List of All the Cities in Tennessee – Largest & Best Cities in Tennessee

Tennessee is in the Southeastern region of the United States and ranked 36^th in terms of its area and 16^th in terms of its population.

The State of Tennessee is divided into 95 counties and each county contains a county seat. There are more than 346 municipalities in Tennessee and the Municipalities are classified as either a city or a town. Legally, there are no differences between the two, unlike other states where municipal charters, population, and other factors may be considered.

In Tennessee, there are several charters that municipalities can operate under including mayor-aldermanic, home rule, city manager-commission, and consolidated city-county governments.

 In this post, we’ve compiled a list of all of the cities in Tennessee, including the largest cities, best cities, and smallest cities. Keep reading to find out.

List of all the Cities in Tennessee (in alphabetical order)

Adams	Calhoun	Dover	Goodlettsville	La Grange	Monterey
Adamsville	Camden	Dowelltown	Gordonsville	La Vergne	Mooresburg
Alamo	Carthage	Doyle	Graball	Lafayette	Morrison
Alcoa	Caryville	Dresden	Grand Junction	Lake City	Morristown
Alexandria	Castalian Springs	Ducktown	Gray	Lake Tansi	Moscow
Algood	Cedar Hill	Dunlap	Graysville	Lakeland	Mosheim
Allardt	Celina	Dyer	Green Hill	Lakesite	Mount Carmel
Altamont	Centertown	Dyersburg	Greenback	Lakewood Park	Mount Juliet
Andersonville	Centerville	Eagleton Village	Greenbrier	Lawrenceburg	Mount Pleasant
Andersonville	Central	Eagleville	Greeneville	Lebanon	Mountain City
Apison	Chapel Hill	East Cleveland	Greenfield	Lenoir City	Mowbray Mountain
Ardmore	Charleston	East Ridge	Grimsley	Lewisburg	Munford
Arlington	Charlotte	Eastview	Gruetli-Laager	Lexington	Murfreesboro
Ashland City	Chattanooga	Elgin	Guys	Liberty	Nashville
Athens	Chesterfield	Elizabethton	Halls	Linden	New Deal
Atoka	Christiana	Elkton	Harriman	Livingston	New Hope
Atwood	Church Hill	Englewood	Harrison	Lobelville	New Johnsonville
Auburntown	Clarkrange	Enville	Harrogate	Lone Oak	New Market
Baileyton	Clarksburg	Erin	Hartsville (Trousdale County)	Lookout Mountain	New Tazewell
Baneberry	Clarksville	Erwin	Helenwood	Loretto	New Union
Banner Hill	Cleveland	Estill Springs	Henderson	Loudon	Newbern
Bartlett	Clifton	Ethridge	Hendersonville	Louisville	Newport
Baxter	Clinton	Etowah	Henning	Luttrell	Niota
Bean Station	Coalfield	Eva	Henry	Lyles	Nolensville
Beersheba Springs	Coalmont	Fairfield	Hickory Valley	Lynchburg, Moore County	Normandy
Bell Buckle	Collegedale	Fairfield Glade	Hillsboro	Lynnville	Norris
Belle Meade	Collierville	Fairgarden	Hohenwald	Madisonville	Oak Grove
Bells	Collinwood	Fairmount	Hollow Rock	Manchester	Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County)
Benton	Colonial Heights	Fairview	Hopewell	Martin	Oak Hill
Berry Hill	Columbia	Fall Branch	Hornbeak	Maryville	Oak Ridge
Bethel Springs Bethpage	Cookeville Coopertown	Falling Water Farragut	Hornsby Humboldt	Mascot Mason	Oakdale Oakland
Big Sandy	Copperhill	Fayetteville	Hunter	Maury City	Obion
Blaine	Cornersville	Fincastle	Huntingdon	Maynardville	Oliver Springs
Bloomingdale	Cottage Grove	Finger	Huntland	McEwen	Olivet
Blountville	Cottontown	Flat Top Mountain	Huntsville	McKenzie	Oneida
Bluff City	Covington	Flintville	Iron City	McLemoresville	Ooltewah
Bolivar	Cowan	Forest Hills	Jacksboro	McMinnville	Orlinda
Bon Aqua Junction	Crab Orchard	Franklin	Jackson	Medina	Orme
Bowman	Cross Plains	Friendship	Jamestown	Medon	Palmer
Braden	Crossville	Friendsville	Jasper	Memphis	Paris
Bradford	Crump	Gadsden	Jefferson City	Michie	Park City
Bransford	Cumberland City	Gainesboro	Jellico	Middle Valley	Parker’s Crossroads
Brentwood	Cumberland Gap	Gallatin	Johnson City	Middleton	Parrottsville
Brighton	Dandridge	Gallaway	Jonesborough	Midtown	Parsons
Bristol	Darden	Garland	Kenton	Milan	Pegram
Brownsville	Dayton	Gates	Kimball	Milledgeville	Pelham
Bruceton	Decatur	Gatlinburg	Kingsport	Millersville	Petersburg
Bulls Gap	Decaturville	Germantown	Kingston	Millington	Petersburg
Burlison	Decherd	Gibson	Kingston Springs	Minor Hill	Petros
Burns	Dickson	Gilt Edge	Knoxville	Mitchellville	Philadelphia
Byrdstown	Dodson Branch	Gleason	La Follette	Monteagle	Pigeon Forge

• Pikeville

• Pine Crest

• Piperton

• Pittman Center

• Plainview

• Pleasant Hill

• Pleasant View

• Portland

• Powells Crossroads

• Pulaski

• Puryear

• Ramer

• Red Bank

• Red Boiling Springs

• Riceville

• Ridgely

• Ridgeside

• Ridgetop

• Ripley

• Rives

• Roan Mountain

• Robbins

• Rockford

• Rockvale

• Rockwood

• Rogersville

• Rossville

• Rural Hill

• Rutherford

• Rutledge

• Sale Creek

• Saltillo

• Samburg

• Sardis

• Saulsbury

• Savannah

• Scotts Hill

• Selmer

• Sevierville

• Sewanee

• Seymour

• Shackle Island

• Sharon

• Shelbyville

• Signal Mountain

• Silerton

• Slayden

• Smithville

• Smyrna

• Sneedville

• Soddy-Daisy

• Somerville

• South Carthage

• South Cleveland

• South Fulton

• South Pittsburg

• Sparta

• Spencer

• Spring City

• Spring Hill

• Springfield

• Spurgeon

• St. Joseph

• Stanton

• Stantonville

• Summertown

• Sunbright

• Surgoinsville

• Sweetwater

• Tazewell

• Telford

• Tellico Plains

• Tellico Village

• Tennessee Ridge

• Thompson’s Station

• Three Way

• Tiptonville

• Toone

• Townsend

• Tracy City

• Trenton

• Trezevant

• Trimble

• Troy

• Tullahoma

• Tusculum

• Unicoi

• Union City

• Unionville

• Vanleer

• Viola

• Vonore

• Walden

• Walland

• Walnut Grove

• Walnut Grove CDP (Hardin County)

• Walnut Hill

• Walterhill

• Wartburg

• Wartrace

• Watauga

• Watertown

• Waverly

• Waynesboro

• Westmoreland

• White Bluff

• White House

• White Pine

• Whiteville

• Whitwell

• Wildwood

• Wildwood Lake

• Williston

• Winchester

• Winfield

• Woodbury

• Woodland Mills

• Wrigley

• Yorkville

Top 10 Largest Cities in Tennessee by Population

1. Nashville (687,448)

The capital and most populous city in Tennessee. It is the county seat of Davidson County and it is located on the Cumberland River. Nashville is the 23^rd most populous city in the U.S. The city has nicknames like Music City, Country Music Capital, and Athens of the South.

2. Memphis (651,9321)

Memphis is located along the Mississippi River in Southwestern Shelby County, Tennessee. It is the second-most populous city in Tennessee and the 28^th largest in the United States. The city has nicknames like Bluff City, and Home of the Blues.

3. Knoxville (188,085)

Knoxville is located in Knox County, Tennessee. It is the third-largest city in Tenessee and the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division. It has nicknames like Marble City, Heart of the Valley, K-Town, Queen City of the Mountains, Scuffy City, and gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains.

4. Chattanooga (184,561)

Chattanooga City is located in Hamilton County and also the county seat of that county. It is the fourth-largest city and one of the two principal cities of East Tennessee.

Chattanooga anchors the Chattanooga metropolitan area the fourth-largest metropolitan statistical area. It is nicknamed the Scenic City, Chatt, Chattown, Gig City, Nooga, and River City.

5. Clarksville (161, 686)

The county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee is Clarksville City. It is the fifth largest in the state by population.

It was founded in 1785 and incorporated in 1807 and has nicknames like Queen of the Cumberland, Gateway to the New South, and Tennessee’s Top Spot.

6. Murfreesboro (157,816)

Murfreesboro is a city located in Rutherford County in the Nashville metropolitan area of middle Tennessee, 34 miles southeast of downtown Nashville. It was served as the state capital from 1818 to 1826.

Murfreesboro is the largest suburb of Nashville and the sixth-largest city in the state of Tennessee. It is home to Middle Tennessee State University, the largest undergraduate university in Tennessee.

7. Franklin (87,237)

Franklin City is the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee. It is located about 12 miles south of Nashville. It is a principal city of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee.

8. Jackson (67, 669)

Jackson City is located in Madison County, Tennessee, 70 miles east of Memphis and also a regional center of trade for West Tennessee.

Jackson is the principal city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area. It is the largest city in Madison County and the second-largest in West Tennessee.

Jackson is home to the Tennessee Supreme Court’s courthouse for West Tennessee.

9. Johnson City (67,200)

It is located in Washington, Cater, and Sullivan counties in Tennessee but most of the city are in Washington County.

Forbes ranked it the 65 best small places for Business and Careers. Johnson City is also on Kiplinger’s list of “The 10 Least-Expensive Cities for Living in the United States.

10. Bartlett (59,514)

Bartlett is in Shelby County, located northeast of Memphis. Bartlett is a suburb of the Raleigh community (a formerly incorporated town that was a county seat of Shelby County.

Best Tennessee Cities

Here is a list of the best cities in Tennessee:

• Franklin
• Atoka
• Bartlett
• Spring Hill
• Collierville
• Hendersonville
• Ridgeside
• Shackle Island
• White House
• Germantown
• Farragut
• Smyrna
• Kingston
• Mount Juliet
• Brentwood
• Nolensville
• Green Hill
• Belle Meade
• Maryville
• Eagleville
• Wartrace
• Rossville
• Mount Carmel
• Murfreesboro

Conclusion

The State of Tennessee is large and big enough to offer lots of things to people. There are over 400 cities in Tennessee and the most populous in Nashville which is consolidated into the Nashville-Davidson metro area, Nashville, and boasts of 678,448 residents.

The smallest city in Tennessee in terms of population is Orme with a population of about 74 people (at the time of my writing). Other municipalities with a population under 100 are Cottage Groove, Hickory Valley La Grange, and Eva.