Tennessee · Census place 4703680
Baxter, Tennessee
Baxter is a town in Putnam County, Tennessee with an estimated 2,051 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 169th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,051
- #169 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +29.3%
- +465 people
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Density
- 651 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Baxter population, 2020 to 2024
Baxter added 465 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +29.3%. In the latest year it moved by +115.
Baxter covers 3.15 square miles of land, for 651 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Baxter is less dense than the typical town.
What county Baxter is in
All of Baxter's residents live in Putnam County, which had 84,894 residents in 2024. Baxter holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Baxter
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Baxter by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38544. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Baxter is
The Census internal point of Baxter is at 36.153700, -85.634900. Nashville, the capital, is 64.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cookeville, TN (37,102 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Murfreesboro, TN, 48.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.153700, -85.634900
- DMS
- 36°09'13.32"N 85°38'5.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 622797.6E 4001859.4N
- Geohash
- dn7jemddd
- Plus code
- 868P5938+F2
Daylight in Baxter
At 36.15° N, Baxter gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Baxter
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Cookeville, 6.8 miles away, with 37,102 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Baxter, TN?
2,051 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 465 (29.3%) from 1,586 in July 2020.
What county is Baxter in?
Putnam County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Baxter?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38544.
How far is Baxter from Nashville?
64.1 miles (103.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Baxter.
What is the nearest larger city to Baxter?
Cookeville, TN, with 37,102 residents, 6.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.