List of municipalities in Tennessee


is a state located in the Southern United States. 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, lived in these 346 municipalities. The remainder lived in unincorporated areas.

Municipal charters

Before 1954, all Tennessee municipalities were established by private act of the state legislature and operated under charters. 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:
Some Tennessee municipalities are called "cities" and others are called "towns." These terms do not have legal significance in Tennessee and are not related to population, date of establishment, or type of municipal charter.
Under current state law, 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 are not permitted to incorporate as new municipalities. Provisions for incorporation were less restrictive in the past. The capital of Tennessee is Nashville.
Place NameCountyPopulation
Area
Form of municipal charterIncorporation
date
Region
AdamsRobertson County633Uniform manager-commission1963Middle
AdamsvilleMcNairy County
Hardin County
2,207Private act1869West
AlamoCrockett County2,461Private act1911West
AlcoaBlount County10,978Private act1919East
AlexandriaDeKalb County966Private act1848Middle
AlgoodPutnam County3,495Private act1901Middle
AllardtFentress County634Mayor-alderman1964Middle
AltamontGrundy County1,045Private act1854Middle
ArdmoreGiles County1,213Private act1949Middle
ArlingtonShelby County14,549Mayor-alderman1900West
Ashland CityCheatham County5,193Private act1859Middle
AthensMcMinn County14,084Private act1870East
AtokaTipton County10,008Private act1838West
AtwoodCarroll County938Mayor-alderman1941West
AuburntownCannon County269Private act1949Middle
BaileytonGreene County431Private act1915East
BaneberryJefferson County482Uniform manager-commission1986East
BartlettShelby County57,786Private act1866West
BaxterPutnam County1,365Private act1915Middle
Bean StationGrainger County2,826Mayor-alderman1996East
Beersheba SpringsGrundy County477Uniform manager-commission1955Middle
Bell BuckleBedford County500Mayor-alderman1877Middle
Belle MeadeDavidson County2,912Uniform manager-commission1938Middle
BellsCrockett County2,437Private act1889West
BentonPolk County1,385Private act1915East
Berry HillDavidson County2,112Uniform manager-commission1950Middle
Bethel SpringsMcNairy County718Private act1870West
Big SandyBenton County557Private act1903West
BlaineGrainger County1,856Mayor-alderman1978East
Bluff CitySullivan County1,733Private act1870East
BolivarHardeman County5,205Private act1827West
BradenFayette County282Uniform manager-commission1969West
BradfordGibson County1,048Private act1913West
BrentwoodWilliamson County45,373Uniform manager-commission1969Middle
BrightonTipton County2,735Private act1913West
BristolSullivan County27,147Private act1856East
BrownsvilleHaywood County9,788Private act1870West
BrucetonCarroll County1,478Private act1925West
Bulls GapHawkins County738Mayor-alderman1955East
BurlisonTipton County425Uniform manager-commission1965West
BurnsDickson County1,468Private act1953Middle
ByrdstownPickett County803Private act1917Middle
CalhounMcMinn County490Uniform manager-commission1961East
CamdenBenton County3,582Private act1838West
CarthageSmith County2,306Private act1804Middle
CaryvilleCampbell County2,297Mayor-alderman1968East
Cedar HillRobertson County314Uniform manager-commission1870Middle
CelinaClay County1,495Private act1846Middle
CentertownWarren County243Private act1951Middle
CentervilleHickman County3,644Private act1853Middle
Chapel HillMarshall County1,445Private act1850Middle
CharlestonBradley County651Uniform manager-commission1956East
CharlotteDickson County1,235Private act1804Middle
ChattanoogaHamilton County181,099Home rule1839East
Church HillHawkins County6,998Mayor-alderman1958East
ClarksburgCarroll County393Mayor-alderman1858West
ClarksvilleMontgomery County166,722Private act1807Middle
ClevelandBradley County47,356Private act1842East
CliftonWayne County2,694Uniform manager-commission1856Middle
ClintonAnderson County10,056Home rule1801East
CoalmontGrundy County841Uniform manager-commission1957Middle
CollegedaleHamilton County11,109Uniform manager-commission1968East
ColliervilleShelby County51,324Private act1807West
CollinwoodWayne County982Uniform manager-commission1921Middle
ColumbiaMaury County41,690Private act1817Middle
CookevillePutnam County34,842Private act1903Middle
CoopertownRobertson County4,278Mayor-alderman1996Middle
CopperhillPolk County354Private act1913East
CornersvilleMarshall County1,194Private act1849Middle
Cottage GroveHenry County88Private act1856West
CovingtonTipton County8,663Private act1826West
CowanFranklin County1,737Private act1921Middle
Crab OrchardCumberland County996Mayor-alderman1921East
Cross PlainsRobertson County1,714Uniform manager-commission1973Middle
CrossvilleCumberland County12,071Private act1901East
CrumpHardin County1,428Mayor-alderman1988West
Cumberland CityStewart County311Mayor-alderman1903Middle
Cumberland GapClaiborne County494Private act1907East
DandridgeJefferson County2,812Private act1799East
DaytonRhea County7,065Private act1903East
DecaturMeigs County1,598Private act1838East
DecaturvilleDecatur County867Private act1850West
DecherdFranklin County2,361Private act1868Middle
DicksonDickson County16,058Private act1873Middle
DoverStewart County1,417Mayor-alderman1805Middle
DowelltownDeKalb County355Private act1949Middle
DoyleWhite County537Mayor-alderman1905Middle
DresdenWeakley County3,005Private act1827West
DucktownPolk County475Uniform manager-commission1951East
DunlapSequatchie County5,357Private act1901Middle
DyerGibson County2,341Private act1899West
DyersburgDyer County16,164Private act1850West
EaglevilleRutherford County604Private act1949Middle
East RidgeHamilton County22,167Home rule1921East
EastviewMcNairy County705Mayor-alderman1967West
ElizabethtonCarter County14,546Modified manager-council1799East
ElktonGiles County578Private act1907Middle
EnglewoodMcMinn County1,532Private act1919East
EnvilleChester County
McNairy County
189Private act1953West
ErinHouston County1,324Private act1909Middle
ErwinUnicoi County6,083Private act1903East
Estill SpringsFranklin County2,055Mayor-alderman1948Middle
EthridgeLawrence County465Uniform manager-commission1907Middle
EtowahMcMinn County3,490Home rule1909East
FairviewWilliamson County9,357Uniform manager-commission1959Middle
FarragutKnox County23,506Mayor-alderman1980East
FayettevilleLincoln County7,068Private act1819Middle
FingerMcNairy County298Mayor-alderman1970West
Forest HillsDavidson County5,038Uniform manager-commission1957Middle
FranklinWilliamson County83,454Private act1799Middle
FriendshipCrockett County668Private act1858West
FriendsvilleBlount County913Private act1953East
GadsdenCrockett County470Private act1868West
GainesboroJackson County962Private act1905Middle
GallatinSumner County44,431Private act1801Middle
GallawayFayette County680Uniform manager-commission1869West
GarlandTipton County310Private act1913West
GatesLauderdale County647Private act1901West
GatlinburgSevier County3,944Private act1945East
GermantownShelby County41,333Private act1841West
GibsonGibson County396Private act1909West
Gilt EdgeTipton County477Uniform manager-commission1967West
GleasonWeakley County1,445Private act1903West
GoodlettsvilleDavidson County
Sumner County
17,789Uniform manager-commission1858Middle
GordonsvilleSmith County1,213Private act1909Middle
Grand JunctionHardeman County
Fayette County
325Private act1901West
GraysvilleRhea County1,502Private act1917East
GreenbackLoudon County1,064Mayor-alderman1957East
GreenbrierRobertson County6,898Private act1937Middle
GreenevilleGreene County15,479Private act1795East
GreenfieldWeakley County2,182Private act1905West
Gruetli-LaagerGrundy County1,813Mayor-alderman1980East
GuysMcNairy County466Mayor-alderman1986West
HallsLauderdale County2,255Private act1901West
HarrimanRoane County5,892Private act1891East
HarrogateClaiborne County4,389Mayor-alderman1992East
HartsvilleTrousdale County11,615Consolidated city-county1833Middle
HendersonChester County6,308Private act1869West
HendersonvilleSumner County61,753Mayor-alderman1901Middle
HenningLauderdale County945Private act1875West
HenryHenry County464Private act1907West
Hickory ValleyHardeman County99Private act1951West
HohenwaldLewis County3,757Private act1911Middle
Hollow RockCarroll County718Private act1869West
HornbeakObion County424Private act1923West
HornsbyHardeman County303Private act1920West
HumboldtGibson County7,874Private act1866West
HuntingdonCarroll County3,985Private act1849West
HuntlandFranklin County872Private act1907Middle
HuntsvilleScott County1,248Mayor-alderman1856East
JacksboroCampbell County2,020Mayor-alderman1967East
JacksonMadison County68,205Private act1845West
JamestownFentress County1,959Private act1920Middle
JasperMarion County3,279Mayor-alderman1852East
Jefferson CityJefferson County8,419Private act1901East
JellicoCampbell County2,355Private act1903East
Johnson CityWashington County
Carter County
Sullivan County
71,046Home rule1869East
JonesboroughWashington County5,860Private act1779East
KentonGibson County
Obion County
1,281Private act1899West
KimballMarion County1,395Mayor-alderman1962East
KingsportSullivan County
Hawkins County
55,442Private act1917East
KingstonRoane County5,953Private act1799East
Kingston SpringsCheatham County2,756Uniform manager-commission1965Middle
KnoxvilleKnox County190,740Home rule1791East
LafayetteMacon County5,584Private act1843Middle
LaFolletteCampbell County7,430Private act1897East
La GrangeFayette County133Private act1831West
LakelandShelby County13,904Uniform manager-commission1977West
LakesiteHamilton County1,826Uniform manager-commission1972East
La VergneRutherford County38,719Mayor-alderman1972Middle
LawrenceburgLawrence County11,633Private act1825Middle
LebanonWilson County38,431Private act1801Middle
Lenoir CityLoudon County10,117Home rule1907East
LewisburgMarshall County12,288Private act1837Middle
LexingtonHenderson County7,956Private act1824West
LibertyDeKalb County310Private act1850Middle
LindenPerry County908Private act1850Middle
LivingstonOverton County4,058Private act1907Middle
LobelvillePerry County897Mayor-alderman1959Middle
Lookout MountainHamilton County1,832Private act1890East
LorettoLawrence County1,714Mayor-alderman1949Middle
LoudonLoudon County5,991Private act1850East
LouisvilleBlount County2,439Mayor-alderman1990East
LuttrellUnion County1,074Private act1925East
LynchburgMoore County6,461Consolidated city-county1833Middle
LynnvilleGiles County287Private act1838Middle
MadisonvilleMonroe County5,132Private act1866East
ManchesterCoffee County12,212Private act1838Middle
MartinWeakley County10,825Private act1901West
MaryvilleBlount County31,907Private act1795East
MasonTipton County1,609Private act1869West
Maury CityCrockett County674Private act1911West
MaynardvilleUnion County2,413Uniform manager-commission1870East
McEwenHumphreys County1,750Private act1917Middle
McKenzieCarroll County
Henry County
Weakley County
5,529Private act1868West
McLemoresvilleCarroll County352Private act1949West
McMinnvilleWarren County13,788Mayor-alderman1868Middle
MedinaGibson County5,126Private act1907West
MedonMadison County178Private act1860West
MemphisShelby County633,104Home rule1826West
MichieMcNairy County591Mayor-alderman1961West
MiddletonHardeman County706Private act1901West
MilanGibson County8,171Private act1866West
MilledgevilleMcNairy County
Chester County
Hardin County
265Mayor-alderman1903West
MillersvilleSumner County
Robertson County
6,299Uniform manager-commission1981Middle
MillingtonShelby County10,582Private act1903West
Minor HillGiles County537Mayor-alderman1969Middle
MitchellvilleSumner County189Private act1909Middle
MonteagleGrundy County
Marion County
1,192Mayor-alderman1962Middle
MontereyPutnam County2,850Private act1901Middle
MorrisonWarren County694Private act1905Middle
MorristownHamblen County30,431Private act1867East
MoscowFayette County556Private act1860West
MosheimGreene County2,362Mayor-alderman1974East
Mount CarmelHawkins County5,473Mayor-alderman1961East
Mount JulietWilson County39,289Home rule1972Middle
Mount PleasantMaury County4,561Uniform manager-commission1824Middle
Mountain CityJohnson County2,531Private act1905East
MunfordTipton County6,302Private act1905West
MurfreesboroRutherford County152,769Private act1817Middle
NashvilleDavidson County689,447Consolidated city-county1806Middle
New HopeMarion County1,082Mayor-alderman1974East
New JohnsonvilleHumphreys County1,951Private act1949Middle
New MarketJefferson County1,334Mayor-alderman1911East
New TazewellClaiborne County3,037Mayor-alderman1887East
NewbernDyer County3,313Private act1858West
NewportCocke County6,868Private act1799East
NiotaMcMinn County719Private act1911East
NolensvilleWilliamson County13,829Mayor-alderman1838Middle
NormandyBedford County141Private act1858Middle
NorrisAnderson County1,491Private act1949East
Oak HillDavidson County4,529Uniform manager-commission1952Middle
Oak RidgeAnderson County
Roane County
31,402Home rule1962East
OakdaleMorgan County212Private act1911East
OaklandFayette County8,936Private act1919West
ObionObion County1,119Private act1903West
Oliver SpringsAnderson County
Morgan County
Roane County
3,231Private act1903East
OneidaScott County3,752Private act1905East
OrlindaRobertson County859Uniform manager-commission1965Middle
OrmeMarion County126Private act1935East
PalmerGrundy County672Private act1925Middle
ParisHenry County10,316Uniform manager-commission1849West
Parker's CrossroadsHenderson County330Uniform manager-commission1981West
ParrottsvilleCocke County263Private act1923East
ParsonsDecatur County2,373Private act1913West
PegramCheatham County2,093Mayor-alderman1972Middle
PetersburgLincoln County
Marshall County
544Private act1837Middle
PhiladelphiaLoudon County656Mayor-alderman1968East
Pigeon ForgeSevier County6,343Uniform manager-commission1961East
PikevilleBledsoe County1,608Private act1911East
PipertonFayette County1,445Uniform manager-commission1974West
Pittman CenterSevier County502Mayor-alderman1974East
PlainviewUnion County2,125Mayor-alderman1992East
Pleasant HillCumberland County563Private act1903East
Pleasant ViewCheatham County4,149Mayor-alderman1921Middle
PortlandSumner County13,156Private act1905Middle
Powell's CrossroadsMarion County1,322Mayor-alderman1976East
PulaskiGiles County8,397Private act1809Middle
PuryearHenry County671Private act1909West
RamerMcNairy County319Uniform manager-commission1958West
Red BankHamilton County11,899Home rule1945East
Red Boiling SpringsMacon County1,112Private act1953Middle
RidgelyLake County1,795Private act1909West
RidgesideHamilton County390Private act1925East
RidgetopRobertson County
Davidson County
1,874Private act1935Middle
RipleyLauderdale County7,800Private act1838West
RivesObion County326Private act1905West
RockfordBlount County856Uniform manager-commission1970East
RockwoodRoane County5,444Private act1903East
Rocky TopAnderson County
Campbell County
1,781Private act1939East
RogersvilleHawkins County4,420Private act1903East
RossvilleFayette County664Private act1903West
RutherfordGibson County1,151Private act1799West
RutledgeGrainger County1,122Mayor-alderman1797East
St. JosephLawrence County782Uniform manager-commission1870Middle
SaltilloHardin County303Private act1951West
SamburgObion County217Private act1909West
SardisHenderson County381Private act1859West
SaulsburyHardeman County81Private act1849West
SavannahHardin County7,213Private act1833West
Scotts HillHenderson County
Decatur County
984Private act1917West
SelmerMcNairy County4,396Private act1901West
SeviervilleSevier County17,889Home rule1795East
SharonWeakley County944Private act1901West
ShelbyvilleBedford County23,557Private act1819Middle
Signal MountainHamilton County8,852Private act1919East
SilertonHardeman County
Chester County
111Private act1923West
SlaydenDickson County178Private act1913Middle
SmithvilleDeKalb County5,004Private act1843Middle
SmyrnaRutherford County53,070Private act1869Middle
SneedvilleHancock County1,387Mayor-alderman1850East
Soddy-DaisyHamilton County13,070Uniform manager-commission1969East
SomervilleFayette County3,094Private act1854West
South CarthageSmith County1,322Mayor-alderman1963Middle
South FultonObion County2,354Uniform manager-commission1903West
South PittsburgMarion County2,992Private act1901East
SpartaWhite County4,925Private act1841Middle
SpencerVan Buren County1,601Private act1846Middle
Spring CityRhea County1,981Uniform manager-commission1953East
Spring HillMaury County
Williamson County
50,005Mayor-alderman1837Middle
SpringfieldRobertson County18,782Private act1796Middle
StantonHaywood County452Private act1927West
StantonvilleMcNairy County283Mayor-alderman1966West
SunbrightMorgan County552Mayor-alderman1990East
SurgoinsvilleHawkins County1,801Mayor-alderman1815East
SweetwaterMonroe County
McMinn County
6,312Home rule1901East
TazewellClaiborne County2,218Mayor-alderman1801East
Tellico PlainsMonroe County880Private act1911East
Tennessee RidgeHouston County
Stewart County
1,368Uniform manager-commission1960Middle
Thompson's StationWilliamson County7,485Mayor-alderman1990West
Three WayMadison County1,709Mayor-alderman1998West
TiptonvilleLake County4,464Private act1907West
TooneHardeman County364Private act1903West
TownsendBlount County448Private act1921East
Tracy CityGrundy County1,481Private act1915Middle
TrentonGibson County4,264Private act1846West
TrezevantCarroll County859Private act1911West
TrimbleDyer County
Obion County
637Private act1905West
TroyObion County1,371Private act1901West
TullahomaCoffee County
Franklin County
20,339Private act1858Middle
TusculumGreene County2,663Uniform manager-commission1959East
UnicoiUnicoi County3,632Mayor-alderman1994East
Union CityObion County11,170Modified manager-council1867West
VanleerDickson County395Private act1913Middle
ViolaWarren County131Private act1901Middle
VonoreMonroe County1,474Mayor-alderman1965East
WaldenHamilton County1,898Mayor-alderman1975East
WartburgMorgan County918Mayor-alderman1905East
WartraceBedford County651Private act1858Middle
WataugaCarter County458Uniform manager-commission1960East
WatertownWilson County1,477Private act1905Middle
WaverlyHumphreys County4,105Private act1838Middle
WaynesboroWayne County2,449Uniform manager-commission1850Middle
WestmorelandSumner County2,206Private act1901Middle
White BluffDickson County3,206Private act1869Middle
White HouseSumner County
Robertson County
12,982Mayor-alderman1921Middle
White PineJefferson County2,196Private act1915East
WhitevilleHardeman County4,638Private act1901West
WhitwellMarion County1,699Home rule1956East
WillistonFayette County395Uniform manager-commission1970West
WinchesterFranklin County9,375Private act1821Middle
WinfieldScott County967Mayor-alderman1983East
WoodburyCannon County2,680Private act1838Middle
Woodland MillsObion County378Mayor-alderman1968West
YorkvilleGibson County286Uniform manager-commission1848West