Tennessee · Census place 4717700
Cowan, Tennessee
Cowan is a city in Franklin County, Tennessee with an estimated 1,816 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 187th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,816
- #187 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +2.8%
- +50 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Density
- 861 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Cowan population, 2020 to 2024
Cowan added 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +47.
Cowan covers 2.11 square miles of land, for 861 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Cowan is close to the typical town.
What county Cowan is in
All of Cowan's residents live in Franklin County, which had 45,137 residents in 2024. Cowan holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cowan
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cowan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37318. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Cowan is
The Census internal point of Cowan is at 35.163200, -86.013800. Nashville, the capital, is 81.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Decherd, TN (2,479 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 43.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.163200, -86.013800
- DMS
- 35°09'47.52"N 86°00'49.68"W
- UTM
- 16N 589814.8E 3891586.8N
- Geohash
- dn6b49q8m
- Plus code
- 867M5X7P+7F
Daylight in Cowan
At 35.16° N, Cowan gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cowan
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Decherd, 5.0 miles away, with 2,479 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cowan, TN?
1,816 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 50 (2.8%) from 1,766 in July 2020.
What county is Cowan in?
Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cowan?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37318.
How far is Cowan from Nashville?
81.7 miles (131.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Cowan.
What is the nearest larger city to Cowan?
Decherd, TN, with 2,479 residents, 5.0 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.