List of municipalities in Tennessee

These directional signs in Crossville, photographed in 1937 by Ben Shahn as part of a New Deal program, helped travelers find their way to other Tennessee cities and towns.

There are 346 municipalities in the state of Tennessee. Municipalities in the state are designated as "cities" or "towns". As of the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,564,494 Tennesseans, or just over 56% of the state's total population of 6,346,105, resided in municipalities. The remainder resided in unincorporated areas.^[1]

Municipal charters

Before 1954, all Tennessee municipalities were established by private act of the state legislature and operated under charters established by private act of the legislature. As of 2007, 212 of the state's municipalities were operating under charters established by private act of the legislature. In 1953, amendments to the Tennessee Constitution prohibited subsequent incorporations by private act and provided for several new forms of municipal charter. Fourteen cities, including Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, three of the state's four largest cities, are "home rule cities" organized under charters approved by referendum of the citizens. Home rule charters are authorized by Article XI, Section 9, of the Tennessee State Constitution, as amended in 1953. Other municipalities are incorporated under one of several standardized types of charter authorized by state statute:^[2]

• 67 cities use a mayor-aldermanic charter under Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) §6-1-101 et seq. Hendersonville is the largest city using this type of charter.
• 49 cities use a uniform city manager-commission charter under TCA §6-18-101 et seq. Brentwood is the largest city operating with a uniform manager-commission charter.
• Two cities (Elizabethton and Union City) are incorporated under a modified city manager-council charter under TCA §6-30-101 et seq.
• Consolidated city-county governments exist in three places: Nashville and Davidson County, Lynchburg and Moore County, and Hartsville and Trousdale County. City-county government consolidation is authorized by the Tennessee Constitution as amended in 1953 and TCA Title 7.

Some Tennessee municipalities are called "cities" and others are called "towns."^[3] These terms do not have legal significance in Tennessee^[4] and are not related to population, date of establishment, or type of municipal charter.

Under current state law (TCA Title 6), a minimum of 1,500 residents are required to incorporate as a new municipality under the mayor-alderman or city manager-commission charter, and a minimum of 5,000 residents are required to incorporate under a modified city manager-council charter. In general, unincorporated areas within three miles of an existing municipality (within five miles if the municipality has a population of 100,000 or more) are not permitted to incorporate as new municipalities. Provisions for incorporation were less restrictive in the past.

List of incorporated cities and towns

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Place Name	County(ies)^[B]	Population (2010 Census)[5]	Area (as of 2010)[5]	Form of municipal charter[2]	Incorporation date[6]
Adams	Robertson County	633	2.68 sq mi (6.9 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1963
Adamsville	McNairy County Hardin County	2,207	6.91 sq mi (17.9 km^2)	Private act	1869
Alamo	Crockett County	2,461	2.2 sq mi (5.7 km^2)	Private act	1911
Alcoa	Blount County	8,449	15.66 sq mi (40.6 km^2)	Private act	1919
Alexandria	DeKalb County	966	2.02 sq mi (5.2 km^2)	Private act	1848
Algood	Putnam County	3,495	4.03 sq mi (10.4 km^2)	Private act	1901
Allardt	Fentress County	634	3.9 sq mi (10 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1964
Altamont	Grundy County	1,045	20.16 sq mi (52.2 km^2)	Private act	1854
Ardmore	Giles County	1,213	4.59 sq mi (11.9 km^2)	Private act	1949
Arlington	Shelby County	11,517	23.07 sq mi (59.8 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1900
Ashland City	Cheatham County	4,541	10.85 sq mi (28.1 km^2)	Private act	1859
Athens	McMinn County	13,458	13.98 sq mi (36.2 km^2)	Private act	1870
Atoka	Tipton County	8,387	12.36 sq mi (32.0 km^2)	Private act	1838
Atwood	Carroll County	938	1.85 sq mi (4.8 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1941
Auburntown	Cannon County	269	0.57 sq mi (1.5 km^2)	Private act	1949
Baileyton	Greene County	431	1.68 sq mi (4.4 km^2)	Private act	1915
Baneberry	Jefferson County	482	1.82 sq mi (4.7 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1986
Bartlett	Shelby County	54,613	26.67 sq mi (69.1 km^2)	Private act	1866
Baxter	Putnam County	1,365	3.03 sq mi (7.8 km^2)	Private act	1915
Bean Station	Grainger County	2,826	5.39 sq mi (14.0 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1996
Beersheba Springs	Grundy County	477	4.91 sq mi (12.7 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1955
Bell Buckle	Bedford County	500	0.6 sq mi (1.6 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1877
Belle Meade	Davidson County	2,912	3.08 sq mi (8.0 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1938[7][8]
Bells	Crockett County	2,437	2.33 sq mi (6.0 km^2)	Private act	1889
Benton	Polk County	1,385	3.21 sq mi (8.3 km^2)	Private act	1915
Berry Hill	Davidson County	537	0.91 sq mi (2.4 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1950
Bethel Springs	McNairy County	718	2.16 sq mi (5.6 km^2)	Private act	1870
Big Sandy	Benton County	557	0.71 sq mi (1.8 km^2)	Private act	1903
Blaine	Grainger County	1,856	9.39 sq mi (24.3 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1978
Bluff City	Sullivan County	1,733	1.6 sq mi (4.1 km^2)	Private act	1870
Bolivar	Hardeman County	5,417	8.42 sq mi (21.8 km^2)	Private act	1827
Braden	Fayette County	282	3.83 sq mi (9.9 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1969
Bradford	Gibson County	1,048	1.73 sq mi (4.5 km^2)	Private act	1913
Brentwood	Williamson County	37,060	41.23 sq mi (106.8 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1969
Brighton	Tipton County	2,735	2.79 sq mi (7.2 km^2)	Private act	1913
Bristol	Sullivan County	26,702	32.44 sq mi (84.0 km^2)	Private act	1856
Brownsville	Haywood County	10,292	10.2 sq mi (26 km^2)	Private act	1870
Bruceton	Carroll County	1,478	1.89 sq mi (4.9 km^2)	Private act	1925
Bulls Gap	Hawkins County	738	1.29 sq mi (3.3 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1955
Burlison	Tipton County	425	1.08 sq mi (2.8 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1965
Burns	Dickson County	1,468	3.74 sq mi (9.7 km^2)	Private act	1953
Byrdstown	Pickett County	803	1.53 sq mi (4.0 km^2)	Private act	1917
Calhoun	McMinn County	490	1.15 sq mi (3.0 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1961
Camden	Benton County	3,582	5.67 sq mi (14.7 km^2)	Private act	1838
Carthage	Smith County	2,306	2.86 sq mi (7.4 km^2)	Private act	1804
Caryville	Campbell County	2,297	5.4 sq mi (14 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1968
Cedar Hill	Robertson County	314	0.69 sq mi (1.8 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1870
Celina	Clay County	1,495	1.7 sq mi (4.4 km^2)	Private act	1846
Centertown	Warren County	243	0.94 sq mi (2.4 km^2)	Private act	1951
Centerville	Hickman County	3,644	11.31 sq mi (29.3 km^2)	Private act	1853
Chapel Hill	Marshall County	1,445	3.24 sq mi (8.4 km^2)	Private act	1850
Charleston	Bradley County	651	1.06 sq mi (2.7 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1956
Charlotte	Dickson County	1,235	1.74 sq mi (4.5 km^2)	Private act	1804
Chattanooga	Hamilton County	167,674	144.55 sq mi (374.4 km^2)	Home rule	1839
Church Hill	Hawkins County	6,737	9.81 sq mi (25.4 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1958
Clarksburg	Carroll County	393	2.02 sq mi (5.2 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1858
Clarksville	Montgomery County	132,929	98.28 sq mi (254.5 km^2)	Private act	1807
Cleveland	Bradley County	41,285	26.9 sq mi (70 km^2)	Private act	1842
Clifton	Wayne County	2,694	6.93 sq mi (17.9 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1856
Clinton	Anderson County	9,841	12.02 sq mi (31.1 km^2)	Home rule	1801
Coalmont	Grundy County	841	6.08 sq mi (15.7 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1957
Collegedale	Hamilton County	8,282	9.9 sq mi (26 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1968
Collierville	Shelby County	43,965	29.41 sq mi (76.2 km^2)	Private act	1807
Collinwood	Wayne County	982	2.82 sq mi (7.3 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1921
Columbia	Maury County	34,681	31.56 sq mi (81.7 km^2)	Private act	1817
Cookeville	Putnam County	30,435	32.85 sq mi (85.1 km^2)	Private act	1903
Coopertown	Robertson County	4,278	31.49 sq mi (81.6 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1996
Copperhill	Polk County	354	1.91 sq mi (4.9 km^2)	Private act	1913
Cornersville	Marshall County	1,194	6.26 sq mi (16.2 km^2)	Private act	1849
Cottage Grove	Henry County	88	0.19 sq mi (0.49 km^2)	Private act	1856
Covington	Tipton County	9,038	11.44 sq mi (29.6 km^2)	Private act	1826
Cowan	Franklin County	1,737	2.07 sq mi (5.4 km^2)	Private act	1921
Crab Orchard	Cumberland County	752	11.11 sq mi (28.8 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1921
Cross Plains	Robertson County	1,714	8.49 sq mi (22.0 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1973
Crossville	Cumberland County	10,795	20.36 sq mi (52.7 km^2)	Private act	1901
Crump	Hardin County	1,428	13.36 sq mi (34.6 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1988
Cumberland City	Stewart County	311	5.31 sq mi (13.8 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1903
Cumberland Gap	Claiborne County	494	0.33 sq mi (0.85 km^2)	Private act	1907
Dandridge	Jefferson County	2,812	6.42 sq mi (16.6 km^2)	Private act	1799
Dayton	Rhea County	7,191	7.88 sq mi (20.4 km^2)	Private act	1903
Decatur	Meigs County	1,598	3 sq mi (7.8 km^2)	Private act	1838
Decaturville	Decatur County	867	1.66 sq mi (4.3 km^2)	Private act	1850
Decherd	Franklin County	2,361	4.75 sq mi (12.3 km^2)	Private act	1868
Dickson	Dickson County	14,538	20.03 sq mi (51.9 km^2)	Private act	1873
Dover	Stewart County	1,417	3.88 sq mi (10.0 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1805
Dowelltown	DeKalb County	355	0.79 sq mi (2.0 km^2)	Private act	1949
Doyle	White County	537	1.31 sq mi (3.4 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1905
Dresden	Weakley County	3,005	5.57 sq mi (14.4 km^2)	Private act	1827
Ducktown	Polk County	475	2.63 sq mi (6.8 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1951
Dunlap	Sequatchie County	4,815	10.74 sq mi (27.8 km^2)	Private act	1901
Dyer	Gibson County	2,341	2.28 sq mi (5.9 km^2)	Private act	1899
Dyersburg	Dyer County	17,145	17.47 sq mi (45.2 km^2)	Private act	1850
Eagleville	Rutherford County	604	2.31 sq mi (6.0 km^2)	Private act	1949
East Ridge	Hamilton County	20,979	8.28 sq mi (21.4 km^2)	Home rule	1921
Eastview	McNairy County	705	4.89 sq mi (12.7 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1967
Elizabethton	Carter County	14,176	9.9 sq mi (26 km^2)	Modified manager-council	1799
Elkton	Giles County	578	2.16 sq mi (5.6 km^2)	Private act	1907
Englewood	McMinn County	1,532	1.82 sq mi (4.7 km^2)	Private act	1919
Enville	Chester County McNairy County	189	1.45 sq mi (3.8 km^2)	Private act	1953
Erin	Houston County	1,324	4.09 sq mi (10.6 km^2)	Private act	1909
Erwin	Unicoi County	6,097	4.04 sq mi (10.5 km^2)	Private act	1903
Estill Springs	Franklin County	2,055	4.68 sq mi (12.1 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1948
Ethridge	Lawrence County	465	1.17 sq mi (3.0 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1907
Etowah	McMinn County	3,490	2.92 sq mi (7.6 km^2)	Home rule	1909
Fairview	Williamson County	7,720	16.92 sq mi (43.8 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1959
Farragut	Knox County	20,676	16.2 sq mi (42 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1980
Fayetteville	Lincoln County	6,827	10.96 sq mi (28.4 km^2)	Private act	1819
Finger	McNairy County	298	1.53 sq mi (4.0 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1970
Forest Hills	Davidson County	4,812	9.22 sq mi (23.9 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1957
Franklin	Williamson County	62,487	41.45 sq mi (107.4 km^2)	Private act	1799
Friendship	Crockett County	668	1.3 sq mi (3.4 km^2)	Private act	1858
Friendsville	Blount County	913	3.01 sq mi (7.8 km^2)	Private act	1953
Gadsden	Crockett County	470	1.09 sq mi (2.8 km^2)	Private act	1868
Gainesboro	Jackson County	962	1.78 sq mi (4.6 km^2)	Private act	1905
Gallatin	Sumner County	30,278	31.75 sq mi (82.2 km^2)	Private act	1801
Gallaway	Fayette County	680	6.13 sq mi (15.9 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1869
Garland	Tipton County	310	0.58 sq mi (1.5 km^2)	Private act	1913
Gates	Lauderdale County	647	0.70 sq mi (1.8 km^2)	Private act	1901
Gatlinburg	Sevier County	3,944	10.35 sq mi (26.8 km^2)	Private act	1945
Germantown	Shelby County	38,844	20 sq mi (52 km^2)	Private act	1841
Gibson	Gibson County	396	0.61 sq mi (1.6 km^2)	Private act	1909
Gilt Edge	Tipton County	477	2.76 sq mi (7.1 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1967
Gleason	Weakley County	1,445	2.28 sq mi (5.9 km^2)	Private act	1903
Goodlettsville	Davidson County Sumner County	15,921	14.32 sq mi (37.1 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1858
Gordonsville	Smith County	1,213	7.11 sq mi (18.4 km^2)	Private act	1909
Grand Junction	Hardeman County Fayette County	325	1.18 sq mi (3.1 km^2)	Private act	1901
Graysville	Rhea County	1,502	1.17 sq mi (3.0 km^2)	Private act	1917
Greenback	Loudon County	1,064	8.09 sq mi (21.0 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1957
Greenbrier	Robertson County	6,433	7 sq mi (18 km^2)	Private act	1937
Greeneville	Greene County	15,062	17.01 sq mi (44.1 km^2)	Private act	1795
Greenfield	Weakley County	2,182	3.7 sq mi (9.6 km^2)	Private act	1905
Gruetli-Laager	Grundy County	1,813	12.56 sq mi (32.5 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1980
Guys	McNairy County	466	11.72 sq mi (30.4 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1986
Halls	Lauderdale County	2,255	3.67 sq mi (9.5 km^2)	Private act	1901
Harriman	Roane County	6,350	10.57 sq mi (27.4 km^2)	Private act	1891
Harrogate	Claiborne County	4,389	7.63 sq mi (19.8 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1992
Hartsville	Trousdale County	7,870	116.64 sq mi (302.1 km^2)	Consolidated city-county	1833
Henderson	Chester County	6,309	7.86 sq mi (20.4 km^2)	Private act	1869
Hendersonville	Sumner County	51,372	36.93 sq mi (95.6 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1901
Henning	Lauderdale County	945	2.39 sq mi (6.2 km^2)	Private act	1875
Henry	Henry County	464	1.45 sq mi (3.8 km^2)	Private act	1907
Hickory Valley	Hardeman County	99	0.33 sq mi (0.85 km^2)	Private act	1951
Hohenwald	Lewis County	3,757	5.35 sq mi (13.9 km^2)	Private act	1911
Hollow Rock	Carroll County	718	1.79 sq mi (4.6 km^2)	Private act	1869
Hornbeak	Obion County	424	0.7 sq mi (1.8 km^2)	Private act	1923
Hornsby	Hardeman County	303	1.18 sq mi (3.1 km^2)	Private act	1920
Humboldt	Gibson County	8,452	9.71 sq mi (25.1 km^2)	Private act	1866
Huntingdon	Carroll County	3,985	11.94 sq mi (30.9 km^2)	Private act	1849
Huntland	Franklin County	872	1.45 sq mi (3.8 km^2)	Private act	1907
Huntsville	Scott County	1,248	3.93 sq mi (10.2 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1856
Iron City	Lawrence County Wayne County	328	0.93 sq mi (2.4 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1962
Jacksboro	Campbell County	2,020	2.54 sq mi (6.6 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1967
Jackson	Madison County	65,211	53.73 sq mi (139.2 km^2)	Private act	1845
Jamestown	Fentress County	1,959	2.9 sq mi (7.5 km^2)	Private act	1920
Jasper	Marion County	3,279	9.47 sq mi (24.5 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1852
Jefferson City	Jefferson County	8,047	6.43 sq mi (16.7 km^2)	Private act	1901
Jellico	Campbell County	2,355	6.38 sq mi (16.5 km^2)	Private act	1903
Johnson City	Washington County Carter County Sullivan County	63,152	43.27 sq mi (112.1 km^2)	Home rule	1869
Jonesborough	Washington County	5,051	5.14 sq mi (13.3 km^2)	Private act	1779
Kenton	Gibson County Obion County	1,281	2.01 sq mi (5.2 km^2)	Private act	1899
Kimball	Marion County	1,395	4.87 sq mi (12.6 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1962
Kingsport	Sullivan County Hawkins County	48,205	50.75 sq mi (131.4 km^2)	Private act	1917
Kingston	Roane County	5,934	7.85 sq mi (20.3 km^2)	Private act	1799
Kingston Springs	Cheatham County	2,756	9.92 sq mi (25.7 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1965
Knoxville	Knox County	178,874	104.17 sq mi (269.8 km^2)	Home rule	1791
Lafayette	Macon County	4,474	4.76 sq mi (12.3 km^2)	Private act	1843
La Follette	Campbell County	7,456	4.91 sq mi (12.7 km^2)	Private act	1897
LaGrange	Fayette County	133	1.81 sq mi (4.7 km^2)	Private act	1831
Lakeland	Shelby County	12,430	23.89 sq mi (61.9 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1977
Lakesite	Hamilton County	1,826	1.68 sq mi (4.4 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1972
La Vergne	Rutherford County	32,588	25.22 sq mi (65.3 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1972
Lawrenceburg	Lawrence County	10,428	12.67 sq mi (32.8 km^2)	Private act	1825
Lebanon	Wilson County	26,190	38.64 sq mi (100.1 km^2)	Private act	1801
Lenoir City	Loudon County	8,642	8.51 sq mi (22.0 km^2)	Home rule	1907
Lewisburg	Marshall County	11,100	13.36 sq mi (34.6 km^2)	Private act	1837
Lexington	Henderson County	7,652	12.42 sq mi (32.2 km^2)	Private act	1824
Liberty	DeKalb County	310	1.12 sq mi (2.9 km^2)	Private act	1850
Linden	Perry County	908	1.01 sq mi (2.6 km^2)	Private act	1850
Livingston	Overton County	4,058	6.47 sq mi (16.8 km^2)	Private act	1907
Lobelville	Perry County	897	3.92 sq mi (10.2 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1959
Lookout Mountain	Hamilton County	1,832	1.26 sq mi (3.3 km^2)	Private act	1890
Loretto	Lawrence County	1,714	3.94 sq mi (10.2 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1949
Loudon	Loudon County	5,381	14.23 sq mi (36.9 km^2)	Private act	1850
Louisville	Blount County	2,439	13.51 sq mi (35.0 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1990
Luttrell	Union County	1,074	3.92 sq mi (10.2 km^2)	Private act	1925
Lynchburg	Moore County	6,362	130.42 sq mi (337.8 km^2)	Consolidated city-county	1833
Lynnville	Giles County	287	0.33 sq mi (0.85 km^2)	Private act	1838
Madisonville	Monroe County	4,577	6.21 sq mi (16.1 km^2)	Private act	1866
Manchester	Coffee County	10,102	14.18 sq mi (36.7 km^2)	Private act	1838
Martin	Weakley County	11,473	12.71 sq mi (32.9 km^2)	Private act	1901
Maryville	Blount County	27,465	16.8 sq mi (44 km^2)	Private act	1795
Mason	Tipton County	1,609	2.09 sq mi (5.4 km^2)	Private act	1869
Maury City	Crockett County	674	1.13 sq mi (2.9 km^2)	Private act	1911
Maynardville	Union County	2,413	5.46 sq mi (14.1 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1870
McEwen	Humphreys County	1,750	1.87 sq mi (4.8 km^2)	Private act	1917
McKenzie	Carroll County Henry County Weakley County	5,310	6.26 sq mi (16.2 km^2)	Private act	1868
McLemoresville	Carroll County	352	2.58 sq mi (6.7 km^2)	Private act	1949
McMinnville	Warren County	13,605	11.07 sq mi (28.7 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1868
Medina	Gibson County	3,479	3.17 sq mi (8.2 km^2)	Private act	1907
Medon	Madison County	178	0.98 sq mi (2.5 km^2)	Private act	1860
Memphis	Shelby County	646,889	324 sq mi (840 km^2)	Home rule	1826
Michie	McNairy County	591	5.62 sq mi (14.6 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1961
Middleton	Hardeman County	706	1.92 sq mi (5.0 km^2)	Private act	1901
Milan	Gibson County	7,851	8.91 sq mi (23.1 km^2)	Private act	1866
Milledgeville	McNairy County Chester County Hardin County	265	1.61 sq mi (4.2 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1903
Millersville	Sumner County Robertson County	6,440	13.71 sq mi (35.5 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1981
Millington	Shelby County	10,176	31.75 sq mi (82.2 km^2)	Private act	1903
Minor Hill	Giles County	537	1.72 sq mi (4.5 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1969
Mitchellville	Sumner County	189	0.52 sq mi (1.3 km^2)	Private act	1909
Monteagle	Grundy County Marion County	1,192	8.59 sq mi (22.2 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1962
Monterey	Putnam County	2,850	3.06 sq mi (7.9 km^2)	Private act	1901
Morrison	Warren County	694	2.73 sq mi (7.1 km^2)	Private act	1905
Morristown	Hamblen County	29,137	27.95 sq mi (72.4 km^2)	Private act	1867
Moscow	Fayette County	556	1.25 sq mi (3.2 km^2)	Private act	1860
Mosheim	Greene County	2,362	6.13 sq mi (15.9 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1974
Mount Carmel	Hawkins County	5,429	6.94 sq mi (18.0 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1961
Mount Juliet	Wilson County	23,671	19.79 sq mi (51.3 km^2)	Home rule	1972
Mount Pleasant	Maury County	4,561	12.32 sq mi (31.9 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1824
Mountain City	Johnson County	2,531	3.31 sq mi (8.6 km^2)	Private act	1905
Munford	Tipton County	5,927	8.56 sq mi (22.2 km^2)	Private act	1905
Murfreesboro	Rutherford County	108,755	55.49 sq mi (143.7 km^2)	Private act	1903
Nashville	Davidson County	626,681	525.94 sq mi (1,362.2 km^2)	Consolidated city-county	1806
New Hope	Marion County	1,082	10.4 sq mi (27 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1974
New Johnsonville	Humphreys County	1,951	7.08 sq mi (18.3 km^2)	Private act	1949
New Market	Jefferson County	1,334	4.12 sq mi (10.7 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1911
New Tazewell	Claiborne County	3,037	5.13 sq mi (13.3 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1887
Newbern	Dyer County	3,313	4.88 sq mi (12.6 km^2)	Private act	1858
Newport	Cocke County	6,945	5.53 sq mi (14.3 km^2)	Private act	1799
Niota	McMinn County	719	2.19 sq mi (5.7 km^2)	Private act	1911
Nolensville	Williamson County	5,861	7.44 sq mi (19.3 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1838
Normandy	Bedford County	141	0.23 sq mi (0.60 km^2)	Private act	1858
Norris	Anderson County	1,491	7.19 sq mi (18.6 km^2)	Private act	1949
Oak Hill	Davidson County	4,529	7.96 sq mi (20.6 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1952
Oak Ridge	Anderson County Roane County	29,330	89.98 sq mi (233.0 km^2)	Home rule	1962
Oakdale	Morgan County	212	0.85 sq mi (2.2 km^2)	Private act	1911
Oakland	Fayette County	6,623	10.29 sq mi (26.7 km^2)	Private act	1919
Obion	Obion County	1,119	1.51 sq mi (3.9 km^2)	Private act	1903
Oliver Springs	Anderson County Morgan County Roane County	3,231	5.56 sq mi (14.4 km^2)	Private act	1903
Oneida	Scott County	3,752	9.49 sq mi (24.6 km^2)	Private act	1905
Orlinda	Robertson County	859	6.7 sq mi (17 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1965
Orme	Marion County	126	4.14 sq mi (10.7 km^2)	Private act	1935
Palmer	Grundy County	672	4.94 sq mi (12.8 km^2)	Private act	1925
Paris	Henry County	10,156	13.03 sq mi (33.7 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1849
Parker's Crossroads	Henderson County	330	3.73 sq mi (9.7 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1981
Parrottsville	Cocke County	263	0.74 sq mi (1.9 km^2)	Private act	1923
Parsons	Decatur County	2,373	4.14 sq mi (10.7 km^2)	Private act	1913
Pegram	Cheatham County	2,093	7.72 sq mi (20.0 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1972
Petersburg	Lincoln County Marshall County	544	0.94 sq mi (2.4 km^2)	Private act	1837
Philadelphia	Loudon County	656	1.6 sq mi (4.1 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1968
Pigeon Forge	Sevier County	5,875	13.21 sq mi (34.2 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1961
Pikeville	Bledsoe County	1,608	2.44 sq mi (6.3 km^2)	Private act	1911
Piperton	Fayette County	1,445	27.3 sq mi (71 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1974
Pittman Center	Sevier County	502	6.07 sq mi (15.7 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1974
Plainview	Union County	2,125	6.5 sq mi (17 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1992
Pleasant Hill	Cumberland County	563	1.56 sq mi (4.0 km^2)	Private act	1903
Pleasant View	Cheatham County	4,149	12.52 sq mi (32.4 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1921
Portland	Sumner County	11,480	14.28 sq mi (37.0 km^2)	Private act	1905
Powell's Crossroads	Marion County	1,322	5.04 sq mi (13.1 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1976
Pulaski	Giles County	7,870	7.22 sq mi (18.7 km^2)	Private act	1809
Puryear	Henry County	671	0.92 sq mi (2.4 km^2)	Private act	1909
Ramer	McNairy County	319	1.71 sq mi (4.4 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1958
Red Bank	Hamilton County	11,651	6.52 sq mi (16.9 km^2)	Home rule	1945
Red Boiling Springs	Macon County	1,112	1.75 sq mi (4.5 km^2)	Private act	1953
Ridgely	Lake County	1,795	1.71 sq mi (4.4 km^2)	Private act	1909
Ridgeside	Hamilton County	390	0.17 sq mi (0.44 km^2)	Private act	1925
Ridgetop	Robertson County Davidson County	1,874	2.91 sq mi (7.5 km^2)	Private act	1935
Ripley	Lauderdale County	8,445	12.85 sq mi (33.3 km^2)	Private act	1838
Rives	Obion County	326	0.35 sq mi (0.91 km^2)	Private act	1905
Rockford	Blount County	856	3.21 sq mi (8.3 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1970
Rockwood	Roane County	5,562	8.07 sq mi (20.9 km^2)	Private act	1903
Rocky Top[9]	Anderson County Campbell County	1,781	1.59 sq mi (4.1 km^2)	Private act	1939
Rogersville	Hawkins County	4,420	3.4 sq mi (8.8 km^2)	Private act	1903
Rossville	Fayette County	664	5.06 sq mi (13.1 km^2)	Private act	1903
Rutherford	Gibson County	1,151	2.3 sq mi (6.0 km^2)	Private act	1799
Rutledge	Grainger County	1,122	4.69 sq mi (12.1 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1797
St. Joseph	Lawrence County	782	3.52 sq mi (9.1 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1870
Saltillo	Hardin County	303	0.92 sq mi (2.4 km^2)	Private act	1951
Samburg	Obion County	217	0.82 sq mi (2.1 km^2)	Private act	1909
Sardis	Henderson County	381	2.4 sq mi (6.2 km^2)	Private act	1859
Saulsbury	Hardeman County	81	0.36 sq mi (0.93 km^2)	Private act	1849
Savannah	Hardin County	6,982	6.52 sq mi (16.9 km^2)	Private act	1833
Scotts Hill	Henderson County Decatur County	984	3.77 sq mi (9.8 km^2)	Private act	1917
Selmer	McNairy County	4,396	9.79 sq mi (25.4 km^2)	Private act	1901
Sevierville	Sevier County	14,807	24.24 sq mi (62.8 km^2)	Home rule	1795
Sharon	Weakley County	944	1.13 sq mi (2.9 km^2)	Private act	1901
Shelbyville	Bedford County	20,335	18.61 sq mi (48.2 km^2)	Private act	1819
Signal Mountain	Hamilton County	7,554	7.66 sq mi (19.8 km^2)	Private act	1919
Silerton	Hardeman County Chester County	111	0.66 sq mi (1.7 km^2)	Private act	1923
Slayden	Dickson County	178	1.34 sq mi (3.5 km^2)	Private act	1913
Smithville	DeKalb County	4,530	5.91 sq mi (15.3 km^2)	Private act	1843
Smyrna	Rutherford County	39,974	29.71 sq mi (76.9 km^2)	Private act	1869
Sneedville	Hancock County	1,387	2.3 sq mi (6.0 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1850
Soddy-Daisy	Hamilton County	12,714	23.44 sq mi (60.7 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1969
Somerville	Fayette County	3,094	12.53 sq mi (32.5 km^2)	Private act	1854
South Carthage	Smith County	1,322	2.71 sq mi (7.0 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1963
South Fulton	Obion County	2,354	3.3 sq mi (8.5 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1903
South Pittsburg	Marion County	2,992	6 sq mi (16 km^2)	Private act	1901
Sparta	White County	4,925	6.74 sq mi (17.5 km^2)	Private act	1841
Spencer	Van Buren County	1,601	6.87 sq mi (17.8 km^2)	Private act	1846
Spring City	Rhea County	1,981	2.64 sq mi (6.8 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1953
Spring Hill	Williamson County Maury County	29,036	27.11 sq mi (70.2 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1837
Springfield	Robertson County	16,440	13.34 sq mi (34.6 km^2)	Private act	1796
Stanton	Haywood County	452	0.51 sq mi (1.3 km^2)	Private act	1927
Stantonville	McNairy County	283	1.11 sq mi (2.9 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1966
Sunbright	Morgan County	552	3.78 sq mi (9.8 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1990
Surgoinsville	Hawkins County	1,801	5.61 sq mi (14.5 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1815
Sweetwater	Monroe County McMinn County	5,764	8.52 sq mi (22.1 km^2)	Home rule	1901
Tazewell	Claiborne County	2,218	4.43 sq mi (11.5 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1801
Tellico Plains	Monroe County	880	1.94 sq mi (5.0 km^2)	Private act	1911
Tennessee Ridge	Houston County Stewart County	1,368	3.71 sq mi (9.6 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1960
Thompson's Station	Williamson County	2,194	18.76 sq mi (48.6 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1990
Three Way	Madison County	1,709	4.54 sq mi (11.8 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1998
Tiptonville	Lake County	4,464	2.05 sq mi (5.3 km^2)	Private act	1907
Toone	Hardeman County	364	1.05 sq mi (2.7 km^2)	Private act	1903
Townsend	Blount County	448	2.17 sq mi (5.6 km^2)	Private act	1921
Tracy City	Grundy County	1,481	4.91 sq mi (12.7 km^2)	Private act	1915
Trenton	Gibson County	4,264	8.2 sq mi (21 km^2)	Private act	1846
Trezevant	Carroll County	859	1.39 sq mi (3.6 km^2)	Private act	1911
Trimble	Dyer County Obion County	637	0.65 sq mi (1.7 km^2)	Private act	1905
Troy	Obion County	1,371	1.49 sq mi (3.9 km^2)	Private act	1901
Tullahoma	Coffee County Franklin County	18,655	23.56 sq mi (61.0 km^2)	Private act	1858
Tusculum	Greene County	2,663	4.81 sq mi (12.5 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1959
Unicoi	Unicoi County	3,632	16.41 sq mi (42.5 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1994
Union City	Obion County	10,895	11.94 sq mi (30.9 km^2)	Modified manager-council	1867
Vanleer	Dickson County	395	0.65 sq mi (1.7 km^2)	Private act	1913
Viola	Warren County	131	0.17 sq mi (0.44 km^2)	Private act	1901
Vonore	Monroe County	1,474	11.93 sq mi (30.9 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1965
Walden	Hamilton County	1,898	3.58 sq mi (9.3 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1975
Wartburg	Morgan County	918	0.96 sq mi (2.5 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1905
Wartrace	Bedford County	651	0.69 sq mi (1.8 km^2)	Private act	1858
Watauga	Carter County	458	0.83 sq mi (2.1 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1960
Watertown	Wilson County	1,477	1.31 sq mi (3.4 km^2)	Private act	1905
Waverly	Humphreys County	4,105	8.77 sq mi (22.7 km^2)	Private act	1838
Waynesboro	Wayne County	2,449	3.75 sq mi (9.7 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1850
Westmoreland	Sumner County	2,206	3.94 sq mi (10.2 km^2)	Private act	1901
White Bluff	Dickson County	3,206	5.93 sq mi (15.4 km^2)	Private act	1869
White House	Sumner County Robertson County	10,255	10.99 sq mi (28.5 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1921
White Pine	Jefferson County	2,196	2.64 sq mi (6.8 km^2)	Private act	1915
Whiteville	Hardeman County	4,638	2.75 sq mi (7.1 km^2)	Private act	1901
Whitwell	Marion County	1,699	3.39 sq mi (8.8 km^2)	Home rule	1956
Williston	Fayette County	395	1.62 sq mi (4.2 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1970
Winchester	Franklin County	8,530	11.71 sq mi (30.3 km^2)	Private act	1821
Winfield	Scott County	967	6.35 sq mi (16.4 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1983
Woodbury	Cannon County	2,680	2.01 sq mi (5.2 km^2)	Private act	1838
Woodland Mills	Obion County	378	1.23 sq mi (3.2 km^2)	Mayor-alderman	1968
Yorkville	Gibson County	286	1.42 sq mi (3.7 km^2)	Uniform manager-commission	1848

• A^ All but one of Tennessee's county seats are municipalities. The exception is Blountville, county seat of Sullivan County.
• B^ For municipalities located in more than one county, the primary county (according to U.S. Census) is listed first.

Population comparison

Below are the twenty largest municipalities in Tennessee by population (as of 2000):

References

1. "Certified Population of Tennessee Incorporated Municipalities and Counties, State of Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, 1 July 2011.
2. "Directory of Municipal Officials - Charter". University of Tennessee: Municipal Technical Advisory Service. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
3. "Tennessee 2000 Population Summary". Office of Local Government, Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
4. "State Tax Sharing, Fairness, and Local Government Finances in Tennessee" (PDF). Tennessee.gov. Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. January 2004. p. xiv. Retrieved 2008-11-07. There are 348 cities in Tennessee and each is characterized as either a city or a town (in our state, there is no legal distinction between the two).
5. U.S. Census Bureau, GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010
6. "Incorporated Municipalities" in Tennessee Blue Book, 2005-2006 edition, pages 618-625.
7. Zepp, George (May 2, 2007). "Berry Hill, the tiny city that almost wasn't". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
8. The Tennessee Blue Book lists 1955 as the date of Belle Meade's incorporation; according to MTAS this is the date when Belle Meade adopted the uniform manager-commission charter.
9. Listed under its former name, Lake City, in the 2010 census

External links

• Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA)
• Constitution of the State of Tennessee
• Getting to Know and Maybe Love Your Municipal Charter, by Sidney D. Hemsley, Municipal Technical Advisory Service, 1992, revised 2008.