Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 58.2 mi, 035° NE
Angelina National Forest (National Forest) — 65.6 mi, 110° E · 154k acres

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